Editor's Note: this article covers the entire plot of The Long Song. Don't read it unless you've finished the show. The Long Song condenses approximately 75 years into three short hours. Although the ...

Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.

MASTERPIECE brought us four new shows in January, including the powerful mini-series The Long Song. Set during the final days of slavery in 19th-century Jamaica, the series tells the story of the ...