Previously on Ten Pound Poms...
- Officer. - Terry Roberts says he and Dean clipped a kid.
Don't leave my boy here on the side of the road like a dead dog!
- He's an Aboriginal child. - We hit a roo.
A roo?
You can't let them get away with this.
- What's wrong? - Michael Thorne. He's my son.
- You've got a son in Australia? - He got taken away from me.
No!
You need my signature, and I'm not signing.
I'm not happy here.
While you've been off on your wild adventures,
dancing around in another man's arms, I'm working in a crap job,
I've got no respect, I'm one rung below the rats.
They say if someone slaps your right cheek, turn to them with the other.
Pattie!
You promised me, with tears in your eyes,
that this would be a new start.
We came here for our family, for our future,
a future we chose together.
New start, same old lies.
I don't want to let you down.
Australia, a great place for families.
Australia is an exciting new land,
a country in the modern world.
Create a real home for your family.
A good place to grow.
There's a bright future.,
Come over to the sunny side.
The cost of the journey halfway around the world is £10.
Look for a new start...
On your way to Australia.
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Are you sure she didn't say what this was about?
I told you, she just said to come in before school starts.
You'd better not be in any trouble.
Good morning, Mrs Roberts.
Hello, Pattie. Thank you both for coming in early to see me.
Please just tell me if there's a problem.
- Mum. - No, no.
It's nothing like that.
I just thought it would be nicer to speak in person
rather than just a letter.
Well, I took the liberty of applying on Pattie's behalf
for a highly prestigious study camp.
What are you saying, miss?
You got in.
You got a place.
What?
I can't... I can't believe it. I...
Mum, I heard about this camp,
but I never thought I'd get in.
Thank you, miss.
I'm delighted for you, Pattie.
This is wonderful, this.
I mean, we always knew she was very clever, but...
Well, she's not just clever, Mrs Roberts.
Your daughter, she's already our star pupil.
But we can't really afford it, can we?
Yes, we can.
It's not till the school holidays. I'll take on extra shifts.
We'll manage, Pattie. We've got a couple of months.
That's more than enough time, OK?
Yeah. Two months, OK.
Tell you what, why don't we go shopping after school
and buy you a nice new dress to take to the camp?
- Yeah? - And you can stop worrying about money.
We are in Australia.
We can do anything.
Especially you.
Righto, gather round.
Now, we're a man down for the next couple weeks.
Dean Spender, he's had an accident, he's in hospital.
So some of you will be getting a bit of overtime.
Here, boss.
Yes, boss.
Macka, Jonesy. I owe you one.
Thanks, boys.
Now, this is sophisticated.
But I think she can pull it off.
You've got quite the figure, I must say.
- Very womanly. - No, I haven't.
Let's try it on, shall we? Go on, sweetheart.
Go on.
In you go.
Give us a shout when you're done.
God, when I think about it, Marlene,
if we hadn't have moved over here,
she would've gone straight out of school into some horrible factory.
Oh, she's going to be fine. She's going to go far.
She could be a secretary or she could work in the bank.
She'll get all the chances I didn't have.
You all right in there, sweetheart?
Yeah, fine.
There's a couple of little fiddly hooks at the back.
- She might need a hand. - Oh, right.
Let's have a look, then.
Mum! Mum, I'm OK.
All right, love.
Probably a bit shy. Her age.
Well, you only have what we both have,
nothing we haven't seen in the mirror.
Oh.
What's wrong with it?
Sorry, Marlene, it's...
It's not really my kind of style.
Oh.
But, Mum, if you really want to buy me something,
I'd love some new books.
- B for brainy. - Mm.
You can have whatever you want, love.
Are you not hot in this coat?
No, I... I like wearing it.
Suit yourself.
Meg. Liz.
I said pack it in.
Meg, Liz, is that really what I chose to call my children?
Margaret and Elizabeth are three and four-syllable words.
I think even you could manage that.
All right, I'm off.
Where are you going?
Kate.
I'm so sorry about them.
But you can't keep them indoors all day, can you?
Don't worry about it. It's nice.
Playing out in the sunshine, not like back home.
I miss the rain.
I miss people's voices.
Everyone sounds very different over here.
So, do you wish you were back in England?
Well, my mother is quite poorly.
Oh, well, then you'll have to go home.
I can't afford to leave, not yet.
It's a trap, this two-year business.
And school went well today?
Do you know how many stars the Southern Cross has?
