Wanted Down UnderRunning Time: 45 minutes (approx)Nadia Sawalha presents a series in which British families are given a look at life in New Zealand ahead of possible migration. When is Wanted Down Under next on TV?
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My hubby and I moved to New Zealand four years ago, and it is the best move we have ever made. It was not easy leaving your family behind, saying that we have added at least five years to our life and we would not go back to the UK. Give it a go if it does not work what the hell at least you gave it a go!. We live in Huia Waitakere Auckland, our village was on your program "Wanted down under" on the 17/9/2008. What a fab life we both have. Anyone wants to give it a go send me a email and I will help you. linda@blythes.co.uk
Hi there, my husband and I have 3 young children and are desperate to emigrate to Australia. We have applied for our visas, just had our medicals done so my husband is now looking for a job, he is a mechanical engineer. We would love the opportunity to take part in Wanted Down Under as we are big fans of the programme.
It seems to me that so many people from the uk have the same idea as me and my family,although my wife and I have been to australia it's age that's stopping me now,
if australia need all the people for their employment skills then why dont they bring back the £10.00 ticket? just as they did in the 70s.
I would be off in a flash!!! like many other brits.
Better stillwhy don't the austrlian goverment let us in without stipulations? those that dont like it can come back to this DUMP we call great britain.
Anyway the best of luck to all who get on the show or who take the plunge to a better life down under Phil (wish I was comming with you)
Am married with two young children. Seriously considering moving to Australia or New Zealand and would be grateful for opportunity to take part on the programme
i am 39 married with four lovely children and would like to move to australia im a production manager for a food company and also going to go to college to learn how to do plastering .would really like to b considered for series 3 look forward to hearing from you and once again thankyou.
i am starting a intensive electricans crouse at college soon. can i emaigrat with this also i am now on my own and at present unemployed. i know that i will have to work hard. can you help me.
Hello ,we are looking to move to Austaralia Perth , AND WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT A chance to see for ourselves and my husband to see about work there .
My husband and I along with our 2 year old daughter have just completed our medicals towards our Australian visa. We would love in the mean time, to be considered for a series 3 of 'wanted down under' ....
"Old" age, dogs to go, dubious work prospects, credit crunch, independent-minded kids - can WDU rise to our challenge and help us get to NZ?
Hi We are also totally hooked on the show and started to make us think about leaving the Uk, but not sure would get in, I am 39 Banking Recruitment consultant and my husband is 47 Warehouse Manager, have 1 son aged 6, so an opportunity to be on the show and see if it would work would be great.
We two are also loking to emigrate within the next 3 years, I am a Midwife and my husband is a sports development officer, we would be moving with my now 13yr old daughter and possible my husbands now 17yr old daughter, oh and our dog would also have to be an added cost. My husband has visited whilst he was in the Navy but that was years ago. Would just love the opportunity to appear on the show.
Me and my family are really interested about moving to Australia, but need a little helping hand to guide us in the right place. My partner is a plater/welder age 35. iam 28 and we have two small children. hope you can help
Yes...how do you apply? I would dearly love to move to Australia or New Zealand and yet my husband wont consider it until we visit first...help?
My husband is an Assistant Practitioner - Radiogrpahy and I'm a learnign and development specialist.
we have now recieved our long awaited visas to move to melbourne australia and we have already purchased our flights and are flying 4 dec 08 me my wife and 2 children and are looking at homes to buy if you are filming at that time we would love to be on the show as we ned all the help we can get
My husband i and would love to relocate to australia or new zealand and would love to take part in the show. my husband is a refrigeration and air conditioning Engineer and i was a estate agent until made redundant
I watch your programme "wanted down under"frequently with interest and the opportunity you give these families is fantastic but i have just watched the episode of the King family from Cardiff visiting NZ (Fri 19 Sept 08)and from the word go i did not think they would go,they voted GB most times and the 2 things said by Mr King that amazed me most was "its a long way to go to see dolphins"surely he looked at atlas to see how far it was,secondly he said about it not being fair on family they would leave behind,again before thinking of doing something like this,these are things you would consider first and you dont have to go to NZ to find that out.I have had doubts about other families before but these i dont think had any intention of emigrating outside the UK let alone 13/14000 miles away to NZ to me i think they just had a fantastic family holiday which probably cost the best part of £10,000 with everything that was included for free,a holiday most families of 5 could only dream of.T
i would like to know how i can apply with my family to go on the programme wanded down under?
