Finn Treacy as Peter, Hattie Hook as Pattie, Faye Marsay as Annie and Warren Brown as Terry
The six-part series follows the fish-out-of-water Brits as they embark on their new lives after being promised a better house, better job prospects and a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia, and all for the princely sum of a tenner. Naturally, this being a TV drama things don’t go quite as smoothly as they might have hoped.
The drama centres on Annie (Marsay) and Terry Roberts (Brown), who are trying to make the best of the situation for their family despite the poor living conditions at the migrant hostel and far-from-welcoming local attitudes towards immigrants.
Marsay and Brown
If that all sounds eerily familiar rather than a historical tale, they’re joined by put-upon nurse Kate (Keegan) who has headed down under alone in search of a better life and hoping to erase her past.
Michelle Keegan, BBC
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. Scottish BAFTA winner Jamie Stone directs, and is also the grandson of Mastermind legend Magnus Magnusson for the trivia-minded.
Ten Pound Poms is coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK and Stan in Australia, with transmission date TBC.
