Watch the Trailer for Masterpiece Drama 'The Long Song'
The full trailer for the upcoming Masterpiece drama The Long Song has arrived, and it promises a story full of hardship, survival, and long-hoped-for change.
The three-part series is based on the novel of the same name by the late Andrea Levy, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2010. The story is set during the dying days of slavery on the British-ruled island of Jamaica in 1838, a time of great social turbulence and unrest.
The Long Song is framed by the reminiscences of July, a woman who grew up as a slave on the Amity sugar plantation and is now looking back on her life. In extended flashbacks, she recounts her tumultuous story, which has been shaped by villains, heroes, and well-meaning people who are an unsettled mix of the two.
