Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot … - David Oyelowo

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I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant.

David Oyelowo

Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.

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