- I've no idea, Peter. - Four or five, depending on...
- They're a lovely family. - Annie's very lucky.
I'm very lucky to get those extra shifts, Pattie.
You should be fine for your camp.
What were you saying about that camp, eh?
Flaming genius our Pattie is. Aren't ya?
I told you she'd knock 'em dead over here, didn't I?
Did you?
- Well, she will. - Eh! Hold on, hold on.
What have I got here?
- Thanks, love. - Eh?
We'll have what we need in no time, Pattie, don't you worry.
Just don't be forgetting us when you're rich and famous, will you?
Dad! It's too stuffy in here. I need some fresh air.
Well, take that bloody coat off, then!
Uh, and where are you going now?
Uh, bower bird.
Bower bird, right.
Well, be in the canteen at 5:30 for your tea, Peter.
I haven't seen you this perky in weeks.
Well, you told me to pull me socks up, didn't you?
That's them all the way up to me arse cheeks.
Well, don't pull 'em too high, then.
Hey.
Come here.
What are you doing?
What do you think I'm doing?
We haven't had the place to ourselves for ages.
Hmm?
Oh!
Oh, I'm sorry, love.
I'm just knackered.
It's all right.
The job won't always be this hard, Terry.
I know.
And you're bound to find something better.
Only a matter of time.
Yeah, you're right.
The makers of Persil
welcome you to Australia's biggest quiz.
Give It A Go!
The new ward's sister's here.
Oh. As good as that?
Mm-hm.
OK.
Good luck.
Nurse Thorne, isn't it?
Good morning, Sister.
You're English.
For my sins.
Well, this is my first day, Nurse, and you're late.
No, I don't think I was.
I was here on the dot.
I expect all my nurses to be on the ward a full 15 minutes
before their shift starts.
It's good for discipline.
I wasn't to know that.
But I do now.
She only hates you because you're related to the Queen.
You're daft as a brush, you are.
Oh, "daft as a brush", "fish and chips".
Talk dirty to me some more, Your Majesty.
I know, I just didn't want the job.
You're useless, you are!
Just get on with it.
Get something right for once in your life.
What are you looking at?
Do you...
Do you know what to do when the, erm,
the windows in the huts don't open?
Talk to JJ.
He should sort you out.
Yeah. Good idea. Thanks.
Wh-What's that book?
Oh, it's, er... It's Shakespeare for school.
- Lots of words. - Yeah.
You're clever.
Mm.
Everything's turning out good for you here.
That's what people think.
It's not true,
what they're saying about me.
Oh, you mean all of the...
I didn't kill anyone. Someone made that up.
Yeah, I didn't think you did.
But you were in prison, though.
Sorry. Sorry, you...
You don't have to tell me.
Yeah.
Well,
we came here to make a new start,
didn't we?
Yeah, we did.
Came here to make a new start.
You're seeing to them white fellows, then?
Yep. One of them's in hospital.
He won't be driving for a while.
And you're taking your time with the other one,
is that it?
That one's a bit tricky, Auntie.
I trust you, bub.
I know you've got a plan.
Thanks, Auntie.
Hello, Pattie. How are you?
Quite well, thanks.
I've heard you've been going great guns at school.
Yeah, Mum just has to tell everyone.
She's proud of you.
Yeah.
Kate.
- You're a nurse. - Last time I checked, yeah.
Well, I've, um...
I've got this friend at school who's in trouble.
What kind of trouble?
Her monthlies have stopped,
so she...
She wants to know where she can go to get them started again.
Goodness.
Well, if she's asking what I think she's asking...
she should know that is illegal and people can go to prison.
So what can she do?
She should talk to her mother.
No, I... I don't think she can.
Well, I'm...
I'm really sorry, Pattie,
but this isn't something I can ask at the hospital.
I wish I could, but I think I'd lose my job.
But if I was your friend,
I really would go and talk to my mum.
I'm sure she'd know what to do.
Yeah. I'll, um...
I'll tell her that, then. Thanks, Kate.
G'day, Robbo.
Hello, mate.
Ron.
I've got a favour to ask you.
Ask away.
I've got some work to earn a bit of extra cash,
but I could do with a mate to help me out.
Just loading and driving.
Yeah, happy to. When?
Tomorrow.
Er, sorry, I'm out with the missus tomorrow.
It'll only be for a couple of hours.
Honestly, I would if I could. Sorry.
Hey, Ron.
If we did it first thing, I could fit it in.
Thanks, mate.
