Episodes
Ten Pound Poms: Episode 1 (BBC One Sunday 14 May 2023)
Ten Pound Poms: Episode 1 airs Sunday 14 May 2023 on BBC One
Annie Roberts, a housewife in depressing postwar Manchester, is at her wit’s end because her husband, Terry, blows all of their money at the bar. Annie, looking to provide better opportunities for her kids, responds to an emigration ad that promises a prosperous new life in Australia for just ten pounds. The Roberts family, having been led to believe that life in Sydney would be all whitewashed houses and sun-drenched adventures, is disappointed upon their arrival in Australia.
With Michelle Keegan (Kate), Faye Marsay (Annie), Warren Brown (Terry Roberts), Rob Collins (Ron), Leon Ford (Bill), Declan Cole (Stevie),
Season 1 Episode 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.
What time is Ten Pound Poms: Episode 1 on tonight
Ten Pound Poms: Episode 1 airs Sunday 14 May 2023 at 21:00 on BBC One
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