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.

Production and broadcast schedule

The show is filmed five days a week for 46 weeks of the year. The crew is given a four week holiday at Christmas and a two week break for recuperation mid-year. A normal shooting day is 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, but can go later if shooting goes over time. There are 8 weeks between shooting and airing the program. Much of the shots are taken in Channel Seven's Sydney Epping studio, as well as at Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches region.

Related Topics:
Christmas - Sydney - Epping - Palm Beach - Northern Beaches

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As of 2004 Home and Away is broadcast in Australia on weekdays at 7:00 PM and in the UK weekdays at 6:00 PM, (repeated 12.30 AM weekdays and omnibus on Saturdays 7.55 AM - UK only).

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Other countries that broadcast Home and Away include: Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Estonia; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; and Sweden.

Related Topics:
Belgium - Canada - Denmark - Estonia - Ireland - Israel - Lithuania - New Zealand - Norway - Poland - Sweden

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