Hi, my wife and I are looking at migrating to Australia and would certainly be interested in appearing on any future shows. We are newly weds with no children, my wife is a teacher and I am an Operations Manager within a University. Look fdorward to hearing from you soon. Many thanks Peter
Please could you advise us on how we could be eligible to appear on your show. We are looking into migrating to New Zealand and could really do with your help and advice. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks
Hi my fiance and I are looking to sell up and move out to Australia to work and live. We wish to slow our lives down so we can appareciate what we have and enjoy living. Alone he scores 145 over the required points of 120 being employed as a Solid plasterer. (He is 28 and I am 35). We have a 15mth old toddler. Hope to hear form you
Hello. My self and my husband are thinking about moving to New Zealand, I am keen to go but my husband is not so sure about leaving family members, or about the lifestyle. He is an Industrial Electrician and I am an office clerk. We have been a couple of times and really like the place. If we are of interest please do not hesitate to contact us. If we are not, then please could you point us in the right direction.
Me and my Young family are looking to move to Oz and are intested in BBC's Wanted down under, I am a wall and floor tiler and waiting to sell our house so we can explore. woundered if we could help each other, I feel we would make great. I have two boys aged 10 and 9 who are sport mad, and twin girls only a week old. We are all big Rugby league fans and would look to move to Brisbane. Mnay thanks
In reply to the post from Amanda Clarke (no relation) - yes I think police officers are wanted. A number of officers from my old Force (I'm recently retired) have moved out there. I seem to recall South Australia in particular were keen for UK officers. Good luck!
Hi,my husband and i are both in the police force. We would like to move to Australia, but the problem is my husband is 41 and i am 38 and we have not been in the force that long. Are police officers wanted? I don't think i have ever seen any on your show. Any info would be great.
Hi Me Mum at home ex care worker Husband Senior Design 48 engineer Avionics. Two boys 9 and 14 years wants a new life Australia, would love to be in one of the programmes in 2008. Let us know if ive applied to the right site. Thanks everso much, Fran Sutton.
Hello, i was wondering how to apply to be on the show? I work for HP the IT company and i know they have offices in australia. i am wanting to move out there with my partner and my one year old daughter to improve their quality of life, i just don't know where to start?!
please help us to find a better life style for are four children in oz or new zealand your programe has really inspired me my profession was a senior hairlist and my husband builder/plumber we would love to be on your next show see you soon nardia
I just wondered is there any way of finding out how the featured families got on - did they go, any problems etc etc?
i wanted to know how to get on the show
i have buisnesses here in the uk,
i want to relocate to maybe brisbane.
any help thanx
I have been glued to the wanted down under programme every night. I am a theatre nurse, my husband an engineer, We have two children,one aged 13 who who has ASD and one aged 10, I have no ties, my husband has ties. I want to make the move and would love to see what he is missing. I have never been and would like to see what we are missing and what life could offer. I would need to see price of private education for my son, how he would react to the change. I would love to have an opportuntiy to get on this show.,
I am a qualified fitness manager, my wife is a Food Technologist (qualified). Our daughter is 1. We are 30 and 28 respectively. How do we get on the programme. Would love to move to Adelaide.
Hi, we are a family of four and have been wanting to move to oz for a while. Could you let us know how to apply for the programme please. Thanks
Hello there could you tell me how we apply to get on the programme down under and how it all cost.Many thanks
Hello there,i absolutely love the programme and would love to be considered for any future episodes.We are a family of three.My hubby is a photocopier engineer and we have been told he can get a permanent visa and /or possibly relocate with his company.Our main concern is leaving family behind especially as my little boy who is 8 yrs old is the one and only grandchild.We love the look of the Gold Coast and would appreciate any info regarding work as photocopier engeineer ie wages,work availability etc.
we would love to move down under with our 3 children, i am a recptionist and my husband is a landscape gardener, any help for us....
we would love to appear on the show, we've wanted to move to nz for many years but the criteria is to strict, we would like to emigrate to australia but my husband is not sure. we have friends that live in melbourne
how do you get to apply on this programme wanted down under
Hi please could you tell me how we apply to get on wanted down under. We are very seriously interested in moving to perth.
we as a family would love you to help us move down under my husband has loads of working years behind him in carpentry and i have the same in hairdressing our eldest daughter is training to be a beautition and we have a fourteen year old daughter and a seven year old son we think with your help we can show the kids what a good life they could have out there please help us live our dream thanks waiting in surpence
Hello,
We would love the oppertunity to try the Oz experince we are a family of six. I have tried to get a job in Brisbane but unfortunetly it has gone quiet. We are all very serious about moving. Is there any chance you could help use please.
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The Luffmans.
