Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly positive reviews. John Simm received a BAFTA nomination for his role as Tom Ronstadt, as did the director John Alexander. Cast John Simm as Tom Ronstadt Jim Broadbent as Sam Ronstadt Olivia Colman as Nancy Ronstadt Claire Goose as Mandy Jackson Nico Mirallegro as Teenage Tom Ronstadt Shaun Dooley as Mike Eldridge Daryl Fishwick as Wendy Strawbridge Kate Magowan as Jane Dutton Timothy West as Metzler Allan Corduner as Geller Abby Greenhalgh as Hayley Cousins John-Paul Hurley as Kevin Richardson Ned Dennehy as Ricky Llewelyn Denise Black as Belinda Pocock Alex Clayton as Young Tom Ronstadt Episodes

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Notable quotes

“You can't make up for two thousand years of exile in a few years.”
— Chaim Weizmann. Quoted by Project Herzl.
“EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
“You are engaged with an elsewhere that cannot be reached: Isn't that the defining characteristic of exile?”
— Breyten Breytenbach, "The Exile as African", in Altogether Elsewhere: Writers on Exile, ed. Marc Robinson (Boston: Faber & Faber, 1994), p. 181.
“When you are exiled from a space, you are exiled from a time.”
— William H. Gass, "Exile", in Altogether Elsewhere: Writers on Exile, ed. Marc Robinson (Boston: Faber & Faber, 1994), p. 219.
“… political exile is not exile from influence.”
— Massimo Introvigne, "Kang Youwei: A Confucian Monarchist in the New World", Bitter Winter (March 2, 2026)
“No, my good lord: banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins; but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant, being as he is old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company: banish plump Jack and banish all the world.”
— William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I (c. 1597), Act II, scene 4, line 520.

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Notable quotes

“You can't make up for two thousand years of exile in a few years.”
— Chaim Weizmann. Quoted by Project Herzl.
“EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
“You are engaged with an elsewhere that cannot be reached: Isn't that the defining characteristic of exile?”
— Breyten Breytenbach, "The Exile as African", in Altogether Elsewhere: Writers on Exile, ed. Marc Robinson (Boston: Faber & Faber, 1994), p. 181.
“When you are exiled from a space, you are exiled from a time.”
— William H. Gass, "Exile", in Altogether Elsewhere: Writers on Exile, ed. Marc Robinson (Boston: Faber & Faber, 1994), p. 219.
“… political exile is not exile from influence.”
— Massimo Introvigne, "Kang Youwei: A Confucian Monarchist in the New World", Bitter Winter (March 2, 2026)
“No, my good lord: banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins; but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant, being as he is old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company: banish plump Jack and banish all the world.”
— William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I (c. 1597), Act II, scene 4, line 520.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly positive reviews.

Overview

Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly positive reviews. John Simm received a BAFTA nomination for his role as Tom Ronstadt, as did the director John Alexander. Cast John Simm as Tom Ronstadt Jim Broadbent as Sam Ronstadt Olivia Colman as Nancy Ronstadt Claire Goose as Mandy Jackson Nico Mirallegro as Teenage Tom Ronstadt Shaun Dooley as Mike Eldridge Daryl Fishwick as Wendy Strawbridge Kate Magowan as Jane Dutton Timothy West as Metzler Allan Corduner as Geller Abby Greenhalgh as Hayley Cousins John-Paul Hurley as Kevin Richardson Ned Dennehy as Ricky Llewelyn Denise Black as Belinda Pocock Alex Clayton as Young Tom Ronstadt Episodes

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