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After the Seven Network cancelled their soap opera Neighbours on 12 July 1985 due to low ratings, rival Network 10 picked it up and turned it into a success. A couple of years later, Seven's head of drama, Alan Bateman, became desperate to get back into the soap market and began to work out how to launch another soap that was not a copy of Neighbours. While on a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales with his family, Bateman began talking to locals who were "up in arms" over the construction of a foster home for children from the city. Seeing the degree of conflict the "influx of parentless children on a tight-knit community" was having, Bateman came away with the idea for a new serial. While Seven Network executives were unconvinced by the idea, audience research was positive. The soap opera was initially called Refuge, but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of Home and Away once production began.
A replica of the Summer Bay House was rebuilt in its original location at the Kenthurst estate several years later, with the exception of a grey roof instead of a red one. The caravan park set moved back to the estate after the house was rebuilt, and both exterior sets made their on-screen returns in 2015. The Summer Bay House is the only house to still be seen on screen since the pilot episode.
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She isn't concentrating on her schoolwork and seems to be pushing her newfound independence. When Roo suggests that she do some violin practice, Maddy takes the violin and returns it to Alf, telling him that she doesn't want to play it anymore and he should try and get his money back. Marilyn, Harvey and Alf assure Roo that Maddy's behaviour is merely a transitional phase and she just needs time. Elsewhere, acting on his Braxton family loyalty, Kyle demands that Liam tells Brax he's been stealing from the till or he will. Liam wonders why he cares so much - is he the newest member of the Darryl Braxton fan club?
For the first time in the show's history, Home and Away aired a two-hander episode, featuring only the characters Ricky Sharpe and Darryl "Brax" Braxton , on 14 February 2016. Since 2000, Home and Away has ceased broadcast mid-season for two weeks during the Olympic Games and the episode to screen prior to this is referred to as an 'Olympic cliffhanger'. An Olympic cliffhanger episode would usually involve increased drama, with the peak of a storyline, similar to a season finale episode, and the outcome of the cliffhanger to conclude after the Olympics. In addition to this, Home and Away took a transmission break on 3 April 2018 in order to broadcast the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and returned on 16 April 2018. Home and Away has been sold to over eighty countries around the world, making it one of Australia's most successful media exports. In the UK, it and Neighbours, another Australian soap opera, are the most popular of the genre that are filmed internationally, with them both airing on Channel 5.
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Furthermore, on 23 March, the show was removed from Seven's schedule to make way for extended coverage on the pandemic. On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the show would recommence production following the nine-week suspension. Storylines were rewritten to limit close contact between the actors. On 19 July 2021, Home and Away was forced to postpone scheduled filming due to new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Sydney.
In Ireland, Home and Away debuted on Monday, 3 October as part of RTÉ's re-launch of RTÉ2 as Network 2 - their secondary channel. Episodes screened at 6.30pm and in September 1997, a daytime episode was added at 1.25pm on RTÉ One with the 6.30pm episode becoming the replay of the daytime broadcast. A repeat of the week's episodes is aired on Saturdays and Sundays on RTÉ2.
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The Fletchers bought the Summer Bay Caravan Park and moved into the Summer Bay House. Later, when she confronts Rosie over her behaviour, Sasha is shocked to find that Rosie is completely off track - she wants them to move in together! Sasha ends their friendship, unable to take Rosie's jealous behaviour any more. However, Sasha then confides in Natalie, feeling that Rosie needs help. After finding out about her family life, Natalie convinces Rosie to apologise to Sasha.
At the end of the first episode, Tom and Pippa take in their sixth foster child Bobby Simpson . Aside from New South Wales, Home and Away has also filmed scenes in other states of Australia. In May 2012, the show filmed scenes at Flinders Ranges and Nilpena Station in South Australia for a storyline in which Casey Braxton was kidnapped and taken to the outback by Kyle Braxton . The following month, Home and Away filmed scenes in Melbourne for the second time. In November 2014, the show filmed an episode at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra with several cast members, as a tribute to the Anzac Centenary. Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches district has been used as the location for Summer Bay since Home and Away began in 1988.
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Hurt by the feeling that Casey is choosing prison code over a life with her, Tamara gives him the ultimatum - if he chooses not to give the statement, then they are over. After the stabbing in prison, Casey wakes in hospital with Tamara by his side. At the same time, Brax blames Zac for not looking out for Casey in prison, telling him to stay away from now on. However, an angry Natalie tells Brax that Zac is Casey's best bet of getting through this, so he needs to stop being so pig headed and choose between his brothers and his pride.
April breaks down - this whole time she thought Dex needed her, now she realises she's lost without him. It's the night before uni, and Dex is nervous about going back after his accident. However, her excitement is quelled after she is completely overwhelmed on her first day, feeling alone. She is further deflated to see Dex at uni acting cool, calm and collected as he catches up with friends. Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming... Get a detailed look at every new and returning show coming to broadcast...
The geo block has been lifted on the Sky platform in Northern Ireland and all airings are available to view. Home and Away is consistently RTÉ's most-watched soap opera, and in 2021, the series was streamed by 4.9 million viewers. Home and Away follows the lives and loves of the residents in Summer Bay, a fictional seaside town in New South Wales. During the first season alone, it featured several adult-themed storylines such as teen pregnancy, rape, drug and alcohol addiction, drug overdose and attempted suicide. The series has dealt with similar storylines over the years which have often exceeded its restricted time slot.
The various titles mostly featured scenes of bikini-clad women and shirtless men with surfboards at the beach. In 2018, a new series of eight-second titles were introduced along with the return of the show's theme song. The new titles, which currently change during each week, mostly feature two men or two women running down to the ocean for a surf. A 30-second version of the titles, not aired on Australian television, was released on the Home and Away website.
It has since become popular with tourists, and tours to the show's exterior sets at Palm Beach run throughout the year. The exterior scenes are filmed mainly at Palm Beach and at Fisherman's Beach in Collaroy. Interior scenes for the show were filmed at the Seven Network's Sydney studios in Epping until 2010. Following the closure of these studios in early 2010, the interiors are now filmed at the Australian Technology Park in Redfern. The Jackeroo Ranch estate in Kenthurst had been used for the exterior sets of the Summer Bay House and Caravan Park since 1988.
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