Ten Pound Poms: The Real Story

BBC Four HD

2:00 AM to 2:50 AM

Wednesday 16 April

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The true story behind the BBC One Sunday night drama. In 1947, the Assisted Passage Scheme began, devised by the Australian government to bring in white British settlers. For just £10, they could start a new life in a sun-drenched land of opportunity, and over the next 25 years, more than a million people took up the offer. The scheme's pioneers tell their story