Overview
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.
ProducersAbi Bach, Vicky Licorish, Grainne Marmion
ScreenplayPaula Milne, Sarah Williams
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Details
First air date2009-12-06
Last air date2009-12-13
Production countriesUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesBBC
Homepagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pdyg0
TaglineWar, romance, infidelity and social unrest.
