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