Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 hoping to start a new life with her husband, but the pair soon find themselves struggling to fit into an unknown culture.
Chronicles the lives of two North London families, one headed by a Bengali Muslim, the other by an English man and a Jamaican woman, and how their lives intertwine.
Chronicles the history of reggae music, profiling influential artists, tracing its development, and discussing why it has always been the music of the people of Jamaica.