In the middle of the 20th century, the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme saw Brits lured by glossy newspaper adverts to emigrate to Australia for the princely sum of £10. But – as depicted in the series – the promise of a new life of sun, sea and sand did not live up to expectations. New arrivals were met with dismal housing, poorly paid jobs, xenophobia and a whole lot of general unfairness. Thank goodness nothing like that happens these days, eh?
Stephen Curry as JJ Walker and Emma Hamilton as Sheila (Photo: Lisa Tomasetti/Eleven Film/BBC)
With a long waiting list for rehousing, Terry is on the hunt for better work and when he’s dispatched to fix dry rot in overcrowded tenement housing, he discovers that maybe they don’t have it so bad after all. While his gut instinct is that the vulnerable residents are being exploited, he is quickly distracted by meeting Benny, the suave landlord who befriends him and offers him a new job that seems too good to be true.
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Away from the Roberts, we also pick up with Michelle Keegan’s nurse, Kate. Having sailed halfway across the world to track down her son Michael in the Australian care system after he was taken from her while she was suffering from postnatal depression, she has now abducted him from his adoptive parents and is on the run.
Warren Brown as Terry and Marcus Graham as Benny Bates (Photo: Lisa Tomasetti/Eleven Film/BBC)Despite a fairly cautious pace, there are plenty of other storylines flying around. In a series of tender scenes, hostel boss JJ (Stephen Curry) is sneaking into a mental institution to visit his married lover Sheila (Emma Hamilton) after her suicide attempt. Meanwhile, there’s a new addition, cocky Irish gardener Ray Skinner, who looks set to be a troublemaker, and Annie’s boss Marlene is going to increasingly extreme measures to avoid her ex-husband.
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