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.

David Oyelowo, Ashley Walters, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Ruth Wilson, Shaun Parkes, Hugh Quarshie, Roger Sloman