BBC announce new drama Ten Pounds Poms from Brassic creator Danny Brocklehurst

OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Brocklehurst is working on new BBC drama ‘Ten Pounds Poms’.
The Beeb has commissioned a brand new original series from the ‘Brassic’ creator, which is being produced by BBC, Stan and ‘Sex Education’ producers Eleven.
The show – made up for six hour long episodes – will follow a group of Brits leaving post-war Britain in 1956 “to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world”.
For just a tenner, they have been offered ” a better house, better job prospects and a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia”.
However, their life Down Under doesn’t end up being the “idyllic dream” they hoped for as the Roberts family try to adapt to a new life as imigrants.
The drama will also follow young nurse Kate who arrives without her fiance as she looks to “rewrite her devastating past”, teenager Stevie hoping to “escape his oppressive father” after a difficult upbringing, and Bill who lost his family business back home and is looking to “prove he’s living the Australian dream”.
The show will be filmed in Australia and be broadcast in 2023, with casting news to follow.
In a statement, creator Danny said: “Ten Pounds Poms is a big bold character piece about what it means to start again, to be an outsider in a new land.
“It asks questions about success and failure, identity, parenthood and belonging. The assisted migration programme is a little-known part of British and Australian history but offers endless stories about the people who travelled to the other side of the world in search of a better life.
“I couldn’t be more delighted to be making the show with the BBC, Eleven and Stan.”
Tommy Bulfin, Commissioning Editor for BBC Drama, added: “We are absolutely thrilled to bring this timely story to the screen.
“It perfectly captures the courage and determination of our brilliant British migrants as they uproot their entire lives and try to adjust to a new life in an often hostile environment.
“Told with Danny’s characteristic wit and heart, ‘Ten Pound Poms’ is sure to delight BBC audiences when it hits the screen next year.”

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