'Tom Pound Poms' Will Migrate to BritBox in October as 'Riot Women' Shifts to 2026

Like just about everything in 2025, good news comes with bad news. First, the bad news: For everyone who has October circled for the arrival of Sally Wainwright's new series Riot Women, brace yourself for a few more weeks' wait. The series has been pushed from the end of October (where it was facing a crowded field of competition) to January 2026. BritBox hasn't disclosed why the series is being delayed; however, January has historically been a favorable time for British shows on PBS, so perhaps the goal is to have Riot Women also capture that particular viewership.

The good news is that, instead, BritBox is bringing over one of the period dramas we've been clamoring to see come to America, the BBC/Stan hit Ten Pound Poms. The series is a fictionalized drama based on the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme, which began in 1945 and ended in 1972, in which British citizens were persuaded to immigrate to Australia with the promise of a better quality of life for just £10 (equivalent to £260.58 or ~$350 in today's money). The show's title is taken from the locals' nickname for this massive wave of outsiders.

("Poms" is Australian slang for Brit, though whether the nickname originates from the acronym meaning "Prisoner of Millbank," which was how Brits sent Down Under to serve life sentences were coded, or derives from the Brits' love of pomegranates is a point of contention.)