Andrea Levy Adaptation Comes to the BBC This Week

The Long Song is a novel by Andrea Levy about the last days of slavery in Jamaica and the early years of freedom that followed. The BBC press centre explains that “The Long Song opens just as 300 years of slavery are finally coming to an end on the British-ruled island of Jamaica. But far from being a harrowing tale of misery that one might expect from such a history, The Long Song is a story of hope, passion, determination, and humour in the face of adversity. It follows a defiant, wily young woman, July, who is born a slave, but ends up as the mother of a gentleman.”

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and a Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Song is now coming to TV. The three-part adaption will air on BBC One on Tuesday 18th December and will run for three consecutive days. The TV drama will star Tamara Lawrance, Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden and Sir Lenny Henry and is directed by Mahalia Belo. While Andrea Levy, the author herself, has taken on an executive producer role.

This is a guest blog, reproduced with thanks from Books Bird Blog.

The Long Song