Small Island

E199129
British television drama television series

"Small Island" is a British television drama adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel about Jamaican immigrants and racial tensions in post-World War II Britain, in which David Oyelowo plays a leading role.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Small Island canonical 5
"Small Island" 1
Small Island (novel) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British television drama ⓘ
television series ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Andrea Levy ⓘ
basedOn Small Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Small Island (novel)
castMember Alex Lanipekun ⓘ
Ashley Walters ⓘ
Benedict Cumberbatch ⓘ
David Oyelowo ⓘ
Hugh Quarshie ⓘ
Naomie Harris ⓘ
Nina Sosanya ⓘ
Ruth Wilson ⓘ
Shaun Parkes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director John Alexander ⓘ
exploresTheme colonial legacy ⓘ
identity ⓘ
migration ⓘ
racism ⓘ
featuresCharacterOrigin Jamaica ⓘ
firstBroadcastOnChannel BBC One ⓘ
firstBroadcastYear 2009 ⓘ
format miniseries ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
television drama ⓘ
hasAdaptationType television adaptation ⓘ
hasLiterarySourceGenre historical novel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locationOfFilming Jamaica ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject Jamaican immigrants in Britain ⓘ
post-World War II Britain ⓘ
racial tensions ⓘ
narrativeFocus Windrush generation experiences ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 2 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredAs two-part drama ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
producer Joanna Anderson ⓘ
Vicky Licorish ⓘ
productionCompany AL Films ⓘ
Ruby Television ⓘ
screenwriter Paula Milne ⓘ
setInCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
setInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
setInPeriod post-World War II era ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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David Oyelowo → notableWork → Small Island ⓘ
International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie or Miniseries → notableWinner → Small Island ⓘ
Martin Phipps → composedFor → Small Island ⓘ
Nikki Amuka-Bird → notableWork → Small Island ⓘ
Small Island → basedOn → Small Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Small Island (novel)
Naomie Harris → appearedIn → Small Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Small Island"
Alison Owen → notableWork → Small Island ⓘ