No worries.
Oh, you are clever.
I can't darn to save my life.
Honestly, what does Peter do with this? Look at the state of this.
Look at that.
It's like he's collided with one of those...
What are they called? Those hedgehoggy things
- they have over here. - Hedgehoggy?
- Yeah, that... thing. - You mean the spiny anteater?
A spiny anteater. Isn't that marvellous?
How is Pattie?
- Is she OK? - She is OK.
I think she secretly worries a lot like me,
but what I think is that she's found her feet here.
Well, I'm sure if she ever needed anything, she'd come to you.
You're a wonderful mother, Annie.
Kate.
Don't give up hope. You will find him.
I had no idea how hard it would be.
Trying to find him is like a needle in a haystack.
At least if I'm in the same country as him,
same side of the world, then...
I'll just have to be happy with that.
You can be happy with more.
I know it's hard. I can't imagine how hard.
But Michael can't be your only reason.
You deserve everything that this place has to offer.
Why shouldn't you have that?
- I know. - Come on.
Remember when we first got here?
And there was me thinking I could tell you what was what.
You know, fretting about your husband and...
Yeah.
Now look at you.
You're an example to us all.
No.
But we're trying.
By God, are we trying.
I heard you by the clothes line talking to the lady.
I know where your friend can get help.
What are these letters of complaint?
They're illiterate.
Well, they're from the Italians.
They're on about the termites again.
- We dealt with it last month. - Not properly.
Most of the ceiling rafters need replacing.
John Joseph, you said you could handle this.
Don't tell me I made a mistake leaving you in charge.
Mother, I've got this under control.
Please don't worry.
Bloody Italians.
I'll give them termites.
If they don't like it here, they know where they can go.
Fantastisch!
Come on, lads.
That's a lovely voice.
Who's that?
? Just like you always do
? Till the blue skies
? Drive the dark clouds far away
? So will you please say hello
? To the folks that I know
? Tell them I won't be long
? They'll be happy to knowa
? That as you saw me go
? I was singing this song
? We'll meet again
? Don't know where
? Don't know when
? But I know we'll meet again
? Some sunny day. ?
That was beautiful, Sheila.
I'm a man of my word.
You're a git.
Don't forget, I know about you.
- Bill, Mr Walker said to me... - Who?
JJ.
Oh, that idiot.
He said you'd been talking to Mr Cartwright about money.
Is that true?
Mr Cartwright? Mr Walker?
Your my wife, you don't kowtow to anyone.
- I'm not, I... - Not another word.
I've had just about enough for today.
- Oh, Bill, just... - What? Christ!
- It's just a record. - But please be careful.
It's not broken.
Oops.
Now it is.
- You know what I think? - Hmm?
I think today is going to be a good day.
- Is it? - Mm-hm.
I hope so.
So...
Marlene's barbecue this afternoon, then, eh?
Are you sure that you want to come?
You didn't exactly enjoy the last meet-up, did you?
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Good.
Maybe I should meet you there, though.
I don' know how long this job with Ron is going to take.
You can't come in your work clothes, Terry.
I'll do the job, I'll come back here,
I'll put my glad rags on
and I'll be straight there to meet you.
OK.
I think it'll be good.
Is this is where the job is?
It's just down this track.
This is in the middle of nowhere, Ron.
It's not far to go.
Just can't be late for Annie is all.
What way?
What?
Ron! Ron, Ron, Ron!
What are you doing?
You know, back in the olden days,
white fellas used to bring back fellas to places like this
and throw them off the edge.
Can we move back, Ron? Ron!
You were in that car with Dean.
Yeah, I was. I was!
I was and I went to the police and I tried to report it.
- You left a boy to die out there. - I swear, Ron...
I swear I didn't want to leave him.
I didn't want to leave him! Dean was driving.
- He forced me to go. - I know how that sounds!
It's the truth! And it's been killing me.
You pretended to be my friend.
You fucking brought us medicine.
I didn't know what else to do.
I didn't. And then you said the boy had died and...
Jesus, you don't know what it's been doing to me.
I can't sleep, I can't think.
- I've been remembering things. - Yeah, what things?
Things I saw in the war.
- Yeah, we all saw things. - No, you don't know, Ron.
Ron, I... I'm sorry. I'm sorry about the boy.
I know I've messed everything up and he shouldn't have died.
I should have died!
The boy didn't die.
What?
He was hurt... bad...
but he survived.
- Why did you say...? - I had to,
or they would have taken him.
