31 st July 2026: We will be looking to show ‘Oranges and Sunshine ‘starring Emily
Watson and Hugo Weaving. Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret
Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most
significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children
from the United Kingdom to Australia. Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming
odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of
families, brought authorities to account and drew worldwide attention to an
extraordinary miscarriage of justice. Children as young as four had been told that
their parents were dead, and been sent to children's homes on the other side of the
world. Many were subjected to appalling abuse. They were promised oranges and
sunshine: they got hard labour and life in institutions.