I am desperate to move to america but my partner is dead against it. I'd love to take part in a programme like this to show him what he's missing out on.....which might be me if he doesn't change his mind!! Please, please let me know if any opportunities come up!
Hi my name is Sarah, we were the Jones family on the Wanted down under, my husband is the carpet fitter. I am so glad to see the documentary has helped a lot of families to decide to make the move to Oz, I remember being glued to the tv when anything Australia came on thinking one day that will be us.
We have lived in Queensland for 1 year now and love the life we have over here, I am just doing my REIQ which is the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, I work with a great company called Market Point Realty, if I can be of any help in finding you rentals, property to buy, land etc please feel free to send me an email.
Me and my family , have already started our visa for our big move to oz .We have never been there before, but after watching your program we are going for it .My husband has the skill 1st class welder/boiler maker . It would be fantastic to take part in the show because i have a 13yr old girl who really doesnt want to go. It would be good for her to see what could be waiting for her out there. Many thanks Tracey
Me - my husband and three lively little boys are considering a move Down Under. We have family and friends in Brisbane and have decided that now is the time to start planning a move. We would love to take part in your show as the asssistance you provide seems a great help. Could you let us Know how to take part in your program.
Thanks
Ann Marie
Hi, We have been thinking about moving to australia for some time and we are a family of four, I am a painter and decorator/builder and we would love to have a chance to go down under on your programme.
Hi,we love all the programmes on tv about people moving abroad but the one which has been most relevant to our situation is on a website we came across called emigratetv.com It's apparently been made by a bunch of real life emigrants themselves who wanted to show what its really like to emigrate without camera crews getting in the way so you get to see exactly what their going through. We've learnt a lot from it. I think there are six families in all going to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America and its called the Emigrate Challenge. At the end you get to vote for your favourite family. We voted for a hilarious South African couple who are moving from England to New Zealand. They're practical jokers and an absolute hoot!
hi, i'm Lisa, 28, (personal trainer/life guard/nutritionist/sports injury therapist/masseuse) and i would absolutely love to take part in your next series with my partener Ben, 30(engineer). We have been considering emigrating for some time with my mother and brother to possibly start a family buisiness. We have multiple qualifications and substantial capital to invest. Please consider us for the next series. Many thanks lisa.
Hello there,me and my husband are a great fan of the show and wanted to know if we can find out if there going to be another espiode, as we like to take part on the show so we can finding information all about moving to australia with our 2 children thank's
Hi there,
We are a family of four, the boys are 10 and 11, we are just putting our house on the market to possibly emmigrate to New Zealand, South Island, but are very confused at the moment about work areas, wages and areas to suit us. I am an Early Years teacher (0-8yrs) my husband is an office worker. If you need a family who are up for a genuine challenge and would like to use us as guinea pigs, feel free to contact us as possible candidates we would all love to try . Many thanks from us all.
Hi,
Does anyone know if this is going to be shown in NZ, sounds interesting. Oh, and by the way, moving my family to NZ was the best thing thats happened to us. No going back (cant afford the flights!).
My husband and I have freinds who have moved down under, they regularly get in touch and apart from missing them we feel that this is the life that we require. We have one daughter age 12 and one aged 3, we live in a small village with a bit of a crime rate and would like to give our children a safe and healthy start in life. I am a qualified hairdresser and my husband is a warehouse supervisor. I hope with all my heart you will consider us for your programme. Hope to hear from you soon..
Hie
I was just wondering if this programme will be back in our screens any time soon.(WANTED DOWN UNDER, it was so interesting and informative as am considering to move to Australia to work as anurse. Wish could see more episodes
husband really keen to emigrate to Australia, I would like to but not sure if I have the guts. I am a nurse and husband is a plastics fabricator. We have three children 22 (he probably wouldn't want to go), 17 and 12 (who would love to go). Be great to be considered for next series.
I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF ANY MORE SHOWS WILL BE FILMED AS WE'D LOVE TO TAKE PART!
What a great show, would love to take part, and have been looking into moving to Australia. Have a family,work as a midwife and interested in Maternity care over there. How do we apply?
We got on the show after we had been to an emigration exhibition in Edinburgh. We recieved an email from the exhibition organisers and there was a small advert from the bbc looking for families for Wanted Down Under Series 2. We then had numerous emails and telephone interviews followed by a screen test interview in our own home before being selected.
We replied to the advert late April/early May last year. If you see an ad, I would relpy ASAP as they recieve so many applications very quickly. GOOD LUCK!
