Ten Pound Poms – First Look Promotional Photos + Press Release

Written by Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic, Ordinary Lies) and produced by Eleven (Sex Education, Red Rose) first-look pictures have right this moment been launched of Michelle Keegan (Our Girl; Brassic) as Kate, Faye Marsay (Game Of Thrones; Black Mirror) as Annie and Warren Brown as Terry (The Responder; Luther) in upcoming drama Ten Pound Poms which is coming quickly to BBC One and BBC iPlayer within the UK and Stan in Australia.

Images have additionally been launched of Hattie Hook as Pattie, Finn Treacy as Peter, David Field as Dean, Sophie Gregg as Tina, Cheree Cassidy as Marlene and Rob Collins as Ron.

The six-half sequence follows a gaggle of Brits as they depart dreary submit-warfare Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering journey on the opposite aspect of the world. For solely a tenner, they’ve been promised a greater home, higher job prospects and a greater high quality of life by the ocean in solar-soaked Australia.

But life down beneath isn’t precisely the idyllic dream the brand new arrivals have been promised. Struggling with their new identification as immigrants, we comply with their triumphs and pitfalls as they adapt to a brand new life in a brand new nation, removed from Britain and familiarity.

At the guts of the drama are Annie (Faye Marsay) and Terry Roberts (Warren Brown). They attempt to make the very best of the scenario for his or her household, however the poor dwelling circumstances on the migrant hostel and native attitudes in direction of immigrants take a look at them in methods they couldn’t have imagined.

They aren’t the one folks on the hostel avoiding the reality. Kate (Michelle Keegan) is a younger nurse who arrives with out her fiancé and can do no matter it takes to try to rewrite her devastating previous. Bill (Leon Ford) has misplaced his household enterprise again residence and is so determined to show he’s dwelling the Australian dream that he’ll cease at nothing to be able to get a way of life he can’t maintain. Teenager Stevie (Declan Coyle) comes from a troubled background and hopes to make use of this new journey to flee his oppressive father. Meanwhile, Ron (Rob Collins), an Indigenous Australian warfare veteran, struggles with feeling like an outsider in his personal nation.

Produced by Eleven, Gaynor Holmes govt produces for the BBC and Amanda Duthie and Cailah Scobie for Stan with Joel Wilson, Olivia Trench and Jamie Campbell govt producing for Eleven. Joining Danny Brocklehurst on the writing workforce are Ryan Griffen, Smita Bhide and Ava Pickett. It is directed by Jamie Stone and Ana Kokkinos. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will distribute the sequence worldwide.

Filming happened in Australia final yr and transmission particulars will likely be launched sooner or later.