SEE FIRST TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR BBC AND STAN'S PERIOD SET SERIES TEN POUND POMS SEASON 2

    TEN POUND POMS  

FIRST TRAILER FOR THE SECOND SEASON

The new season starts next week

BBC has sent us the first trailer for the second season of their period set series TEN POUND POMS which sees the return of Michelle Keegan as nurse Kate Thorne, and Faye Marsay and Warren Brown as Annie and Terry. The series will return March 9th to BBC airing on Sunday evenings and will also stream on Stan at some point in Australia. You can check out the trailer for the new season below and tell us what you think.

WHAT IS THE SECOND SEASON STORY?

After a challenging first year in Australia, series two follows nurse Kate Thorne (Michelle Keegan) and the Roberts family (Faye Marsay and Warren Brown) into 1957 on their adventure down under, each determined against all odds to achieve their slice of the Australian dream. As Kate, Annie and Terry settle into their new lives, they each struggle to reconcile their hopes for the life they were promised with the harsh realities they face at Galgownie. We will also be introduced to the Skinner family, who arrive in Australia from Ireland ready to enjoy their new lives in the sunshine, plus unscrupulous landlord Benny Bates, who makes Terry an offer he can’t refuse as he attempts to put down roots for his family.

 

SERIES TO EXPECT ON BBC IN 2025: FROM KING AND CONQUEROR, TO LOCKERBIE, MISS AUSTEN, LYNLEY AND SECOND SEASONS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, GOLD AND TEN POUND POMS

   BBC 2025 TV SERIES   

KINGS, QUEENS, EARLS AND DUKES

After airing the first season two years ago, BBC Two will also air the second season of MARIE ANTOINETTE series later this year. Emilia Schüle as Marie, and Louis Cunningham as the king of France, Louis XVI, return to their roles. At the height of their power, while Marie Antoinette and Louis face an unprecedented financial crisis, the incessant attacks of Provence and Chartres against the royal couple stir up the hatred of the nobles while disastrous consequences are looming with infamous Affair of the Diamond Necklace incident. From Versailles to the Palais-Royal, the revolt rumbles… Meanwhile, BBC One has acquired LYNLEY series with Leo Suter playing the famous detective. They will also have TOWARDS ZERO latest Agatha Christie adaptation with Oliver Jackson Cohen and Matthew Rhys, THE GOLD season two with Hugh Bonneville, Tom Cullen returning to the roles of the gold robbers. Australia set TEN POUND POMS will also return with the second season, while Keeley Hawes will lead MISS AUSTEN costume drama on Jane Austen's sister. At some point during the year BBC will also launch KING AND CONQUEROR epic drama with James Norton and Nicholai Coster Waldau as Harold Earl of Wessex and William, duke of Normandy. Timothy Spall will lead detective drama DEATH VALLEY, while Connor Swindells will lead BBC's version of LOCKERBIE disaster in co production with Netflix.

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM BBC AND STAN'S PERIOD SET SERIES TEN POUND POMS SEASON 2

    TEN POUND POMS  

FIRST IMAGES FROM THE SECOND SEASON

BBC has sent us the first images from the second season of their period set series TEN POUND POMS which sees the return of Michelle Keegan as nurse Kate Thorne, and Faye Marsay and Warren Brown as Annie and Terry. The series will return sometime next year to BBC and also to Stan in Australia.

 

WHAT IS THE SECOND SEASON STORY?

After a challenging first year in Australia, series two follows nurse Kate Thorne (Michelle Keegan) and the Roberts family (Faye Marsay and Warren Brown) into 1957 on their adventure down under, each determined against all odds to achieve their slice of the Australian dream. As Kate, Annie and Terry settle into their new lives, they each struggle to reconcile their hopes for the life they were promised with the harsh realities they face at Galgownie. We will also be introduced to the Skinner family, who arrive in Australia from Ireland ready to enjoy their new lives in the sunshine, plus unscrupulous landlord Benny Bates, who makes Terry an offer he can’t refuse as he attempts to put down roots for his family.

 

JOSEPH QUINN IS EMPEROR CARACALLA IN GLADIATOR SEQUEL! TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR NEW BBC PERIOD SET SERIES TEN POUND POMS! SEE AN ENCHANTING TRAILER FOR DISNEY'S NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE WISH WITH CHRIS PINE

  GLADIATOR SEQUEL  

TO AD JOSEPH QUINN WITH CONNIE NIELSEN RETURNING

Joseph Quinn will be emperor Caracalla

After adding Paul Mescal in the lead role, the sequel to Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR has now also added Joseph Quinn as emperor Caracalla with Connie Nielsen in negotiations to return to her original role of Lucilla who is the mother of Lucius, now the protagonist of the movie and portrayed by Mescal. The film is currently set for a November 22nd, 2024 release in cinemas. Fans' favourite Joseph Quinn is no stranger to historical drama and if you follow our blog for more than a decade you know that he first shone in period set series Dickensian, Les Miserables, Howard's End and Catherine the Great. 

 TEN POUND POMS TRAILER 

AND AIR FOR BBC SERIES

BBC One has announced a launch date and also the first trailer for their new six part period set series TEN POUND POMS which will officially launch on Sunday May 14th and will air weekly, but all episodes will be immediately available on iPlayer. The major new drama series starring Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay and Warren Brown follows a group of Brits as they leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world! In Australia it will stream on Stan.

 

 DISNEY'S WISH TRAILER 

A NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE

I forgot to show you this one last night, but here it is now: Disney has released first trailer for their new enchanting animated adventure movie WISH which will debut in theatres around you November 22nd  set in the fantastical kingdom of Rosas, which is ruled over by a king voiced by Chris Pine. A number of Disney's recent animated movies, including Encanto and Strange World, has flopped at the box office, so it will be interesting to see if this one will score success. 

 

THE STORY OF WISH  

Written and directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, WISH is set in Rosas, a fantastical land located off the Iberian Peninsula. Our heroine, Asha, lives in Rosas, known as the kingdom of wishes. People come from everywhere to give their wishes to a magical king who promises to grant their deepest desires — someday. Only he can decide which wishes will come true and when. Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force — a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe — the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico — to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

SEE RACHEL LEIGH COOK, SCOTT LY IN NETFLIX MOVIE ROMANCE A TOURIST GUIDE TO LOVE TRAILER! 1ST IMAGES FROM BBC'S NEW PERIOD SET DRAMA TEN POUND POMS!

  FIRST TEN POUND POMS 

IMAGES FROM BBC SERIES

BBC One has released today first images from their upcoming period set series TEN POUND POMS which follows a group of Brits as they leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure in Australia, where they've been promised a new life - for just £10! The images for the series that will also air on Stan streamer in Australia, feature Michelle Keegan as Kate, Faye Marsay as Annie and Warren Brown as Terry. Hattie Hook appears as Pattie, Finn Treacy as Peter, David Field as Dean, Sophie Gregg as Tina, Cheree Cassidy as Marlene and Rob Collins as Ron.

 

 THE SIX EPISODE SERIES

follows a group of Brits as they embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. For only a tenner, they have been promised a better house, better job prospects and a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia. But life down under isn’t exactly the idyllic dream the new arrivals have been promised. Struggling with their new identity as immigrants, we follow their triumphs and pitfalls as they adapt to a new life in a new country, far from Britain and familiarity.At the heart of the drama are Annie (Faye Marsay) and Terry Roberts (Warren Brown). They try to make the best of the situation for their family, but the poor living conditions at the migrant hostel and local attitudes towards immigrants test them in ways they couldn’t have imagined. They aren’t the only people at the hostel avoiding the truth. Kate (Michelle Keegan) is a young nurse who arrives without her fiancé and will do whatever it takes to try and rewrite her devastating past. Bill (Leon Ford) has lost his family business back home and is so desperate to prove he’s living the Australian dream that he’ll stop at nothing in order to get a lifestyle he can’t sustain. Teenager Stevie (Declan Coyle) comes from a troubled background and hopes to use this new adventure to escape his oppressive father. Meanwhile, Ron (Rob Collins), an Indigenous Australian war veteran, struggles with feeling like an outsider in his own country.

 

  A TOURIST GUIDE TO LOVE  

NETFLIX MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE

The film will stream this April on Netflix

Netflix has released a trailer and poster for their new romantic movie A TOURIST GUIDE TO LOVE which will arrive to the streamer April 21st. Rachel Leigh Cook leads the movie with Scott Ly. After an unexpected break up, a travel executive (Cook) accepts an assignment to go undercover and learn about the tourist industry in Vietnam. Along the way she finds adventure and romance with her Vietnamese expat tour guide when they decide to hijack the tour bus in order to explore life and love off the beaten path. Ben Feldman and Missi Pyle also star in this movie. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S GUIDE THROUGH ALL THE NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS OF 2023: FROM WILD WEST, 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND, 15TH CENTURY BELGRADE, PARIS, HAWAII AND TUDOR COURT TO IMPERIAL RUSSIA AND NAUTILUS

 2023 PERIOD SET SERIES 

THE ULTIMATE LIST IS HERE

Well, it is not especially ultimate as, unlike 2022 that gave us quite a lot of shows on queens and empresses, freshly launched 2023 looks rather bleak when it comes to our favourite period set genre. Out of the returning shows we

Django should start very soon on Sky

can expect new seasons of Valhalla, Wheel of Time, Serpent Queen, Sisi, Empress, Gilded Age, Domina and Sanditon, but here are the new ones: Sky should finally launch its wild west set adventure DJANGO starring Matthias Schoenaerts as the legendary gunslinger searching for his daughter. FX might finally bring us the new adaptation of SHOGUN sometime this year starring Cosmo Jarvis as the 17th century sailor who becomes a samurai. Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano also star. BBC will probably give us GALLOWS POLE set in the 18th century industrial revolution in Yorkshire, and possibly TEN POUND POMS with Michelle Keegan in which a group of Brits leave post-

A sneaky spy peek into Ten Pound Poms set

war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure in Australia. Amazon Prime Video has already set cast for MY LADY JANE which brings the history of the saddest queen of England ever - she ruled just a few weeks. Dominic Cooper stars.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ITV?

British channel ITV and their newly launched streamer ITVX are to bring us TOM JONES series which will also air on PBS Masterpiece this spring starring Solly McLeod as the titular hero of the four part picaresque

Tom Jones will have just four episodes this spring

story about young man's complicated journey to find real love in the 18th century England. We might also get to see Iain De Caestercker as King Arthur in THE WINTER KING in which a former warrior now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.

2023 OFFER FROM NETFLIX

Netflix does not really have much in offer from the genre. February should bring us Italian series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET with Matilda de Angelis. Forbidden from practicing law, a woman prepares an appeal to overturn the court's decision in this true 19th century story of Lidia Poët, Italy's first female lawyer. Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE

Lidia Poet will start this February on Netflix

OF USHER should also arrive to the streamer sometime this year starring Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Mark Hamil and Carla Gugino.

 

  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Beside the new season of Catherine the Great series, this time titled VELIKAYA: THE GOLDEN AGE in which Liza Boyarska takes over the

Liza Boyarskaya is new Catherine the Great in Velikaya

role of the Russian empress in the later years of her rule,  we will also see Catherine the Great, this time played by Irina Pegova, in THE IMPERIAL

Irina Pegova is Catherine in The Imperial Vaccination

VACCINATION about the time when Catherine had to make her people accept the first flu vaccines by taking it first herself. That one will air on Russia 1 broadcaster sometime this year.