Who would have taken him?
The government, pom.
They take our kids.
When they hear a kid is ill or hurt, they call us bad parents.
They take our kids away, and we never see them again.
Ron, I'm so sorry.
Push me.
If you're going to do it, do it.
Get it over with. Go on.
That'd be too easy.
You need to live with what you've done.
From now on, you stay away from me.
Is this necklace all right, or do think I need a brooch?
A brooch would be too much, wouldn't it? It'd be too much.
You look nice, Mum. You always do.
Oh, yeah, but Marlene and her friends are really swanky.
Still, I bet none of them have got a daughter as brilliant as mine.
Righty then...
Now, me and your dad will be out late.
Peter, do not go wandering off.
Pattie, will you keep an eye on him for me tonight?
Yeah, cos I haven't got anything better to do, have I?
Apart from my bloody homework
while you're out having a good time.
I beg your pardon, young lady?
Right, I'm off.
Mum said you have to keep an eye on me.
Don't tell her, then.
Hey, mate. What have you got there?
- Uh... - Just going to get changed.
It's done, Auntie.
Go to them, bub.
They've been waiting for you.
You!
- How are you? - Good.
Yeah? You've been good for your mum?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Wahey, Rita Haworth! What have you done with me wife?
Where have you been?
Sorry, the job turned out to be a bit bigger than I thought.
You ready for some posh prancing with your fancy friends?
Stop it.
Come here. Your face is a tomato.
Come on, let's have a look at you.
Yeah.
Clark Gable. Almost.
Shall we?
Oh, my sainted aunt!
Here she is!
- Marlene! - Oh, Annie!
I'm sorry we're late.
God, you look fantastic.
You too, darling.
Terry, you've caught the sun. Come on.
Pink blancmange lattice slice. My speciality.
You'll think you've died and gone to heaven.
Thank you.
Hey. Annie.
Hello, Nick.
So, you must be Marlene's new English friend.
Eh... No, that's my wife, Annie. Works with Marlene.
Good. Then we get you all to ourselves.
Mm! Well, if you say so.
Now, I bet you've never had one of these before.
You bloody bet right. Yeah. What is it?
Lychees. You'll love them.
Try one. They're delicious.
You'd never get these back in England.
Oh, now, we mustn't force him. We're making him nervous.
Are we?
You're not nervous of us, are you, Terry?
Course he's not, look at him.
Well, then, give it us here.
Oh!
Not the skin, yeah?
Oh!
Well, now, then, ladies, in a fight between me and the...
What did you call it?
- Lychee. - Lychee.
Who do you think won?
I think I pretty much hammered the little bugger, don't you?
I know what you're missing.
Don't mind if I do.
Pull the blanket over you.
Lie down, pull the blanket over you.
Don't move until I tell you.
Oh, I thought... I thought you were born in Australia.
No, no, I was born in Arcadia, in the Peloponnese.
What? What's so funny?
It's Arcadia. It's...
It's so exotic.
It's a world away from Stockport, Nick.
Well, I would never have known.
You seem thoroughly Australian.
Thanks. I'll take it as a compliment.
You know, I grew up here,
and yet we get called all kinds of names.
Ities, poms, we're all the same to them.
Krauts.
Frogs.
Bloody Yanks.
And that thing they say here, erm...
Abos.
Yeah, look, that's...
just how it is.
You know, you come to a new country and it's not easy to fit in.
And then somehow,
when you least expect it,
the sun comes up and you have hope again.
You make your own world.
You can leave the past behind.
I'd like to do that.
You already have.
When I look at you, I see a woman that really knows what she wants.
Maybe.
Out you get. We have to walk the rest of the way.
Not far.
What? What's happening?
Am...
Am I having it now? There, there.
How far gone are you?
I don't know. Not... Not far.
Have you felt it kick?
You have, haven't you?
I don't... I don't feel anything.
No. I've driven hundreds of women.
You're too far gone for this to be safe.
I can't have it.
- I can't... - Love, love...
No!
Come on, let's have a sit down.
Come on, love.
I don't know what to do.
This should all be legal and safe.
It should be done in a hospital, with proper doctors,
and then girls like you wouldn't have to risk their lives.
My parents are going to kill me.
If you'd have come to us earlier, you probably would have been fine,
but it's too late now. I'm sorry.
I just don't think there's any other way out of this.
Hey. Hands off the barbie, mate.
You're walking on thin ice there, my friend,
messing with another man's barbecue.
