The author of the novel gave a speech at my University graduation, and alluded to some of the themes in Small Island. I haven't read the book yet, but I loved this BBC production. There was great chemistry amongst the cast and the acting was universally brilliant.
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This is what Britain fought for in the second world war: multiculturalism and their wives to be mounted by foreigners. Thanks BBC for encouraging race mixing and giving us a true history of the war. To all those people that say people fought to keep immigrants out and their women away from foreigners are sadly mistaken. Why don't you ask those whom fought and died for this country and they'll affirm: it was for multiculturalism, liberalism and race-mixing. Thanks BBC!
The book is rivetting and brilliant. I did not know it had been dramatized. I hope the dramatization lives up to the scenes my imagination creaated ( which it seldom does ! )..... but I will give it a go !
for the first time i've seen jamaica on bbc and dont have to crinch .. plus my work mates didnt have to make negative comments the next day..loved it, want more
Can someone please tell me the name of the song that forms the background to the trailers for this series? I love it and i really want to find it!! Thank you!!! xxx
@LaBeave44 It's 'Somewhere over the rainbow' but I don't know from who this version is. Original is from Judy Garland from 1939 from the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'.
@Blacknarcissa as much as i like the song and the message it represents, it has been a pretty much overused soundtrack: meet joe black, er (tv series) and yes, 50 first dates and a film with sean connery and this... i really appreciate and know why this song is used often. :)
bbc certainly didn't disappoint! i fell completely in love with the series, it was so touching and bittersweet and i was so happy that bernard and queenie got their sort of happy ending, it made the whole story so realistic.
I thoroughly enjoyed Small Island. A lot of it was reminiscent of the stories my parents told me about their settlement in England. They made the journey with high hopes and imagined open arms and they found that they were unwelcome but desperate to give it a go and not give up. Pity about the lack of authentic Jamaican actors or accents because I found the fraudulent patois very off-putting, but on the whole, a really good drama.
They could of been alot worse off. My granddad was in the Italian army and got captured by the british and sent off as a prisoner and got used as slave labour for nearly seven years. When he got released he had nothing to go home for and the Cammorra was retaliating against those who worked for the facists. Nobody would give him a decent job or rent him a decent place he had to build his own house in the end. All the while people here were calling him names and telling him to go home.
I just saw this...and I'm in love with it...reminds me of my own heritage and country's history. For me it's a reminder that one should be proud of their ancestry. Long story short: we never know the sacrifices our ancestors made. It's not fair to them or to us...to forget.
i loved this programme. really touched me. ruth wilson was fantastic in it :) it was all very bitter sweet. makes me look at my own mixed relationship and think how far things have come now and i hope only continue to improve and racial barriers can be totally diminished. Reading some peoples comments on here..goes to show how ignorant people can be, keep your opinions to yourself.
colonial discipline and bible whorshipping was crass back in the day.I prefer my lifetime.
what is up with those producers hiring ashely walters though.this dude cannot act to save his life.His skills have not improved one bit since that ghetto indie flick he was casted in a few years ago.
loved this drama, cant wait for next episode. was interesting for me cos i love this time in history and my grandparents experienced this kind of treatment when they came over from the west indies x
I am not a dog, so I have no race. I am a human and so is every human. I loved this book. made me cry and think a lot. I am gratefull that times have changed, but sad, that there are still ppl like
An absolutely brilliant production. Excellent drama, exceptional actors. Cant wait for next week. Well done BBC. As to those comments on inter-races...look at history many in the carribean are decended from inter-race relationships, master - white, servantgirl black, resulting child - a mulato. Not necessarily a love match! Nowadays who cares? Roll on next Sunday
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LOL is this really necessary? I think i have the right to my own opinions regardless whether they are dogmatic or not. I am not a racist but a pragmatist. I stated my arguement against interracial marriages based on being realistic. There was a reason God created different race and tribes. Spare me these juvinile, emotional diatribe and get with the program. I for one--do not want to repeat--- the nightmare of the classic american movie-- Guess whose coming for Dinner!
If two people of different races want to marry who are you to say that it is wrong and there is nothing in the Bible that says two people of different races can not or should not marry and fyi Guess Whose Coming for dinner is from 1967. It's closed minded people like you who make it hard for interracial couples.
So u r using the Bible to make your arguement? lol Well, in the bible, slavely is condomed. There was no censure against slavery, so would u say the bible is reliable?I am not a racist, but i do feel we should not be so blind to reality. Birds of same feathers flock together.
im from a mixed race family and i understand where youre coming from but why should the colour of our skin hold us back in life? and i thought God created the two people and their appearances changed depending on where they lived in the world..
