A 1950s cruise ship will have a starring role in a new drama by comedy legend Sir Lenny Henry.
Three Little Birds is based loosely on his mother's move from Jamaica to begin a new life in 1950s England, and was commissioned by ITV. The ship used for the filming, the Duke of Lancaster, stood in for the Windrush - best remembered today for bringing one of the first large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom.
The ship carried 1,027 passengers and two stowaways on a voyage from Jamaica to London in 1948. Of these, more than 800 passengers gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean.
