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The Roberts family leave dreary postwar Manchester for a new life down under. But they find that it isn't quite what they've been sold.

In dreary postwar Manchester, Annie Roberts is at her wits' end when husband Terry spends all his wages down the pub. Desperate for a better life for her children, Annie responds to an emigration advert that promises Brits a prosperous new life in Australia for a tenner. Expecting whitewashed houses and sun-soaked adventures, the Roberts family arrive in Sydney to find life down under isn鈥檛 quite what they鈥檝e been sold.

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Sun 14 May 2023 21:00

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Role Contributor
Annie Roberts Faye Marsay
Terry Roberts Warren Brown
Kate Thorne Michelle Keegan
Ron Mohoney Rob Collins
Dean Spender David Field
JJ Walker Stephen Curry
Bill Anderson Leon Ford
Sheila Anderson Emma Hamilton
Writer Danny Brocklehurst
Director Jamie Stone

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