The Exiles (TV serial)

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 (1959-01-25) – February 15, 1959 (1959-02-15)

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 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

1. The Bird Laughed - 25 Jan 1959
2. The Long Summer - 1 Feb 1959
3. The Lost Years - 8 Feb 1959
4. Full Circle - 15 Feb 1959

Cast

• Brian Peck as Jack Selway

References

1. Foster, Lynn (23 January 1959). "The Exiles". Radio Times. p. 7.
2. "One of the greatest television plumbs". The Croydon Advertiser and Surrey County Reporter. 23 January 1959. p. 5.
3. "Authoress returns to Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 1964. p. 4.
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

• 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