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In today’s society, it’s hard to imagine a government being able to secretly organise the deportation of 130,000 children in care. But sadly, back in the late ‘80s, that’s exactly what the British government managed to do successfully. That’s until Margaret Humphries (Emily Watson), a social worker in Nottingham in England, uncovered their secret which the British government had somehow managed to keep for four decades. Most of the children were sent to commonwealth countries with the majority landing here in Australia. No child was off-limits – even those as young as four-years-old were told that their parents had been killed and sent to children’s homes on the other side of the world. Unfortunately, many weren’t met by loving adoptive parents, being subjected to all forms of abuse instead of the happy times they were promised. Margaret’s place in all of this is to reunite as many lost children with their families as possible.

Title: Oranges and Sunshine

Release Date: 05/10/2011

Rating: M

Stars: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham

Videology: Emily Watson is a keen Arsenal fan.