The scheme saw the families of many famous people relocate to Australia, including the parents of Hugh Jackman, Kylie Minogue, the Bee Gees and AC/DC founders Malcolm and Angus Young and Bon Scott. Set in 1956, Ten Pound Poms follows a bunch of fictional Brits who took advantage of the Australian government's offer to transport them to Oz and provide subsidised housing and jobs for them for £10 per person
If they decided to return to Britain within two years, they had to pay back their £10 and fund their own passage back (about £120 then, £6,000 in today's money). The Assisted Passage Migration Scheme ran in various forms from 1945 to 1972 and enticed more than a million and a half Brits, who could apply for Australian citizenship after a year. Set in 1956, Ten Pound Poms follows a bunch of fictional Brits who took advantage of the Australian government's offer to transport them to Oz and provide subsidised housing and jobs for them for £10 per person. Michelle and I would be Googling shark attacks.'Īlong with Luther actor Warren Brown the pair were down under for the six-part series from Brassic creator Danny Brocklehurst. I was slightly terrified about the fact that if you get bitten by anything you're probably going to die. 'We wouldn't get right up close because they might give you a punch, apparently. 'There was always a mob of them in the background,' recalls Game Of Thrones star Faye. British actors don't find themselves sharing the set with kangaroos very often, but that became the daily norm for Michelle Keegan and Faye Marsay on new BBC1 drama Ten Pound Poms.
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