Home and Away

Home and Away is a weeknightly half-hour television soap opera produced in Australia. It is shown on the Seven Network in Australia and is exported to many countries, most notably the United Kingdom, where it briefly became the subject of a bidding war between ITV and Channel 5 (Channel 5 won). The show has more viewers in the larger UK market than it has in its home market, and Five funds more than half of the production costs. It has run since January 1988 and is still in production.

Cast

See main article: List of cast members of Home and Away

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Current cast members

• Holly Brisley (Amanda Vale) (2005-)
• Tim Campbell (Daniel Baker) (2004-)
• Lyn Collingwood (Colleen Smart) (1999-)
• Indiana Evans (Matilda Hunter) (2004-)
• Mark Furze (Ric Dalby) (2005-)
• Kip Gamblin (Scott Hunter) (2003-)
• Jodi Gordon (Martha Mackenzie) (2005-)
• Chris Hemsworth (Kim Hyde) (2004-)
• Clarissa House (Beth Hunter Sutherland) (2003-)
• Ivar Kants (Barry Hyde) (2005-)
• Isabel Lucas (Tasha Andrews) (2003-)
• Ella Scott Lynch (Hayley Lawson) (#2) (2005-)
• Lynne McGranger (Irene Roberts) (1992-)
• Joel McIlroy (Flynn Saunders) (#2) (2003-2005)
• Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart) (1988-)
• Ada Nicodemou (Leah Patterson Baker) (2000-)
• Paul O'Brien (Jack Holden) (2005-)
• Kate Ritchie (Sally Fletcher) (1988-)
• Jon Sivewright (Tony Holden) (2005-)
• Jason Smith (Robbie Hunter) (2003-)
• Sharni Vinson (Cassandra Turner) (2005-)
• Rhys Wakefield (Lucas Holden) (2005-)

Recurring cast members

• Daniel Collopy (Joshua West)
• Cornelia Frances (Morag Bellingham)
• Isaac Gorman (Ryan Baker)
• Tameka and Bojana Main (Pippa Saunders)

Future cast members

• Nicholas Bishop (Peter Baker; return date TBA)

Actors Kate Ritchie and Ray Meagher have been with the show since the first episode, the longest such run in Australian television history. Ritchie was aged nine and playing a character a year younger when the show began filming in late 1987. Her character, Sally, is now a teacher at the local high school, and became Acting Principal when Norman Coburn's character, Donald Fisher, the previous principal and fellow original cast member, left the show.

Related Topics:
1987 - Norman Coburn

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Successful former cast members include Isla Fisher, Naomi Watts, Heath Ledger, Dannii Minogue, Julian McMahon, Simon Baker, Melissa George, Tammin Sursok and Daniel Goddard.

Related Topics:
Isla Fisher - Naomi Watts - Heath Ledger - Dannii Minogue - Julian McMahon - Simon Baker - Melissa George - Tammin Sursok - Daniel Goddard

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