BBC fans urged to binge ‘top-notch’ historical drama before season 2 this weekend
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Previous Page Next PageBBC viewers have implored TV fans to catch up with a ‘top-notch’ historical drama before the premiere of its second season.
Ten Pound Poms, which started in 2023, tells the story of British workers who emigrated to Australia and New Zealand in search of a new life after the Second World War.
The series is based on true events, with more than a million Brits travelling Down Under between 1945 and 1972, making their journeys via boat and plane for just £10 (£545 in today’s money).
Starring Coronation Street’s Michelle Keegan and Game of Thrones actress Faye Marsay, Ten Pound Poms was released to a warm critical reception and healthy viewership figures.
The six-part series was watched by an average of 4.78 million people in the UK across the main BBC channels and iPlayer, making it the most successful BBC drama since Vigil in 2021.
It’s now been renewed for a second season, which begins on Sunday night at 8pm on BBC One, with each new episode dropping weekly thereafter – and fans have urged BBC viewers to catch up over the weekend.
Ten Pound Poms is based on true events (Picture: BBC/Eleven Film/Lisa Tomasetti)On Reddit, Zinnia L said: ‘[Ten Pound Poms] really is so good! I was so entertained by the show and only retrospectively I noticed how much societal issues the show addressed!
They continued, celebrating the performances of Michelle and Faye: ‘I loved [the series]! And the drama was so good – the acting was also top-notch. Highly recommended.’
A user named 3lmTree mentioned that the drama touched on issues that affected their family: ‘I’ll have to check this one out. My husband’s maternal side of the family immigrated to Australia this way in the 60s via boat.’
The ‘top notch’ drama was warmly received by critics and viewers (Picture: BBC/Eleven Film/Lisa Tomasetti)Zinnia added: ‘On top of [the great drama], it also showed the difficulties in marriage and rough patches, [including stories about] alcoholism. All the while not coming off as preachy.’
After season one, W0nderW0man hoped some storylines would be concluded with more episodes: ‘It was a pretty good show. My teen daughter enjoyed it too. Would love to know if there is a chance of a season 2 though as quite a few things didn’t get wrapped up.’
Michelle plays character Kate Thorne on the show, and speaking to the BBC she revealed her character’s true intentions and what took her to Australia in the first place.
Millions emigrated to Australia from Britain in the 50s and 60s (Picture: BBC/Eleven Film/Lisa Tomasetti)‘As we saw in the first series, Kate’s son Michael was sent to Australia in the care system and was adopted into an Australian family, which Kate didn’t know. Trying to find him is what took her to Australia.
‘This series is really about Kate trying to expose the fact that her and her son have been separated against her wishes, which happened to so many families and to so many women in the 1950s, it’s absolutely heartbreaking.’
Ten Pound Poms also stars Warren Brown as Terry Roberts – husband to Faye’s character Annie – Rob Collins as Rob Mohoney, and David Field as Dean Spender.
The first season was filmed on location in Australia, including major cities such as Sydney, as well as parts of the British countryside in Buckinghamshire.
Watch Ten Pound Poms season one on iPlayer. Ten Pound Poms season two starts on BBC One on Sunday, March 9, 8pm.
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