Orrett Family
An updated look at families previously featured on Wanted Down Under. Four years after their trial week in Australia, where do the Orrett family call home?
In 2012, Stuart and Gill Orrett longed to move their family to Australia to be closer to their eldest daughter Christine and their baby granddaughter. A trial week in Perth showed them a snapshot of how their life would look on the southern hemisphere, and while youngest daughter Lauren wasn't convinced, the rest of the family agreed it was the place for them.
When we caught up with the family in 2013, they were living in limbo in the UK. Convinced their future lay in Australia, paramedic Gill had managed to secure a job down under, but with a start date proving elusive, the family had no idea how long it would be before they were on the move.
Three years later, have the Orretts finally made it to the other side of the world, or did they decide their future lies a lot closer to home?
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An Ideal Home
Duration: 02:07
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Delphic
Acolyte
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00:01Datarock
Fa Fa Fa
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00:02Bonobo
Days To Come
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00:04Frank Turner
Better Half
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00:04The Maybes
Disappear
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00:06Maroon 5
Daylight
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00:07Ed Sheeran
Grade 8
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00:08The xx
Night Time
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00:10Anchorsong
Plum Rain
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00:10The Cinematic Orchestra
Flite
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00:11The Cinematic Orchestra
Evolution II (Mr. P Remix)
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00:11Nightmares on Wax
Nights
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00:12Speech Debelle
Spinnin'
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00:13Errors
Earthscore
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00:13Air
Tropical Disease
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00:15TM Juke
Bee's On Mars
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00:16Coldplay
Us Against The World
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00:18Noah and the Whale
2 Atoms in a Molecule
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00:19Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Box Of Stones
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00:22Adele
Hometown Glory
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00:23Jón Þór Birgisson
Around Us
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00:25Coldplay
Paradise
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00:27The Cinematic Orchestra
To Build A Home
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00:29Passenger
Let Her Go
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00:30Chromeo
Come Alive (feat. Toro y Moi)
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00:31George Ezra
Cassy O'
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00:32Example
10 Million People
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00:34MIKA
Oh Girl You're The Devil
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00:35Paloma Faith
Trouble With My Baby
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00:36Paolo Nutini
Numpty
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00:37James Blunt
Bonfire Heart
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00:40Little Mix
Secret Love Song, Pt II
Orrett family update
We caught up with the Orrett family this week. The family are still living and working in Perth and loving every minute of it!
Gill is still enjoying her studies and Stuart now owns part of the café he works in with daughter Samantha. Gill and Stuart love spending lots of quality time with their grandchildren and have just celebrated Elsie’s first birthday on the beach.
We wish them the best of luck for the future!
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Nicki Chapman |
| Producer | Simon Patrick Judge |
| Director | Simon Patrick Judge |
| Producer | Cat Hoskin |
| Director | Cat Hoskin |
| Director | Dave Baker |
| Series Producer | Tracie O'Neill |
| Executive Producer | Paul Connolly |
