‘Ten Pound Poms’: BBC Releases “First Look” Images Of Drama From Brassic’s Danny Brocklehurst Starring Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay & Warren Brown
The BBC has released a set of “first look” images for ‘Ten Pound Poms‘, a brand new drama written by Danny Brocklehurst (‘Brassic’, ‘Ordinary Lies’) and produced by Eleven (‘Sex Education’, ‘Red Rose’), starring Michelle Keegan, Warren Brown, Faye Marsay and more.
The six-part series 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 are Annie (Faye Marsay – ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Black Mirror’) and Terry Roberts (Warren Brown – ‘The Responder’, ‘Luther’). They try to make the best of the situation for their family, but the poor living conditions at the migrant hostel and local attitudes towards immigrants test them in ways they couldn’t have imagined.
They aren’t the only people at the hostel avoiding the truth. Kate (Michelle Keegan – ‘Our Girl’, ‘Brassic’) is a young nurse who arrives without her fiancé and will do whatever it takes to try and rewrite her devastating past. Bill (Leon Ford – ‘The Letdown’, ‘The Pacific’) 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. Teenager Stevie (Declan Coyle) comes from a troubled background and hopes to use this new adventure to escape his oppressive father. Meanwhile, Ron (Rob Collins – ‘Mystery Road’, ‘Glitch’, ‘Reef Break’), an Indigenous Australian war veteran, struggles with feeling like an outsider in his own country.
The series also stars Hattie Hook (‘Savage River’) as Pattie, Finn Treacy (‘Barrumbi Kids’) as Peter, David Field (‘Shantaram’, ‘No Activity’) as Dean, Sophie Gregg (‘Home and Away’, ‘The PM’s Daughter’) as Tina, and Cheree Cassidy (‘Home and Away’, ‘Wolf Like Me’) as Marlene.
Produced by Eleven, Gaynor Holmes executive produces for the BBC and Amanda Duthie and Cailah Scobie for Stan with Joel Wilson, Olivia Trench and Jamie Campbell executive producing for Eleven. Joining Danny Brocklehurst on the writing team are Ryan Griffen, Smita Bhide and Ava Pickett. It is directed by Jamie Stone and Ana Kokkinos. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will distribute the series worldwide.
‘Ten Pound Poms‘ does not yet have a premiere date but will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK and Stan in Australia. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they get a UK premiere date.
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