Home and Away (often abbreviated as H&A) is an Australian television
soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on
the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept
of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he
noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster
home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in
the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called Refuge, but
the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of Home and Away once
production began. The show premiered with a ninety-minute pilot
episode (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS known as Home and Away:
The Movie). Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a
duration of twenty-two minutes and Home and Away has become the second
longest-running drama series in Australian television. In Australia,
it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at 7:00 pm.'Home
and Away' follows the lives and loves of the residents in Summer Bay,
a fictional seaside town in New South Wales. The series initially
focused on the Fletcher family â€" Tom (Roger Oakley) and Pippa
(Vanessa Downing), and their five foster children, Frank Morgan (Alex
Papps), Carly Morris (Sharyn Hodgson), Lynn Davenport (Helena Bozich),
Steven Matheson (Adam Willits) and Sally Fletcher (Kate Ritchie) â€"
who moved from the city into the Summer Bay House, where they assumed
the new job of running the caravan park, and eventually took in a
sixth foster child, Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson). Home and Away was
not without controversy. 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. Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches
district has been used as the location for Summer Bay since 1988. The
exterior scenes are filmed mainly at Palm Beach, while the interior
scenes are filmed at the Australian Technology Park in Redfern.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
twice daily on Channel 5. It is one of the highest-rating shows on
RTÉ Television in Ireland and TVNZ 2 in New Zealand. In Australia,
Home and Away is the most awarded program at the Logie Awards, with a
total of forty-six wins, including Best Drama Program. Some cast
members have won several other awards such as the Gold Logie for Most
Popular Personality on Australian Television, Silver Logie for Most
Popular Actor, and Most Popular Actress. In 2015, Home and Away was
inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame.
soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on
the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept
of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he
noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster
home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in
the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called Refuge, but
the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of Home and Away once
production began. The show premiered with a ninety-minute pilot
episode (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS known as Home and Away:
The Movie). Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a
duration of twenty-two minutes and Home and Away has become the second
longest-running drama series in Australian television. In Australia,
it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at 7:00 pm.'Home
and Away' follows the lives and loves of the residents in Summer Bay,
a fictional seaside town in New South Wales. The series initially
focused on the Fletcher family â€" Tom (Roger Oakley) and Pippa
(Vanessa Downing), and their five foster children, Frank Morgan (Alex
Papps), Carly Morris (Sharyn Hodgson), Lynn Davenport (Helena Bozich),
Steven Matheson (Adam Willits) and Sally Fletcher (Kate Ritchie) â€"
who moved from the city into the Summer Bay House, where they assumed
the new job of running the caravan park, and eventually took in a
sixth foster child, Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson). Home and Away was
not without controversy. 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. Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches
district has been used as the location for Summer Bay since 1988. The
exterior scenes are filmed mainly at Palm Beach, while the interior
scenes are filmed at the Australian Technology Park in Redfern.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
twice daily on Channel 5. It is one of the highest-rating shows on
RTÉ Television in Ireland and TVNZ 2 in New Zealand. In Australia,
Home and Away is the most awarded program at the Logie Awards, with a
total of forty-six wins, including Best Drama Program. Some cast
members have won several other awards such as the Gold Logie for Most
Popular Personality on Australian Television, Silver Logie for Most
Popular Actor, and Most Popular Actress. In 2015, Home and Away was
inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame.
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