Creators:
Daniel BrocklehurstScreenplay:
Daniel BrocklehurstComposer:
Jack Thorburn MatthiasCast:
Michelle Keegan, Warren Brown, Faye Marsay, Stephen Curry, Emma Hamilton, David Field, Cheree Cassidy, Richard Sydenham, Simon McLachlan, Leah PerkinsEpisodes(6)
Plots(1)
Ten Pound Poms follows a group of Brits as they leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. For only a tenner, they have been promised a better house, better job prospects and a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia. But life down under isn’t exactly the idyllic dream the new arrivals have been promised. Struggling with their new identity as immigrants, we follow their triumphs and pitfalls as they adapt to a new life in a new country far from Britain and familiarity. At the heart of the drama is the Roberts family; they try to look for ways to make the best of their situation but the poor living conditions at the migrant hostel and local attitudes towards immigrants test them in ways they couldn’t have imagined. And they aren’t the only people at the hostel avoiding the truth. Kate, a young nurse, arrives without her fiancé́ and will do whatever it takes to try and rewrite her devastating past. Bill has lost his family business back home and is so desperate to prove he’s living the Australian dream that he’ll stop at nothing in order to get a lifestyle he can’t sustain. Meanwhile, teenager Stevie comes from a troubled background and hopes to use this new adventure to escape his oppressive father. (Stan.)
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Warren Brown
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Stephen Curry
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Emma Hamilton
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David Field
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