Mind Media Awards 27 Sep 2011 Mind is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2011 Mind Media Awards. The Mind Media Awards celebrate the best portrayals of mental distress, and reporting of mental health, in the media. Nominated in the Drama category are: Casualty (BBC 1) Exile (BBC 1) Three part psychological thriller, starring John … Continue reading
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Serial / Television / TV
Exile ends with over 4.2m on BBC One
Digital Spy Alex Fletcher 4 May 2011 Paul Abbott’s three-part drama Exile picked up extra viewers for BBC One last night, early figures indicate. The John Simm and Jim Broadbent-led series enthralled 4.26m viewers (17.3%) from 9pm last night, a modest climb of 1.4k from the previous episode. Continue reading
Interview / Print / Serial / Television / TV
John Simm: ‘I wish I’d done another series of Life on Mars’
Manchester Evening News Ian Wylie 21 Apr 2011 John Simm does his best to cope with the fame game. But he isn’t happy when it gets too intrusive. The Lancashire-raised actor admits: “I find it excruciating. It’s horrible to get a cameraphone shoved in your face every time you walk out the door. Not nice. … Continue reading
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Paul Abbott’s Exile: The prodigal returns
The Guardian Amy Raphael 18 Mon 2011 Shameless sent him to the States – but now Paul Abbott is back with Exile. On set, Amy Raphael hears about Alzheimer’s, how to get an all-star cast, and where British TV should head next When Paul Abbott was in his early 20s, he would regularly do a 10-hour day … Continue reading
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Interview: John Simm for Exile
BBC Press Office 18 April 2011 What did you think when you first read the script and what attracted you to the role? The quality of the script shone out at me straight away. It’s not often that you get a script of such quality and it’s quite few and far between in TV or … Continue reading
Serial / Television / TV
BBC Press Office – Exile Programme Information
BBC Press Office – BBC Week 18 Exile Ep 1/3 New this week BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD (Sunday 1 May, 9pm) John Simm, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Claire Goose, Shaun Dooley and Timothy West star in this new three-part psychological thriller created by Paul Abbott and written by Danny Brocklehurst which tells an intimate … Continue reading
TV Preview: Exile + Q+A with John Simm
TV Preview: Exile + Q+A with John Simm (18:30) Public BAFTA Event – The BAFTA Site Monday 28 March Princess Anne Theatre Written by Danny Brocklehurst (The Street, Shameless and Clocking Off) and created by Paul Abbot, Exile is a psychological thriller that tells an intimate story of prodigal redemption. The three part serial follows Tom … Continue reading
Town plays host to Oscar-winning star
Manchester Evening News Alex Bell 14 Jan 2011 Ramsbottom is again set to be star of the small screen. Oscar and BAFTA winner Jim Broadbent and well-known star John Simm were both in town filming a new BBC thriller. Upper Bridge Street was closed last Sunday and hundreds of intrigued residents have passed filming crews all … Continue reading
Broadbent and Simm star in thriller – Exile
Belfast Telegraph 15 November 2010 A TV thriller starring Jim Broadbent and John Simm as a father and son caught up in a mind-blowing scandal is due on our screens next year after filming for the series started. Exile, a psychological drama for BBC One, follows London journalist Tom, played by Doctor Who actor Simm, … Continue reading
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