London TV Award nomination Exile: 'Amidst all the mystery and gritty realism is a confident, fast paced thriller, the crux being that Tom is looking for information that is hidden somewhere inside his father's confused mind. But really what makes Exile interesting it's just how big it's heart is, despite all the darkness, at it's core it's a very powerful drama about family.'

The Telegraph: The script and Jim Broadbent’s performance combine to create a portrait of Alzheimer’s that’s harrowingly believable – with Sam by turns pitiable, infuriating and, perhaps most frustrating of all, entirely lucid. The relationship between Tom and Nancy captures both the complexities of a brother-sister relationship and its core of indestructible love. (If television programmes had epigraphs, Exile’s would surely come from Robert Frost: “Home is the place where, when you have to go there/ They have to take you in.”)

Exile is one of those rare gems that manages to be both a high concept thriller and a believable family drama. It's a testament to the show's creator Danny Brocklehurst, that his story is comfortable being both horrifying and genuinely moving. The cast is phenomenal; John Simm as the protagonist Tom, Jim Broadbent as his father Sam and the always fantastic Olivia Colman as Tom's sister Nancy, all giving beautiful performances. Broadbent is, as ever, a delight to watch regardless of what he's doing, in this case he's a man suffering from Alzheimer's and his performance is both mesmerizing and heartbreaking. Amidst all the mystery and gritty realism is a confident, fast paced thriller, the crux being that Tom is looking for information that is hidden somewhere inside his father's confused mind. But really what makes Exile interesting it's just how big it's heart is, despite all the darkness, at it's core it's a very powerful drama about family.

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