@ninxoon30 If you read the bible you would know that Moses married a black woman. Unfortunately, you don't that's why you are making ignorant statements.
Sounds and looks horrible. I dont like the premise or the idea behind interracial romance. Its socially uncomfortable and not unfairly glamorised. Interracial couples go through hell in real life, and these silly escape depictions dismisses their woes. I for one WILL NOT WATCH.
It's a narrative which is ostensibly criticised as being too historically accurate by many, so your issue is that it reminds you too much of your own prejudiced concepts.
If i were you I'd deal with it, once you move has dogmatically adhered too concepts of race you'll find pretty much everyone outside of isolated undiscovered tribes the world over has an interracial as you put it past.
jeez, someone market that reply as spam lol, and thanks, i found it after a long search . but his "wonderfull world" is impossible to find agggggg lol.
Ruth Wilson and Benedict Cumberbatch kissing? Okay I'm just gonna die of happiness now, bye-bye...
kattmuppen 1 week ago
RUTH AND BENEDICT AJAUDGAHKF
AddieDub 2 weeks ago 2
benedict cumberbatch <3
alesha14 1 month ago
the show and book are so underrated!
TheManchesterLass 5 months ago
One of the best books I've ever read! The book is a must read people!
DoubleYellowLinesUzu 8 months ago
Naomie Harris is so beautiful and she is such a wonderful actress, very versatile.
SkJ2022 9 months ago
The author of the novel gave a speech at my University graduation, and alluded to some of the themes in Small Island. I haven't read the book yet, but I loved this BBC production. There was great chemistry amongst the cast and the acting was universally brilliant.
bolder2009 10 months ago
This is a beautiful series. I fell in love with it almost instantly. I plan on reading the books one day. :)
maricimo 10 months ago
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the nigger forced the blonde
ELSKYO 1 year ago
The best miniseries by masterpiece classic EVER!!! love it!!!!
Cumberbitch 1 year ago
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This is what Britain fought for in the second world war: multiculturalism and their wives to be mounted by foreigners. Thanks BBC for encouraging race mixing and giving us a true history of the war. To all those people that say people fought to keep immigrants out and their women away from foreigners are sadly mistaken. Why don't you ask those whom fought and died for this country and they'll affirm: it was for multiculturalism, liberalism and race-mixing. Thanks BBC!
csno1 1 year ago
@csno1
I can't help but feel you somehow missed the point of this series...
RocketeerAndRoll 1 year ago
@csno1
It's a great pity that you probably don't realise how wrong you are
farrog 11 months ago
@farrog likewise.
csno1 11 months ago
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One day the people responsible for creating this programme will burn in hell.
Alundra321 1 year ago
Benedict!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) x
XxLi3rose123xX 1 year ago 2
The book is rivetting and brilliant. I did not know it had been dramatized. I hope the dramatization lives up to the scenes my imagination creaated ( which it seldom does ! )..... but I will give it a go !
stogieman2 1 year ago
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH!!!!!
IsThisLife09 1 year ago 78
@IsThisLife09
are we youtube stalking benedict?
may i join you? :D
thicketwings05 1 year ago 2
@thicketwings05 You most certainly can! But where to start?! haha xD
IsThisLife09 1 year ago
@IsThisLife09 well all it comes down to is searching the suggestions bar on the right for anything with benedict in it isnt it? aha
thicketwings05 1 year ago
@thicketwings05 Such a thing as that is a daily occupation for me! And it also NEVER gets boring.
EVER :D
IsThisLife09 1 year ago
@thicketwings05 I too might join this little Cumberfest! :)
bethchops 1 year ago 2
This film has me awwing already and I've only seen the trailer.
lizzielonglegs 1 year ago
Good movie but AWFUL AWFUL Jamaican accents.
daveibukun 1 year ago
this was a good film or movie or something
i watched it on thirteen
SmallSkaterFreak 1 year ago
anybody know what is the music at the start of it??
rma1276 1 year ago
@rma1276 "Somewhere Over the rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
iveseenspikynorman 1 year ago
does anybody know where to get the soundtrack..the theme music is lovely?
rma1276 1 year ago
Im annoyed on bbc iplayer this show used to be up and now they've taken it down. so i can no longer watch it, so i've only seen half of it :(
ildsc 1 year ago
for the first time i've seen jamaica on bbc and dont have to crinch .. plus my work mates didnt have to make negative comments the next day..loved it, want more
kerkous 2 years ago
Can someone please tell me the name of the song that forms the background to the trailers for this series? I love it and i really want to find it!! Thank you!!! xxx
LaBeave44 2 years ago
it was somewhere over the rainbow by israel kamakawiwo'ole!
highonlife512 2 years ago
@LaBeave44 It's 'Somewhere over the rainbow' but I don't know from who this version is. Original is from Judy Garland from 1939 from the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'.
brigazh 2 years ago
It is Somewhere over the rainbow/What a wonderful world by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'
i like this song so much :)
Lucette002 2 years ago
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.
