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'The April 1975 budget seems the final straw to Bill Parker. The family budget will have to be tightened yet again and even his job may be threatened. But where can he go that will be any different? And how can he convince his family that they should leave everything, behind and begin all over again in a new country?'

Source: Radio Times, 4 November 1976, p.45.

'Bill Parker has convinced his family that they should leave their home in Yeovil and emigrate to a new life in Australia. They know they must spend their first months at a Migrant Hostel in Sydney but the family have no idea exactly what to expect.'

Source: Radio Times, 11 November 1976, p.45.

'Determined to keep her family together after the strain of living for three months at the Endeavour Migrant Hostel, May Parker has rented a rambling bungalow in the Sydney suburbs. The Parkers must now settle down to their new life as ' Pommies Down Under.''

Source: Radio Times, 18 November 1976, p.45.

'The Parker family have split up. Michael and June, now seven months pregnant, have left the others happily settled in Australia and returned to a grey November Britain. Now they must face the consequences of their globe-trotting and try to settle down again. But can they pick up exactly where they left off, unaffected by their experiences?'

Source: Radio Times, 25 November 1976, p.43.