Home and Away 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. Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. 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.
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Alan Bateman |
| Starring | Present cast, Former cast |
| Theme music composer | Mike Perjanik |
| Opening theme | "Home and Away", (short theme) |
| Ending theme | "Home and Away", (international broadcasts) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 34 (+ pilot TV film and 5 specials) |
| No. of episodes | 7,589 |
| Executive producer(s) | John Holmes, Julie McGauran |
| Producer(s) | John Holmes (1988–89), Andrew Howie (1989–94), Russell Webb (1994–2001), Julie McGauran (2001–07), Cameron Welsh (2007–12), Lucy Addario (2012–) |
| Location(s) | Palm Beach, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Camera setup | Video (1988–2003), HD video (filmized) (2003–present) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Seven Productions, Seven Network Operations Limited, Red Heart Entertainment, Kepper Media |
| Distributor | Southern Star Group/Endemol Australia (1988–2015), Endemol Shine Australia (2015–present) |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3) (1988–2000), 576i (16:9) (2001–), 1080i (16:9) (2007–2010, 2016–), 4K UHD (sporadically 2015–) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Related shows | HeadLand |
About Home and Away
This series chronicles the lives of the residents of a small beach town in New South Wales, Australia. The soap opera was created by Alan Bateman.
Achievement of Home and Away
The show was originally supposed to be called Refuge, but the title was later changed to Home and Away.
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Latest information about Home and Away updated on July 28 2021.
