Small Island by Andrea Levy

Adaptation of Andrea Levy's award winning novel about the racial prejudice encountered in post-war Britain

Radio 4 Extra,11 episodes

Episodes

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1. Childhood
Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London.
18 Sep 2006,15 mins
2. Hurricane
A hurricane in Jamaica exposes a secret...
19 Sep 2006,15 mins
3. Missing
As Jamaicans travel to England to join the war effort, news arrives about Michael.
20 Sep 2006,15 mins
4. Dreams
Hortense is still in Kingston, but her heart longs for England and Michael.
21 Sep 2006,15 mins
5. England
Hortense comes up with an extraordinary plan to get to England.
22 Sep 2006,15 mins
6. Queenie
Hortense meets her landlady, Queenie Bligh in cold and dreary London.
25 Sep 2006,15 mins,
7. Michael
Hortense's landlady Queenie tells of her war job - and her boring husband.
26 Sep 2006,15 mins,
8. Gilbert
Gilbert faces prejudice as he trains to serve in his mother country.
27 Sep 2006,15 mins,
9. Arthur
Jamaican serviceman Gilbert Joseph joins Queenie for a trip to the cinema.
28 Sep 2006,15 mins,
10. Lodgings
The war ends but where is Queenie's husband Bernard?
29 Sep 2006,15 mins,
11. Independence
Queenie's husband Bernard explains how Indian independence spells the end of the Empire.
02 Oct 2006,15 mins