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on immigration. 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. ''Sitting in Limbo'' was written by Bryan's half-brother, novelist Stephen S. Thompson, and stars Patrick Robinson,

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, Jay Simpson and

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. The film was broadcast on 8 June 2020 on

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's song "Sitting in Limbo", from his 1971 album '' Another Cycle'', played over the

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. , the film holds approval rating on

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, based on reviews with an average rating of . The programme won the

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at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards.

References

External links

Sitting in Limbo
an
Sitting in Limbo Pre-Watershed Version
at BBC iPlayer
'They don't tell you why': threatened with removal after 52 years in the UK
article in ''The Guardian'' by

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