Episode 1
Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners during World War II. Hortense joins Gilbert, her new husband, in England, where he is lodging with Queenie Bligh.
Lives and loves entwine in Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in the Second World War.
London 1948: Hortense joins Gilbert, her new husband, in England, where he is lodging with Queenie Bligh. The women have both married in unpromising circumstances as love is a luxury neither can afford. As Hortense remembers her life in Jamaica and the profound love she had for Michael and his betrayal of her, Queenie also remembers her night of passion with the same Michael when her husband was away at war. Initially suspicious of each other, will they uncover the secret they share?
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Hortense | Naomie Harris |
| Queenie | Ruth Wilson |
| Gilbert | David Oyelowo |
| Bernard | Benedict Cumberbatch |
| Michael | Ashley Walters |
| Narrator | Hugh Quarshie |
| Arthur | Karl Johnson |
| Winston | Shaun Parkes |
| Celia | Nikki Amuka-Bird |
| Mr Todd | Roger Sloman |
| Elwood | Everaldo Creary |
| Mr Philip | Glen Campbell |
| Aunt Dorothy | Denise Black |
| Queenie's Mum | Mary Jo Randle |
| Taxi Driver | Terence Frisch |
| Miss Jewel | Leonie Forbes |
| Mrs Ryder | Rachel Pickup |
| Mr Ryder | Andrew Havill |
| Pastor | Teddy Price |
| Pastor's Wife | Avenia Powell |
| Miss Morgan | Kerstin Pringle |
| Celia's Mum | Dorothy Cunningham |
| Doctor | Michael Elwyn |
| Fulton | Delroy Atkinson |
| James | Alan Ricketts |
| Sergeant Baxter | Damien Devaney |
| Ginger | Laurence Spellman |
| Kip | Mark David |
| Calhoon | Eoin Macken |
| Waitress | Caoimhe McErlean |
| Cinema Woman | Barbara Adair |
| American GI | Peter Brooke |
| Cinema GI | Bentley Kalu |
| Military Police | Tony Flynn |
| Producer | Joanna Anderson |
| Producer | Vicky Licorish |
| Producer | Grainne Marmion |
| Director | John Alexander |
| Writer | Paula Milne |
| Writer | Sarah Williams |
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