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  1. Episode 15

    15/15 Confronted by the consequences of her actions, Queenie makes a difficult decision.

  2. Episode 14

    14/15 Queenie gives birth to a beautiful baby boy, but who is the father?

  3. Episode 13

    13/15 Hortense faces the prejudice of 1940s Britain when she attempts to get a job.

  4. Episode 12

    12/15 Bernard is demobbed, but an indiscretion leads him to fear for his life.

  5. Episode 11

    11/15 Bernard explains how Indian independence is spelling the end of the Empire.

  6. Episode 10

    10/15 The war ends in Europe, but Queenie's husband is still fighting in the Far East.

  7. Episode 9

    9/15 Jamaican Gilbert Joseph joins Queenie in a trip to the cinema but the seats are segregated

  8. Episode 8

    8/15 Gilbert reveals how Jamaican fighters face racism from Americans and the British.

  9. Episode 7

    7/15 Hortense's landlady Queenie tells of her war job, and her boring husband.

  10. Episode 6

    6/15 Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is cold and dreary.

  11. Episode 5

    5/15 Hortense makes the journey from Jamaica to London, but she only finds disappointment.

  12. Episode 4

    4/15 After the end of the war, Hortense continues her vigil for missing cousin Michael.

  13. Episode 3

    3/15 As Jamaicans travel to England to join the war effort, news arrives about Michael.

  14. Episode 2

    2/15 A hurricane in Jamaica exposes a secret and devastates Hortense.

  15. Episode 1

    1/15 Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London. Exploring empire, prejudice, war and love.