"Home and Away" (1988) TV series 1988-????

Creator:

Alan Bateman

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

16 January 1988 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

"Get closer to the bay" [UK]

Plot:

"Home and Away" chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heart-breaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Father Son Relationship | Family Relationships | Soap | Neighbor

Awards:

33 wins & 58 nominations

Cast

Ray Meagher	...	Alf Stewart / ... (496 episodes, 1988-2009)
Mark Furze	...	Eric 'Ric' Dalby / ... (489 episodes, 2004-2008)
Jon Sivewright	...	Tony Holden / ... (421 episodes, 2005-2009)
Paul O'Brien	...	Jack Holden (395 episodes, 2005-2009)
Rhys Wakefield	...	Lucas Holden (343 episodes, 2005-2008)
Bob Morley	...	Drew Curtis / ... (279 episodes, 2006-2008)
Lincoln Lewis	...	Geoff Campbell (267 episodes, 2007-2009)
Tim Campbell	...	Dan Baker (265 episodes, 2004-2008)
Kristy Wright	...	Chloe Richards (239 episodes, 1995-2008)
Tammin Sursok	...	Dani Sutherland (238 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jodi Gordon	...	Martha McKenzie / ... (230 episodes, 2005-2009)
Lynne McGranger	...	Irene Roberts / ... (207 episodes, 1992-2009)
Ada Nicodemou	...	Leah Patterson-Baker / ... (202 episodes, 2000-2009)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:G | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

ATN-7 Studios, Eveleigh, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

7 Network

Trivia:

Jamie Dunn and Ross Higgins auditioned for the role of Alf Stewart.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Carly Lucini had her baby in 1992, it was a girl. But when the Ross family tried to help Pippa regain her memory in 1997, they said Carly had had a boy!

Quotes:

Colleen Smart: Oh, and I wouldn't put it past him to have thrown that Mongolian cocktail as well!
Leah Patterson: Yeah, well the police have cleared him of throwing that *molitov* cocktail.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Home and Away: The Official Summer Bay Special (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

Accidentally Kelly Street

Watch the earlier episodes...

Those people who, like me, live in Australia should know that Channel 7 is currently screening the older episodes of "Home and Away" (otherwise known as "Home and Away, The Early Years) in addition to the new ones. I would recommend watching these older episodes (which, at the time of my writing this, go all the way back to 1989), but forgetting about the current ones. The earlier episodes of "Home and Away" seem a lot fresher (probably because all of the storylines had only been recycled a few times, rather than fifty or so which is no doubt the case by now), and also give the viewer a chance to laugh at all of the horrible late '80s fads and fashions depicted in them (I remember one earlier episode, for example, which had Carly wearing a T-shirt with the message "Twenty Decades Old" on it; God, that is sooooooooooooo 1988!). The characters also seem a lot more interesting A friend of mine once said that the series really suffered when that lovable pair of dimwits Lance and Martin left it; he may well have been right.

Although I have attempted to watch the newer episodes of "Home and Away" on various occasions, I came to the sad conclusion that I was simply killing too many brain cells each time I did this, so have since given up on them. From what I have heard from other people who still watch the current episodes, I have gathered that these episodes have two glaring faults ie:

1) the producers are more concerned with ISSUES these days than simply telling a story.

2) the show is now filled with annoying fifteen year-olds who are always wanting to hop into bed with each other ie it's trying to become the Australian version of "Dawson's Creek" (another lame show).