Yeah, but you're burning it.
I'm not burning it.
It's a brave man who likes a shrivelled sausage.
Hey.
Fork you too, pal.
Get your mitts off my meat!
Whoa there, tiger!
Is that your husband?
Terry.
That livened things up a bit.
I think you've had enough, Terry.
You're right.
I've had enough.
Terry!
What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?
In front of my boss, Terry. In front of my friends.
That's all you care about.
Your friends and what people think.
You know that's not true.
What's wrong with you?
This isn't just about your job, this.
I got pushed off a cliff today.
What?
Ron from work nearly pushed me off a cliff.
Why?
Because...
Dean... Dean made me do it.
I thought you said it was Ron. What's Dean got to do with this?
We ran over a kid.
Dean was driving and I was with him and it was dark and...
We ran over an Aboriginal kid.
A boy that Ron knows.
And then Dean made me get back in the car and we drove away
and left the kid.
Jesus.
But... he's not dead.
The kid's not dead. Ron knows him.
He's not dead.
It wasn't my fault, Annie.
Oh, no, it's never your fault, is it?
Poor Terry. It's never your fault.
It's never your fault that these terrible things
keep happening to you, Terry.
And they don't happen to me. Or anyone else.
No, they don't. They don't cos...
you just swan around like Lady Muck, don't you?
Oh, lucky Annie, eh?
Australia is so wonderful.
Doing it all for me family.
All you've ever cared about is yourself.
I could've left you years ago, Terry.
Maybe should have done.
Maybe you should have left me,
and then I wouldn't have had to put up with all your nagging, would I?
You don't know you're born.
When did this happen?
- Hmm? - When did what happen?
When you ran over a kid, Terry.
A few weeks ago.
And I'm just hearing about it now.
It was never the right time to tell you.
You are a liar.
And you are drunk.
How am I ever going to trust you again?
Annie, stop it, please.
Don't come near me.
I want you to get out of my sight now.
Get out of my sight, Terry.
I don't want to be near you, Terry. Get out.
- Get out of my sight. - Please, Annie...
Don't touch me. Get out of my sight.
- Please. - Get out of my sight!
Everything all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Where's your husband?
I don't want to talk about that.
Right. Fair enough.
Why don't we have a tour of the house?
- You and me. - Sure.
Come on.
Careful.
Let's see what's upstairs.
I'm drunk.
I should go home.
I'll call you a taxi.
What are you two still doing up?
Where's Mum?
She'll be home soon.
She'll go mad if you're not in bed.
- Go on, then. - What is it?
I don't know. She wants to talk to her mother.
What's wrong?
I can't go to the study camp.
What are you talking about?
Of course you can go. We're bloody paying for you to go.
I can't...
I can't go because I'm having a baby.
No, you're not.
Do you believe me now?
Who did this to you?
Who was it, Pattie?
Eh?
I'll bloody kill him.
It's... It's Sam.
Sam Williams.
Sam Williams?
That's the coloured lad.
Does he know?
No.
No, and...
and he never will.
What that bloody hell have you done it?!
- Annie... - No, you shut up, you're useless!
I have been working so hard
to make things better for this family,
and you've gone and ruined it!
- Mum? - It's all right, lad.
I knew I shouldn't have told you!
I knew... Kate said you'd understand.
Kate said that...
Kate?
You've told...
You've told Kate about this, have you?
Pattie!
Annie!
Pattie.
Pattie. I am so sorry.
I'm going to take care of everything.
You're not to worry.
- I promise, OK? - OK.
OK, sweetheart.
It's OK.
It's OK. It's OK.
Come here.
I didn't mean to frighten you, all right?
Everything's going to be all right.
It's all right.
You two can stay in my room tonight.
OK.
- Annie... - No.
Thank you.
That's right. If you're a brave little girl,
we'll see what we can do afterward.
Yeah, we'll see how we go.
Well done, you.
There you are.
Oh, four... one?
- Just four. - Just four. OK.
Thank you. Thank you.
OK. Good girl.
Come on, you two. Come on.
- Thank you, Sister. - Pleasure, Mrs Robinson.
Well done.
I think we should have an ice cream.
Thorne? Where do you think you're going? You're still on duty.
I just need to get some fresh air, Sister.
Unless you want to be suspended, Nurse Thorne,
I suggest you return to your post this minute.
I can't!
Thorne!
Michael!
Princess Kate!
No!
No! Michael!
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