Home and Away

Overview

Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher and their five foster children Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport and Sally Keating, who would go on to become one of the show's longest-running characters. The show also originally and currently focuses on the Stewart family. Home and Away had proved popular when it premiered in 1988 and had risen to become a hit in Australia, and after only a few weeks, the show tackled its first major and disturbing storyline, the rape of Carly Morris; it was one of the first shows to feature such storylines during the early timeslot. H&A has tackled many adult-themed and controversial storylines; something rarely found in its restricted timeslot.

Series details

First air date

1988

Last air date

2026

Status

Returning Series

Seasons

39

Episodes

8841

Episode runtime

22 min

Genres

Drama, Soap

Original language

EN

Origin country

AU

Networks

Seven Network

Created by

Alan Bateman

Production

Seven Studios, Seven Network Operations, Red Heart Entertainment, Kepper Media

Cast

R

Reece Milne

Tank Snelgrove

Ray Meagher

Alf / Alf Stewart

T

Tessa de Josselin

Billie Ashford

Scott Lee

Hunter King

Olivia Deeble

Raffy Morrison

Sophie Dillman

Ziggy Astoni