Meet the cast of Ten Pound Poms season 2

Season 2 - which may be the last instalment for a while - has promised to dive into the unanswered questions we had at the end of season 1, with series creator and writer Danny Brocklehurst teasing what's to come in the new episodes.

He told the BBC: "We had to continue those stories forward and deal with them satisfactorily. But we also wanted to bring in new stories ... We meet a new family who kickstart the new story that thrusts you across the next six episodes."

While the drama is based on real-life historical events of Brits leaving post-war Great Britain for life in Australia, the stories and characters are all fictionalised.

Season 2 sees the return of Michelle Keegan as nurse Kate Thorne alongside Faye Marsay and Warren Brown as Annie and Terry Roberts. But who else stars in the new instalment?

Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of Ten Pound Poms.

Who's in the cast of Ten Pound Poms season 2?

Here are the main cast members and characters in Ten Pound Poms. Read on below for more information about who they are in the series and where you've seen the actors before.

• Michelle Keegan as Kate
• Faye Marsay as Annie
• Warren Brown as Terry
• Hattie Hook as Pattie
• Finn Treacy as Peter
• Walter Stephen Curry as JJ
• Emma Hamilton as Sheila Anderson
• Leon Ford as Bill Anderson
• Sam Delich as Ray
• Cheree Cassidy as Marlene
• Rob Collins as Ron
• Travis McMahon as Ivan
• Declan Coyle as Stevie
• Nic English as Robbie
• Clare Hughes as Birdie
• Marcus Graham as Benny Bates
• Tina Bursill as Mrs Walter
• Maya Stange as Maggie Skinner

Michelle Keegan plays Kate Thorne

Who is Kate Thorne? In season 1, we followed nurse Kate as she came to Australia for a different reason than the Brits she's surrounded by. The end of the season saw Kate finally reunite with her son Michael, who was sent to Australia in the care system and then adopted.

Keegan told Radio Times magazine: “That did actually happen with children in orphanages — even with mothers and fathers who didn’t give them up, who were trying to get their life sorted, or going through postnatal depression at the time. The children got taken off them."

Where have I seen Michelle Keegan? Keegan became a household name after her long-running role as Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street but has more recently been on our screens in Fool Me Once. Since her departure from Corrie in 2014, she has starred in BBC's Our Girl, Ordinary Lies and Brassic.

Faye Marsay plays Annie Roberts

Who is Annie Roberts? Season 1 saw the Roberts family land in Australia after Annie saw an ad in the paper for a £10 passage. This season is all about "trying to establish herself as independent and the breadwinner of the family," Marsay says.

"Annie's ultimately trying to carve out a place where she feels valued away from the family unit and her identity as a mother, grandmother and a wife. Now Annie's left England, there's an opportunity there for her to find out how far she can go on her own journey."

Where have I seen Faye Marsay? Marsay has starred as The Waif in Game of Thrones, Vel Sartha in Andor, Katya Godman in McMafia and as Candice Pelling in Fresh Meat. She has appeared in Lady Chatterley's Lover, Vera, Doctor Who, Black Mirror and Bancroft. Marsay is also set to star in Netflix's Adolescence.

Warren Brown plays Terry Roberts

Who is Terry Roberts? Although we meet Terry and his family 10 years after the Second World War, it's clear that his time as a soldier and in a prisoner of war camp has affected him deeply with PTSD.

Teasing what's to come for Terry in season 2, Brown told the BBC: "He’s overcome a lot of the struggles we saw in series one and he lands himself new job. However, that doesn't necessarily go as smoothly as he hopes and he has a run in or two with his new boss."

Where have I seen Warren Brown? Brown is perhaps best known for his roles in Hollyoaks as Andy Holt and in Luther as DS Justin Ripley. He has also starred in Strike Back, Liar, Doctor Who, The Responder and Trigger Point.

Rob Collins plays Ron

Who is Ron? In season 1, Ron was a fellow worker at the building site with Terry and the pair bonded over their similar war veteran history. As an indigenous Australian, Ron has to live a life filled with discrimination but is a lead figure in his community.

Where have I seen Rob Collins? The Australian actor and singer has starred in many Australian stage productions, as well as in multiple TV series like Cleverman, Wrong Girl and Glitch.

Hattie Hook plays Pattie Roberts

Who is Pattie? Pattie is the daughter of Annie and Terry, but season 2 sees her embark on an exciting new chapter as a mother. Her daughter, Mary, has certainly changed things for the Roberts family, with Pattie still facing the hurdles that many young women in the '50s faced.

Where have I seen Hattie Hook? Hook has starred in Savage River, Of An Age and My Life Is Murder.

Ten Pound Poms season 2 premieres on Sunday 9th March at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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