Holroyd Family
An updated look at families previously featured on Wanted Down Under. The Holroyds were a family at breaking point. Could a move down under save their marriage?
An updated look at families previously featured on Wanted Down Under.
Life was hard for the Holroyds in 2015. Dad Simon's working week started at 2.45am on Monday morning and didn't finish until after 8.00pm on Friday night. When he eventually got home, he was too tired to spend any quality time with his family. The routine was driving loving wife Helen to tears every day, and threatened to tear her family apart.
Desperate for change, she believed a fresh start for her family in Australia could be the solution. But leaving the UK would also mean Helen having to say goodbye to her mum, the one person who was always there for her at home.
When the family experienced a trial week in Australia, everyone agreed their future would be brighter down under. So one year on, where do they family now call home?
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Counting the Cost
Duration: 01:00
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Ellie Goulding
This Love
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00:01Passenger
27
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00:02Nina Nesbitt
He's The One I'm Bringing Back
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00:02Elbow
Lippy Kids
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00:04Coldplay
Always In My Head
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00:05Lucy Spraggan
Lighthouse
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00:06Lykke Li
Sleeping Alone
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00:07Robbie Williams
Candy
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00:07Olly Murs
Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks)
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00:08The Kooks
Around Town
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00:09Sophie Ellis‐Bextor
The Deer And The Wolf
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00:10Eliza and the Bear
Brother's Boat
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00:11Kylie Minogue
Timebomb
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00:11Olly Murs
Just Smile
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00:12Hozier
Sedated
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00:13Ellie Goulding
Anything Could Happen
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00:15Two Door Cinema Club
The World Is Watching (feat. Valentina Pappalardo)
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00:15alt‐J
Warm Foothills
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00:17Luke Sital‐Singh
Bottled Up Tight
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00:18Lily Allen
Air Balloon
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00:20Kylie Minogue
All The Lovers
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00:21Eliza
Mr Medicine
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00:23Paloma Faith
Ready For The Good Life
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00:24Coldplay
U.F.O.
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00:24Lily Allen
Somewhere Only We Know
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00:26Coldplay
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00:26The Cinematic Orchestra
Manhatta
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00:29Vampire Weekend
Campus
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00:29Rita Ora
I Will Never Let You Down
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00:30D.I.D.
Any Movement
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00:35Eric Prydz vs CHVRCHES
Tether
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00:38Mark Ronson
L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever) (feat. Kasabian)
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00:39Sia
I Go To Sleep
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00:41Olly Murs
Oh My Goodness
Holroyd family update
When we last caught up with Simon, Helen and the kids, they were loving life in Sippy Downs on the Sunshine Coast. Simon got a full time job within two weeks of arriving in Oz - doing the same site construction work he had in the UK, but is home every day by 3pm to pick the kids up with Helen! He has even got his own work uniform and pick-up ‘ute’ already! The family have met lots of lovely people and the kids are both in school and really settling in well. Julie plans to look for a job soon but has enjoyed being at home with the kids for the summer holidays.
The family do miss friends and family back home but are looking forward to Helen’s mum coming to visit soon for a month.
We wish them all the best!
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Nicki Chapman |
| Producer | Gareth Lee |
| Director | Gareth Lee |
| Producer | Simon Patrick Judge |
| Director | Simon Patrick Judge |
| Director | Vincent Kinnaird |
| Series Producer | Tracie O'Neill |
| Executive Producer | Paul Connolly |