Jennifer Episode 1 series 2
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Hi, this is the first series that I have ever watched and have only seen a few episodes and I have really enjoyed it. I have always longed to stay in Australia but never considered the possibility of actually doing it. This programme has really opened our eyes for the future and really got us considering moving to Australia. I work in sales in communication company and my husband is a manager in a retail store, we have 3 children, a 6 year old and twins at 3 year old. I have been looking into this. I have done the online assessment and our family does qualify. We would like to be considered for series 3, it would be much appreciated if we could get this life changing opportunity. I hope to hear from you soonx
Does anyone have any information on the house shown today at 9;15 in adelaide?? myself and husband are very intrested in moveing to austrailia.. if anyone has information please comment back
We had watched some of the original series and thought it was great. My wife and I have since applied for an independent Skilled visa ( subclass 175) and have been watching the re-visited shows with anticipation, especially the ones for Queensland, Sky Plus is a real bonus when you're at work !. The show gives an honest and sometimes blunt reality of what lies ahead. We hope to have our visas in June, so in the mean time we can only watch and dream that this could be a reality for us very soon.
Along with many others who've emailed before, we'd very much like to know how we would go about applying to take part in your show.
hi with watching your tv show over the last two years it made me think all about the big move so yes we are going to oz on the 3rd of march this year my hubby has a god job with a 15 year contrack we are going to singleton north of sdyney come and see any time you like with great thanks lesley xx
How do you sign up to go on the programme?
To K Richardson
If your still looking to see episode 1 with the Treanor Family its being repeated at )3:15 am on Tue 5th. Hope you like it!
Jennifer Treanor
For Ruth Constantine I think what you are looking for is Home from Home, we are sure that is what they said would help you meet other etc on the programme. Hope this helps. We are possibly looking to move to Brisbane as well, could anyone tell us what it is like there in the suburbs? we are looking to possibly go over so can anyone recommend on where to stay?Thanks
Does anyone have the web address given out on the programme recently. I al told is was something like "get settled". I cannot find any info anywhere.
My husband and I have recenly moved over here to Brisbane and are finding it hard to meet new people.
Could there be a programme on moving to the States in the pipeline. I would love to go and live out there if I could.
Please could you advise us on how we could be eligible to appear on your show. We are looking into migrating to Australia and could really do with your help and advice. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks
Myself my husband and our two children are seriously considering moving to australia. We have been watching wanted down under and are wondering if you will be doing another show next year and if so how do we go about getting onto the programme?
We are considering moving to Oz, I am a Police Traffic Officer, my wife is a full time Mum and we have two children almost 6yrs and 2.5yrs. How do we sign up for your program?
Hi
Was wondering how one could apply to take part in a future episode of this great show.
Thanks
hi me and my wife are wanting to move to australia for a better future for our 3 children aged two seven and nine
i am 36 years old my wife 35 i am a time served welder im hoping to sell my house as soon as possible and move to australia as i cant see any future in england if its not possible to get on your show could you give me any information on how to get started on imigration
Does anyone happen to have a copy or DVD of the BBC Wanted Down Under programme showed on January 5th and/or 14th 2008, where the family looked to move to New Zealand? Does anyone know if the programme is going to be repeated soon?
Hi, can you tell me what we have to do to benefit from appearing on the show. we have been thinking about moving to Australia for several years.
I am concerned about house prices and what we can afford, my wife is unsure what employment prospects are out their for her proffession, Special needs teacher/ educational Psychologist.
My background is in the social housing sector. We have a six year old daughter Georgia, we need to decide soon, if we are to give her a new life in Ozz.
What a fantastic show. My husband and young son are sick of living in the UK working 7 days a week and having no time for each other. Always thinking of moving to Australia but need help to know we are making right move. Are you looking for more people to go on the show or is there any possiblity of signing up??
We are very seriously looking at moving to New Zeland in the next 12 months, myself, husband and three children my sister, husband and three children together with my parents we are very close family who would all like to stay togeher. We have all been watching the series wanted down under and would love to know if we also could go on the programme.
Does anyone happen to have a dvd/copy of the BBC Wanted Down Under programme showed on January 5th 2008, where the family looked to move to Christchurch NZ? We missed the programme and are hoping to relocate to Christchurch soon. We are desperate to see the show for info. Sadly the BBC have not repeated this episode on it's I player, and have been very unhelpful thus far. If anyone has a copy of this programme, or advice I would love to hear from you. Many thanks David
why cant i rewatch the first episode with the treanor family?
What a great show for people thinking about moving down under, we love it!
Is there any more chances of signing up to do a show in Australia?
great FREE info on emaigration to New Zealand