Four Aussies trade sunshine for swinging London—and learn the empire bites back.
Production
Evocative period recreation on clearly stretched budget—charmingly scrappy.
Acting
McKenzie and Gibney's crackling chemistry carries the whole sprawling thing.
Director
Robert Marchand
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV movie was part of Australia's 1990s push into prestige miniseries, riding the wave of 'Brideshead Revisited' nostalgia.
The 'Ten Pound Pom' era saw over a million Australians and New Zealanders migrate to Britain; this captures the romantic delusion before reality set in.
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