TEN Pound Poms is a gripping BBC drama about Brits heading to Australia, following the affects of World War II.
Due to the nature of the plot, some viewers have been wondering if the BBC One series is based on a true story.
Is ten Pound Pons a true story?
Ten Pound Poms follows a group of Brits as they leave post-war Britain in 1965 and embark on a new adventure on the other side of the world.
For only £10, the group have been promised a better quality of life in Australia.
But while the offer sounds like a dream, the reality is not exactly what they have been promised.
The drama follows the group's rises and falls as they adapt to their new life in a new country far away from their homeland.
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While the historical events that the series are based on and the Assisted Migration scheme of the 50s did indeed exist, the characters and stories in the BBC series are works of fiction.
The term "ten pound poms" was used throughout Australia and New Zealand to describe the Brits who had migrated to escape the aftermath of WWII.
The Ten Pound Poms scheme itself attracted a staggering total of more than one million migrants from the British Isles between 1945 and 1972.
Even more migrants were encouraged to leave the UK for Australia when the "Bring Out a Briton" campaign was launched in 1957.
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The scheme reached its peak in 1969 when more than 80,000 migrants took advantage of it.
Is Ten Pound Poms based on a book?
The series is not based on a book, but was instead created as an original drama for the BBC, by Bafta-winning Danny Brocklehurst.
Speaking about writing how he came up with the script for series, he told the BBC: "I’ve got to be honest, I didn’t really know much about this period.
"It was one of those things that was on the edge of my consciousness and Eleven Film, who I’d been trying to find the right idea to work with for a while, they just sent me a link to a very old documentary from the early ‘80s.
"It was interviews with people who had done the scheme and said ‘Do you think there might be a drama in this idea?’ and I watched the documentary and I did quite quickly think there was something in this.
"It seemed to tap into lots of different themes, themes about how you can escape but you always take yourself with you, themes of prejudice, themes of starting again, sink or swim.
"There are a lot of things that interested me in it."
Who is in the cast of Ten Pound Poms?
Ten Pound Poms brings with it an incredible cast of actors.
The line-up includes:
- Michelle Keegan plays Kate Thorne - She is best known for Coronation Street and Our Girl.
- Faye Marsay as Annie Roberts - The actress is best known for Black Mirror and Game Of Thrones.
- Warren Brown as Terry Roberts - He is best known for Hollyoaks and Luther
- Hattie Hook as Pattie Roberts - The Aussie actress has starred in Of An Age and Savage River
- Finn Treacy as Peter Roberts - The young actor starred in Australian drama, Barrumbi Kids
- Stephen Curry as JJ Walker - The Aussie comic played two different characters in Neighbours in the 90s
- David Field as Dean - Known for US drama Shantaram and The Inbetweeners 2
- Emma Hamilton as Sheila Anderson - Aussie star is known for Mr Selfridge and Fearless
- Leon Ford as Bill Anderson - Known for The Letdown and
- Berynn Schwerdt as Arty - Starred in Wyrmwood and After Armageddon
- Cheree Cassidy as Marlene - The Aussie actress starred in Home & Away from 2016-2017
- Rob Collins as Ron Mahoney - The Australian star has appeared in Limbo and The Drover's Wife
How can I watch Ten Pound Poms on BBC1?
BBC's Ten Pound Poms airs on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday nights
In total there are six episodes which will air weekly, with the seriesd concluding on May 16, 2023.
But if you can wait until then, all episodes are available to watch now as a boxset on BBC iPlayer.
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