"In 2010 The British government officially apologised for the child migration scheme that took place following World War II. "To all those former child migrants and their families... we are truly sorry. They were let down" Gordon Brown, Prime Minister

This drama exploring the journeys of some of the 150,000 children from the British Isles sent to begin 'new lives in the sun'; many forced into poverty, slavery and a childhood of misery and exploitation."