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| Follow three intricately connected stories of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in World War Two. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as we trace the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Bernard | 2 |
| Ashley Walters | Michael | 2 |
| Naomie Harris | Hortense | 2 |
| David Oyelowo | Gilbert | 2 |
| Ruth Wilson | Queenie | 2 |
| Hugh Quarshie | Narrator | 2 |
| Roger Sloman | Mr. Todd | 2 |
| Shaun Parkes | Winston | 2 |
| Rachel Pickup | Mrs. Ryder | 1 |
| Mary Jo Randle | Queenie's Mother | 1 |
| Jonathan Harden | Postal Worker | 1 |
| Gillian Raine | Woman With Sweet | 1 |
| Denise Black | Aunt Dorothy | 1 |
| Laura Hughes | Mrs. Harper | 1 |
| Billy Carter | Shopkeeper | 1 |
| Kerri McLean | Josephine | 1 |