Home and away

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Aired: 1986 - Unknown
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: AUSTRALIA

Home and Away is an Australian weeknightly half-hour television soap opera produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since January 1988. It is broadcast on the Seven Network and its affiliates 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 Five which Five won. The show has more overall viewers in the larger UK market than it has in its home market, but a higher proportion of viewers in Australia, due to Australia's smaller population. The shift in the UK from ITV to Five damaged its ratings; contract obligations kept it off air in the UK for a year and the smaller audience share five has is believed to contribute to the show achieving ratings significantly lower than those it enjoyed on ITV. Its UK ratings are significantly lower than those of Neighbours on BBC One, both shows are shown twice every weekday. Five funds more than half of the production costs, and it is officially Five's second highest rated show.

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square eyed spazPosted: 09/13/2008

I loved this for years and years but now I find it lame... it's been going since I was a year old so I guess saying that I grew up with this show would not be an exaggeration in this case... I always thought it was better than neighbours but now I don't like either of those shows... I've tried to get back into the show numerous times but it's hard to get into now as there are too many new faces... I often wonder how much longer the series can last and for that matter how the writers will choose to end it.

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