New ITV show-Poms in Paradise

Next Wednesday sees the launch of new ITV show Poms in Paradise, which follows the lives of Britons who have chosen to up sticks and settle in Australia's Gold Coast, lucky things. The documentary style programme will reveal what the expats' lives are like after they make the radical move and if their new home really is paradise.
One man who has emigrated to Oz is 31-year-old Welshman Stuart Snell (pictured), who is a champion in Surf Life Saving, a fusion of the Iron Man challenges and lifeguarding skills. The show follows him as he prepares for this year's first event, a gruelling 500 metre swim through the surf. The programme also meets Marcus and Lorraine and their daughter Sky, who arrived Down Under a year ago and say they are better off than in the UK, despite doing the same jobs.But Lorraine is struggling with being so far away from her family. Then there is Frank, who moved to Australia from Ireland after a bad break-up, and now works in the tropical rainforest near the Gold Coast, nice work if you can get it.

Poms in Paradise is on at 7.30pm on Wednesday 11 May.