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Episode 1

July, Caroline’s slave maid, grows up to witness the radical transformation of her world.

Episode 2

The overseer Robert sparks a rivalry between July and Caroline.

Episode 3

Robert’s sanity starts to unravel, with devastating effects on July.

About The Long Song

This three-part miniseries based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica follows July (Tamara Lawrance), an indomitable, young slave who works on a sugarcane plantation with her detestable mistress, Caroline Mortimer (Hayley Atwell). Their lives change with the arrival of a new overseer, Robert Goodwin (Jack Lowden) who sets out to improve life on the plantation.

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