Ten Pound Poms: Season 1

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BritBox | Season Premiere Date: October 29, 2025

Summary: Kate (Michelle Keegan), a young nurse, and Terry (Warren Brown), his wife Annie (Faye Marsay) and their two kids are some of the British who paid £10 to immigrate to Australia for a promised better life. However, on arrival in Sydney, they face discrimination and poor treatment in the drama series set in the 1950s.

[Premiered originallyKate (Michelle Keegan), a young nurse, and Terry (Warren Brown), his wife Annie (Faye Marsay) and their two kids are some of the British who paid £10 to immigrate to Australia for a promised better life. However, on arrival in Sydney, they face discrimination and poor treatment in the drama series set in the 1950s.

[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 14 May 2023, in Australia on Stan 15 May 2023, and in the US on BritBox 29 Oct 2025]… Expand

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The Telegraph Anita Singh

Sep 24, 2025

It’s a solidly enjoyable Sunday night drama, albeit one that feels slightly lacking. Read full review

The Independent Nick Hilton

Sep 24, 2025

Lightweight, superficial, and a missed opportunity to interrogate our modern immigration concerns, Ten Pound Poms is, all the same, a burst of sun-soaked schmaltz. Read full review

The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Sep 24, 2025

It has been a bit BBC One-ed, in the sense that it takes wide aim at the “issues” then tackles them with broad brushstrokes, but this is enjoyable enough, nicely compelling, and a real education for those not familiar with the Ten Pound Poms story. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Sep 24, 2025

It’s certainly very watchable, and the subject matter is excellent. Read full review

Radio Times Morgan Cormack

Sep 24, 2025

Is it a joy to watch something that doesn't revolve around police stations and crime fighting? Most definitely. But when a series like this is blending rich characterisation, fiction, real life history and topical themes, sometimes a focus on a select few rather than a host of multiple over-lapping stories is for the best. Read full review

Joel Keller

Nov 3, 2025

For the most part, Ten Pound Poms is a watchable drama about the difficulties Brits had in Australia during the post-WWII immigration movement. But its sudden dark turn in the first episode, plus a couple of underdeveloped stories, make us wonder just where the show is going. Read full review

i Neil Armstrong

Sep 24, 2025

Brown is solid as a husband and father trying to be better and so is Marsay as a wife who wants more. The reason for Keegan’s glamorous nurse being in Australia is convincing, the methods she uses to achieve her aims less so. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 18, 2026
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 29, 2025
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