Sitting in Limbo (2020 film)

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Sitting in Limbo
Written byStephen S. Thompson
Directed byStella Corradi
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time86 minutes
Release
Original release
  • 8 June 2020 (2020-06-08) (BBC One)

Sitting in Limbo is a 2020 feature-length factual TV drama about the Windrush scandal.[1] The story focuses on the real-life experiences of a Jamaican-born British man, Anthony Bryan, one of the victims of the UK Home Office hostile environment policy on immigration.[2][3] Bryan had lived in the UK for 50 years when his life was upended as a result of the Home Office mistakenly classifying him as an illegal immigrant.[4]

Sitting in Limbo was written by Bryan's half-brother, novelist Stephen S. Thompson,[5][6] and stars Patrick Robinson,[7] Nadine Marshall, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Jay Simpson and Sarah Woodward.[8] The film was broadcast on 8 June 2020 on BBC One.[9]

Jimmy Cliff's song "Sitting in Limbo", from his 1971 album Another Cycle, played over the closing credits.[citation needed]

As of July 2020, the film holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on seven reviews with an average rating of 8.4/10.[10]

The programme won the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards.

References[]

  1. ^ "BBC One's intimate and important Windrush scandal drama Sitting in Limbo couldn't have been more timely". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. ^ O'Grady, Sean (8 June 2020). "Sitting in Limbo, review: True story about Britain's brutal bureaucracy is harrowing to watch". The Independent. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. ^ Gentleman, Amelia (12 June 2020). "The Windrush generation deserves justice – not video chats with the home secretary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. ^ "The cast of Sitting in Limbo on the BBC and everything else you need to know". inews.co.uk. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. ^ Moss, Stephen (15 June 2020). "'Sometimes you have to take liberties': the TV dramas ripped from the headlines". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-15 – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ^ "Telling my brother's Windrush scandal story". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  7. ^ Ferguson, Euan (14 June 2020). "The week in TV: I May Destroy You; Sitting in Limbo; Staged; McMillions; Das Boot". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-15 – via www.theguardian.com.
  8. ^ "Meet the cast of BBC One Windrush drama Sitting in Limbo". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  9. ^ "When is the BBC's Windrush scandal drama Sitting in Limbo on TV?". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  10. ^ "Sitting in Limbo (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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