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◊ 2023-05-15 16:31 |
Ten Pounds Poms.... for muscular cheerleaders or its the other kind of pounds ? .. ![]() |
◊ 2023-05-15 17:05 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Pound_Poms |
◊ 2023-05-23 10:19 |
Set in 1956. ![]() |
◊ 2023-05-23 22:38 |
title reminds me of a very stupid old cartoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQySZpkBdGQ |
◊ 2023-05-23 23:27 |
![]() Completed. Interesting context and reasonably watchable, but cliched soap opera plots and tendency to cram in too many "social issues" without giving them enough depth. Left a few storylines hanging at end of S1 and introduced a new coachload of arrivals, so clearly setting things up for a 2nd series. Lots of vehicles also used here. |
◊ 2023-05-24 00:02 |
Lots of boats - mix of real, archive and CGI![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Supposedly Pathe archive footage of Portsmouth harbour from Suez crisis ![]() ... and for Captain jfs ![]() ![]() ![]() |
◊ 2023-05-24 00:27 |
The Arcadia and the Fairmore are the same ship, digitally recoloured. |
◊ 2025-03-16 00:18 |
Like this?![]() Please forgive me for making a kartkidbutt joke... |
◊ 2025-03-16 21:53 |
S2 (6 eps, set in 1957 and continuing seamlessly from S1) now completed. Similar to S1 - easily watchable, well photographed, good locations, some interesting characters and plotlines, lovely scenery where the sun always shines - but there's some darker themes bubbling away underneath which suggests Australia wasn't a happy country full of opportunity for some with abject poverty, racism, semi-apartheid, and brutal government/police repression surfacing. So cosy Sunday evening television but with a harder edge than I'd expected. A few plot lines left open for resumption if they do a third series ... They've obviously taken period car sourcing seriously with a juicy selection to enjoy, but lots of plate witchcraft - some cars change plates whenever they feel like it, and most plates are dud - very few hits on the NSW check site. And after a bit it becomes noticeable that almost everything is pristine gleaming restos - hardly any shabby stuff which you'd expect to see as daily drivers. Some stuff: - London blitz ![]() - that boat from S1 is recoloured and renamed yet again - now Apollo Cross ![]() ![]() ![]() - lovely choo-choo line in ep 2.05 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |