The Leaving of Liverpool (1992)

Directed by

Michael Jenkins

Genre

drama

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series follows the experiences of British children who were sent to Australia and other Commonwealth countries under a government migration scheme. It shows their journey and the difficult lives they faced after being separated from their families.

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What happens

The Leaving of Liverpool is a 1992 television drama, an Australian-British co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The series was about the Home Children, the migration scheme which saw over 100,000 British children sent to Commonwealth realms such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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