APPLE TO LEAD THE GENRE

Surprisingly enough, Apple TV Plus will probably dominate the genre this year. They have THE BUCCANEERS set in the 1870s when a bunch of rich American girls are trying to find a posh English husband during

First look at The Buccaneers TV series set

the London debutante season. They should also show us THE NEW LOOK in which Ben Mendelhson and Juliette Binoche play Dior and Coco Chanel in the story that explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as

Ben Mendehlson as Dior in The New Look

he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. Hugo Becker, John Malkovich and

Masters of the Air continues Band of Brothers anthology

Emily Mortimer also star. It is possibly that we will also finally see MASTERS OF THE AIR which follows the American bombers during the

Jason Momoa will be Chief of War

WW2 with Callum Turner and Austen Butler in the lead roles. Jason Momoa is, meanwhile, bringing CHIEF OF WAR about the historical struggle for power on his islands of Hawaii. 

  WHAT IS DISNEY PREPARING

We are also not used to getting costume drama from Disney Plus, but this year they are bringing us THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL about an 18th century female renegade who will cross paths with Queen Anne and play

Shazad Latif as captain Nemo in Nautilus

a role in the power struggles that were being played out over the European battlefields. We might also see Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo in

The Lions of Sicily first look at the sets

NAUTILUS epic TV seafaring adventure and also the adaptation of THE LIONS OF SICILY which follows the 19th century Florio family which turned a small shop in Sicily into a flourish business activity that became an

Balenciaga might be scraped due to the recent scandal

economic empire! Disney should also give us BALENCIAGA series about the famous Spanish designer and fashion legend it if hasn't been cancelled due to the recent scandal.

RISE OF THE RAVEN

Now, I am not sure this one will be done for airing this year, but it might: RISE OF THE RAVEN is this year's most expensive epic series from Central Europe done for Hungarian TV2, Austrian ORF and our dear Beta Film. Based on Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the ten part series follows Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe. Set among the scandals, political power plays and court intrigues of medieval Europe, the $30 million series is nevertheless a human story at heart, with Gellért L. Kádár playing Hunyadi, and Vivien Rujder as his life partner, Elizabeth Szilagyi. Laurence Rupp, Murathan Muslu and Rade Sherbedgia also star.

MICHELLE KEEGAN, WARREN BROWN TO LEAD BBC'S PERIOD SET MINI TV SERIES TEN POUND POMS!

 BBC'S TEN POUND POMS 

CAST SET FOR PERIOD DRAMA

BBC One has set primary cast for their new period set six part series TEN POUND POMS the six-part series which follows a group of Brits as they leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. For only a tenner, they have been

Warren Brown will take the male lead

promised a better house, better job prospects and a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia. But life down under isn’t exactly the idyllic dream the new arrivals have been promised. Struggling with their new identity as immigrants, we follow their triumphs and pitfalls as they adapt to a new life in a new country, far from Britain and familiarity. At the heart of the drama are Annie (Faye Marsay) and Terry Roberts (Warren Brown). They try to make the best of the situation for their family, but the poor living conditions at the migrant hostel and local attitudes towards immigrants test them in ways they couldn’t have imagined. They aren’t the only people at the hostel avoiding the truth. Kate (Michelle Keegan) is a young nurse who arrives without her

Michelle Keegan, Leon Ford, Faye Marsay will also star

fiancé and will do whatever it takes to try and rewrite her devastating past. Bill (Leon Ford) has lost his family business back home and is so desperate to prove he’s living the Australian dream that he’ll stop at nothing in order to get a lifestyle he can’t sustain. Teenager Stevie (Declan Coyle) comes from a troubled background and hopes to use this new adventure to escape his oppressive father. Meanwhile, Ron (Rob Collins), an Indigenous Australian war veteran, struggles with feeling like an outsider in his own country. Australian Stan will also stream the series shooting Down Under.