You may have heard it at the end of the film 50 First Dates.
Blacknarcissa 2 years ago
@Blacknarcissa as much as i like the song and the message it represents, it has been a pretty much overused soundtrack: meet joe black, er (tv series) and yes, 50 first dates and a film with sean connery and this... i really appreciate and know why this song is used often. :)
morrisoniice 1 year ago
I can't see this show because I live in America and I really want to see it!
derna1970 2 years ago
I was thinking the same thing! Now Im sad :(
chocolatbuny 2 years ago
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it's here on youtube. search for it
janado85 2 years ago
It will be shown on your local PBS station in April - on the 18th and the 25th... "Masterpiece Classics"
mjfromla 2 years ago
bbc certainly didn't disappoint! i fell completely in love with the series, it was so touching and bittersweet and i was so happy that bernard and queenie got their sort of happy ending, it made the whole story so realistic.
8sanzi8 2 years ago 14
is it just 2 parts to it i mean is that it
ThePunchinPeacemaker 2 years ago
I thoroughly enjoyed Small Island. A lot of it was reminiscent of the stories my parents told me about their settlement in England. They made the journey with high hopes and imagined open arms and they found that they were unwelcome but desperate to give it a go and not give up. Pity about the lack of authentic Jamaican actors or accents because I found the fraudulent patois very off-putting, but on the whole, a really good drama.
August9Mayfield 2 years ago 2
They could of been alot worse off. My granddad was in the Italian army and got captured by the british and sent off as a prisoner and got used as slave labour for nearly seven years. When he got released he had nothing to go home for and the Cammorra was retaliating against those who worked for the facists. Nobody would give him a decent job or rent him a decent place he had to build his own house in the end. All the while people here were calling him names and telling him to go home.
hsybcmpny 2 years ago
I don't watch drama on TV as a rule but this was well worth it!
romer99 2 years ago
Gibert: Hingland.
Haaaaaaaaaa love him!
maddalicex 2 years ago
I just saw this...and I'm in love with it...reminds me of my own heritage and country's history. For me it's a reminder that one should be proud of their ancestry. Long story short: we never know the sacrifices our ancestors made. It's not fair to them or to us...to forget.
RrOoXxYy1987 2 years ago
i loved this programme. really touched me. ruth wilson was fantastic in it :) it was all very bitter sweet. makes me look at my own mixed relationship and think how far things have come now and i hope only continue to improve and racial barriers can be totally diminished. Reading some peoples comments on here..goes to show how ignorant people can be, keep your opinions to yourself.
catrintube 2 years ago
Piss off ninxoon30,take your prejudiced thoughts with you.
lilmizzdimplez88 2 years ago
I loved this show, is the book any good?
dark18fury 2 years ago 2
the audio cd is the best, read the book too, but cd is better, you can make your own pictures without having to look
koltonliveband 2 years ago
colonial discipline and bible whorshipping was crass back in the day.I prefer my lifetime.
what is up with those producers hiring ashely walters though.this dude cannot act to save his life.His skills have not improved one bit since that ghetto indie flick he was casted in a few years ago.
cannoir 2 years ago
loved this drama, cant wait for next episode. was interesting for me cos i love this time in history and my grandparents experienced this kind of treatment when they came over from the west indies x
jamspice11 2 years ago
I am not a dog, so I have no race. I am a human and so is every human. I loved this book. made me cry and think a lot. I am gratefull that times have changed, but sad, that there are still ppl like
ninxoon30. welcome to the year 2009!!!!
madmama77 2 years ago
An absolutely brilliant production. Excellent drama, exceptional actors. Cant wait for next week. Well done BBC. As to those comments on inter-races...look at history many in the carribean are decended from inter-race relationships, master - white, servantgirl black, resulting child - a mulato. Not necessarily a love match! Nowadays who cares? Roll on next Sunday
A14Rors 2 years ago
Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole 'IZ' 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'
osiris1394 2 years ago
I have just seen Part 1 and it is amazing! A wonderful drama, right up there with BBC's best. Hope it is uploaded on yt!
annie2shoes 2 years ago
whats the name of the song in the background?
BaJaneyKins 2 years ago
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niggers fuck off 2
sterlingmenthol77 2 years ago
you have issues.
Ade161 2 years ago
U neet to seek psychological help. U hae a disease
herstorygrad 2 years ago
Can't wait for this. Read the book in English Lit in College.
Blacknarcissa 2 years ago
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LOL is this really necessary? I think i have the right to my own opinions regardless whether they are dogmatic or not. I am not a racist but a pragmatist. I stated my arguement against interracial marriages based on being realistic. There was a reason God created different race and tribes. Spare me these juvinile, emotional diatribe and get with the program. I for one--do not want to repeat--- the nightmare of the classic american movie-- Guess whose coming for Dinner!
ninxoon30 2 years ago
If two people of different races want to marry who are you to say that it is wrong and there is nothing in the Bible that says two people of different races can not or should not marry and fyi Guess Whose Coming for dinner is from 1967. It's closed minded people like you who make it hard for interracial couples.
woodelf26 2 years ago
So u r using the Bible to make your arguement? lol Well, in the bible, slavely is condomed. There was no censure against slavery, so would u say the bible is reliable?I am not a racist, but i do feel we should not be so blind to reality. Birds of same feathers flock together.
ninxoon30 2 years ago
You may want to widen out. It will help you see that we are not all that different no matter what the skin color. So who cares if we inter marry.
woodelf26 2 years ago
slavely is condomed?
jamspice11 2 years ago
ninxoon, you poor, blind fool. I do feel sorry for you; especially for any children you may have. You must be very proud.
maddalicex 2 years ago
im from a mixed race family and i understand where youre coming from but why should the colour of our skin hold us back in life? and i thought God created the two people and their appearances changed depending on where they lived in the world..
jamspice11 2 years ago
@ninxoon30 If you read the bible you would know that Moses married a black woman. Unfortunately, you don't that's why you are making ignorant statements.
daveibukun 1 year ago
@daveibukun mmmm, in both our book and our resources he married a daughter of another Prophet from the north..
mewoone 1 year ago
@DomesticGoddess1
Thanks for the info.. Im an extra in it so gotta keep an eye out!
RobiCon27 2 years ago
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Sounds and looks horrible. I dont like the premise or the idea behind interracial romance. Its socially uncomfortable and not unfairly glamorised. Interracial couples go through hell in real life, and these silly escape depictions dismisses their woes. I for one WILL NOT WATCH.
ninxoon30 2 years ago
I'm the child from a interacial marriage mate
And yes my parents have gone through a lot but they pulled through
These days anyway it's a lot easier than it was then. if you love someone then it doesn't matter what they are.
You need to be a bit more tolerant
Namiba23 2 years ago
Shut up you racist.
It's a narrative which is ostensibly criticised as being too historically accurate by many, so your issue is that it reminds you too much of your own prejudiced concepts.
If i were you I'd deal with it, once you move has dogmatically adhered too concepts of race you'll find pretty much everyone outside of isolated undiscovered tribes the world over has an interracial as you put it past.
Biology will tell you Mammals breed.
Deal.
GarfieldLC 2 years ago
@ninxoon30 Weirdo. Everyone's human, you realize?
PhoenixQuill 1 year ago
Interesting...
isedarah 2 years ago
Can someone tell me what the name of the song is??
carlosmacca 2 years ago
Isreal Kamamawiwo'ole - Somewhere over the Rainbow
bamigogy12345 2 years ago
Just found it :D
Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole 'IZ' 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' played on the Ukulele.
NobodyTossesADwarf91 2 years ago
i was came here to ask, cheers for posting who it was but......
what on earth part of that would i type into youtube to find it lol?
jedaaa 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I've favorited it on my profile if you want to look :)
NobodyTossesADwarf91 2 years ago
jeez, someone market that reply as spam lol, and thanks, i found it after a long search . but his "wonderfull world" is impossible to find agggggg lol.
jedaaa 2 years ago
Spam? Goodness me. I don't care for profile views, I thought it would just be the simplist way for you to find the song. Enjoy!
NobodyTossesADwarf91 2 years ago
i guess people can be very cynical,
and thank you,i cant stop listening to it : )
jedaaa 2 years ago
Same here!
NobodyTossesADwarf91 2 years ago
It's coming on 6th December I think. My mum produced it.
LongLiveInsanity1 2 years ago
Written by my favourite author, looking out for it like mad! It looks well executed and waiting in anticipation for it.. make fast and show us nuh!
1stPrinceOfDominica 2 years ago
Does anyone know when the show will be aired? Website says coming soon but really want to know
RobiCon27 2 years ago
Sunday 6th Dec 2009
BBC1 9pm
DomesticGoddess1 2 years ago
this looks brilliant
i had to study this for AS english literature last year, surprisingly enjoyed it :)
cant wait
i just wish the tv show came out a year ago!
GetOverIt2 2 years ago