Ten Pound Poms

TV Series
2023–

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6.8/10

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A group of Brits leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure. The Roberts family tries to make the best of their situation, but life at the shelter tests them, but they're not t... Read allA group of Brits leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure. The Roberts family tries to make the best of their situation, but life at the shelter tests them, but they're not the only ones avoiding the truth.A group of Brits leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure. The Roberts family tries to make the best of their situation, but life at the shelter tests them, but they're not the only ones avoiding the truth.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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POPULARITY

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Episodes12

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Trivia
Lots of linguistic anachronisms. For example, in Episode 1 the word striker is used to describe a football forward, this term emerged in the 1970's and in Episode 2 someone uses the exclamation "Oh my days" which, although first noted in the late 19th century, was virtually unheard and only became commonplace in the 21st century.

Goofs
Apart from a pipeline that never seemed to advance, in the background was clearly shown a yellow mini articulated dumpster (used by the crew?) that was not used in Australia for another fifty years.

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Featured review

5/10

A big subject that deserved better treatment

If I had to summarize my experience of watching 'Ten Pound Poms' so far I would have to say that Danny Brocklehurst was determined to work his story around xenophobia and racism, and chose the Labour Camp outside Sydney as his best way to integrate those themes, as it brought many races closer together. Unfortunately, it makes the story flat as every day we see Terry going off to do his bit in a hole in the ground, and in the evening he gets together with the other immigrants for a drink or party. It's a generalization of course, but many members of the Maltese side of my family went to Australia at this time and they ended up in the big cities. I think this makes the whole story seem untrue. There may have been one of two places that were like the camp, but they were probably the exception rather than the rule and this is where this story falls flat for me.

The production values, acting, scoring, cinematography are all world class. It's just that the story falls flat, it is too crowded, and the characters are not three dimensional enough. I will make an exception for the Terry character, and I think the Michelle Keegan character could have been worked better. The orphanage scene was embarrassing and unconvincing.

I think the subject material needed a more sensitive approach and probably should have come from someone with more first jhand experience of the process of emigration.