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At last, no background music,can actually hear the speech and follow the story.
More drama like this would be great. Thanks

I agree that is was great to hear the words without straining through loud music.
Jim Broadbent portrayed exactly the horrors of Alzheimer's disease. His totally
"blank" look when he wanted to avoid a subject was exactly right. John Simm's chararcter reacted like most people who don't fully understand the illness.
A gripping story - can't wait to see the outcome.

Just wanted to congratulate Danny and the team on handling the subject of dementia so brilliantly. My father has it and watching Jim on screen was like watching Dad. It made be cry mostly but I laughed too - "When is there ever going to be a fire? "When someone in the house has alzheimers!" A very powerful drama, brilliant acting. Well done - can't wait to see part three tonight.

It's funny that you mentioned 'Our Friends in the North' because I was suddenly reminded of it when I was watching Exile - I remember towards the end of the series Christopher Eccleston's character's Dad develops Alzheimer's Disease and there is a focus on the father-son relationship and how he persistently tries to help him remember the past. I am very fortunate in that I have not experienced first hand contact with Alzheimer's but this has made me begin to try to comprehend what sufferers and their families must go through. Congratulations on this fine drama.

Just wanted to say I wanted to watch firstly because my dad has Alzheimer's and I enjoy all Danny Brocklehursts work. Watching Jim Broadbent act is like me watching my dad it is so realistically acted and very well researched into Alzheimer's. We are going through all the same situations with my dad. My dad also beat my teenage brother really bad in the 80s and it bought back all those memories like it was yesterday. I am looking forward to tonight but seeing the preview when Tommy pushes his head under the water, I think is going to upset me but will still watch.

One of the best things I have seen for a very long time - just brilliantly written, directed and not a weak link in the cast. Special congratulations though to John Simm, Jim Broadbent and Olivia Colman.

I always look forward to a drama involving John Simm's; for three nights I have been captivated, often holding tension, fear and laughter at the same time; a gripping mix of existential issues – as Tom painfully constructed his identity and origins, Sam his adoptive father lost his, but both in the final scene bonded through love. Superb acting from a brilliant cast – I cannot recall being captivated by a drama for three consecutive nights for a very, very long time. I’d also like to add what an accomplished and mature actor Clare Goose has become since her Casualty days. Brilliant all round! Thank you!

Really enjoyed theses programs a lot well done the Ö÷²¥´óÐã you have been commissioning some great drama recently, back to the glory days I reckon keep up the good work, I love the music used in Excile I'd love to get hold of it, thanks again for three great nights of entrainment
Graham

Real life drama that did not hold back. Fantastic performances from John Simm and Jim Broadbent and having experiences in caring for someone with alzheimers the suffering of the family showed through, with Olivia Colman playing this part so well. A brilliant three hours of television.

Great production in the best Ö÷²¥´óÐã tradition with a strong cast and script. Top marks to Jim Broabent for his portrayal of dementia and for running through the snow in his vest and underpants. Pity about that snow, though. It seemed to appear and disappear from time to time. Worthy of a DVD, I think.

The best production I have seen on Ö÷²¥´óÐã 1 for ages. Thought the writing and acting were very brave and convincing. The location and sets felt real. Several cuts above the norm. Many congratulations. [wasn't it lucky that the spare crash helmet fitted her brother?]

Although I enjoyed this three-part series, I could not help feeling that it should have been four parts; an extra episode was necessary.
At the denouement, the loose ends were tired up so quickly that there was little time for reflection. The character of Tulse was introduced, investigated and died; been gone and dunnit. He ought to have been slipped into the narrative earlier, possibly by being mentioned in passing, on the cassette-tape for instance. Thus he could have been pulled back in when the true horror of the story was dawning on Tom (and the viewer).
Similarly, the fall from grace of Don Metzler was all too peremptory; one minute there is a tense stand-off between him and Tom, the next we see him being hounded by the press as he heads for his car. Presumably 'naming the devil' was successful, but I feel a little more story would have been useful. Close-ups of the Lancashire Post's headline front pages, perhaps?
And similarly, the finishing of the tale with Tom's 'sister' and indeed Tom's potential future relationships and feasible career as a journalist in Lancashire; it could thus finish with a successful version of the beginning, where he storms away from his miserable London post, looking for his past, but ultimately finding a future.

Could it be that this was not a director's cut, that it was edited somewhat by necessity of filling a particular slot? Or could the untimely death of Pete Postlethwaite played a part in the structure? Given that I heard he was destined for the role of Sam, and he only died in January, 'Exile' must have been shot on a pretty tight schedule.

Excellent. Good to see a Ö÷²¥´óÐã1 drama which doesn't slavishly conform to genre conventions.

Totally excellent. Amazing, gob smacking, heartbreaking. This is what we pay our licence fee for - more like this Ö÷²¥´óÐã. If this doesn't win BAFTA's (especially Broadbent) I'll eat my hat. I LOVED it. And everyone I speak to says the same.

I've been anticipating this broadcast since reading a blurb about it in an interview in the Sheffield Telegraph this past September. Despite John Simm's description of this outstanding drama being 'under the radar' at the time, I certainly hope it doesn't remain so.

I'm still assimilating this worthy project. It has surpassed my highest expectations!!
A harrowing story,revealing corruption of the most evil kind, depicted brilliantly by all the players. My praise sounds weak, but amazingly enough, we find John centre of an outstanding drama and carrying it so very, very well.

Unbelievable good. Truly outstanding television. I had to catch up on Iplayer because of the stripping so i watched in one night and it blew me away. John Simm really is the master...

Quick question I need answering please!!...does anyone know the particular track playing at the start of episode 3 when John Simm is dancing in the club???
Brilliant drama, amazing acting and powerful themes covered very well indeed.
I loved this!

mandyrose74: The track was Cruel Intentions by Simian Mobile Disco. I'm not sure whether it was the original mix though, there's quite a number of different versions and remixes of that particular one.

I would also like to express my thanks to everyone involved in the production of Exile. It was a gripping political thriller, but even more a very touching character drama. I liked the pacing of the series. Both dramas and thrillers need time to breathe, otherwise the atmosphere is lost, and the plot falls apart because there is no time to dive in, analyse the character's faces, follow one's own thoughts. Sadly this is a talent that has been somewhat lost over the past couple of years. I'm excited that with The Shadow Line and Exile I have within such a short time found two programmes which mastered this art, and I hope it is a trend that will continue. In Exile, there was so much going on while not a word was being sad. It was brilliantly written, brilliantly directed and edited, and brilliantly acted.

Might I also express my wish for a high-definition release of the series. I am currently holding off on the DVD release in the hopes that it will be joined by a Blu-ray release soon.