The Exiles is a four part British television drama made in 1959 written by Australian writer Lynn Foster. It is a historical drama set in Australia and focuses on one family from 1873 to 1958.[1]
| The Exiles | |
|---|---|
| Genre | historical drama |
| Created by | Lynn Foster |
| Written by | Lynn Foster |
| Directed by | Gerard Glaister |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | January 25 – February 15, 1959 |
The series was inspired by the success of another four-part cycle of plays by an Australian writer, Iain MacCormick called The Promised Years.[2][3]
Foster later turned the scripts into a novel.[4]
Episodes
edit- The Bird Laughed - 25 Jan 1959
- The Long Summer - 1 Feb 1959
- The Lost Years - 8 Feb 1959
- Full Circle - 15 Feb 1959
Cast
edit- Brian Peck as Jack Selway
References
edit- ^ Foster, Lynn (23 January 1959). "The Exiles". Radio Times. p. 7.
- ^ "One of the greatest television plumbs". The Croydon Advertiser and Surrey County Reporter. 23 January 1959. p. 5.
- ^ "Authoress returns to Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 1964. p. 4.
- ^ "A Novel Of The Depression Is Not Depressing". The Canberra Times. Vol. 35, no. 9, 763. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 November 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 25 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
edit- The Bird Laughed at IMDB
- The Bird Laughed at Genome BBC
- The Long Summer at IMDB
- The Long Summer at Genome BBC
- The Lost Years at IMDB
- The Lost Years at Genome BBC
- Full Circle at IMDB
- Full Circle at Genome BBC