Jamaica Inn (1983 TV series) visits the Reverend at his church. The production was originally broadcast as a two episode program in Britain totalling 187 minutes. Later, it was edited down to 150 minutes to fit in a 3 hour timeslot with 30 minutes of advertising for the U.S. market; it was also divided into three parts, the second and third parts constituting the original second episode. Jamaica Inn (1983 TV series) Jamaica Inn is a 1983 British television miniseries adapted from the novel "Jamaica Inn" by Daphne du Maurier. It is a gothic period piece of piracy, smuggling and murder set in northeastern Cornwall,
Culture of Jamaica a Nobel prize laureate, born and educated in St. Lucia, attended college in Jamaica. Other significant writers from the island include Claude McKay and Louis Simpson. Plays and works in Jamaican English, or patois, attract special attention. Louise Bennett, Andrew Salkey and Mikey Smith have contributed to this phenomenon by writing works in patois. Ian Fleming wrote his famous James Bond novels while living in Jamaica. Jean Rhys is also well known for her novel "Wide Sargasso Sea", which was set in Jamaica. Jamaican authors are always faced with the decision of writing in standard English for a huge worldwide