3. Missing

Available for 3 days

The story of the Windrush Generation and the part they played in the Second World War and the prejudice they faced from the Mother Country are a little known aspect of recent British History. Small Island tells the story of four people caught up in this past; Hortense, Gilbert, Queenie and Bernard. Hortense begins teacher training in Kingston but her success is marred by news of Michael. Andrea Levy's award-winning novel exploring empire, prejudice, war and love in Jamaica, England, America and India. Dramatised by Pat Cumper Hortense ........ Nadine Marshall Young Hortense ........ Tyra McKenzie-Gray Celia ........ Carla Henry Miss Morgan ........ Elizabeth Bell Celia's Mother ........ Tanya Moodie Douglas ........ Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Airman ........ Pethrow Gooden Music by Felix Cross Director: Sally Avens First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.