Home and Away

Home and Away

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 of New South Wales. The series initially focused on the Fletcher family – 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) – 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 and drug overdose. 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 successful media exports. It is popular in the United Kingdom, and is one of the highest-rating shows on RTÉ Television in Ireland and TV2 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.

Year:
1988
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Alf Stewart:
[Banging on Adam's caravan door] Cameron! I know you're in there!

Adam Cameron:
Do you think that could be Alf?

Greg Marshall:
Yeah, well it sounds like him!

[knocking gets louder]

Alf Stewart:
Cameron, Open this flamin' door!

Greg Marshall:
Uh, Maybe you should let him in.

Adam Cameron:
Well, I don't know. Strange things have been going on round here lately, mate. Did you hear, Ryan's caravan got trashed by this madman?

Greg Marshall:
Yeah, I think you'd better let him in.

Adam Cameron:
Hey, Alf. If it's about the graffiti in the ladies' dunnies, I can explain everything, mate.

Alf Stewart:
Open this flamin' door before I do something I regret!

[Adam opens the door, Alf spots Greg]

Alf Stewart:
What the *hell* have you been up to, the pair of ya?

Greg Marshall:
[Sees letter in Alf's hand] Hey, uh, that isn't what I think it is?

Alf Stewart:
It's a flamin' summons for me to appear in court on illegal using of fishing nets!

Adam Cameron:
[Shows Alf his summons] Snap.

Greg Marshall:
But Alf, you weren't even there.

Alf Stewart:
I know I wasn't flamin' there, but I got a very nasty feelin' someone *was* there, *weren't* they?

Adam Cameron:
What? how'd they know they were your nets?

Alf Stewart:
Because I've got a tag on the flamin' thing with my flamin' name on it!

Adam Cameron:
Well, we'll just get a warning. First offence, eh?

Alf Stewart:
Don't talk absolute twaddle, Cameron! First offenders are so lucky to get off with $10,000 fines! You read about it in the paper every week! Now you blokes you got me into this mess, and I'm *damn* sure you're gonna get me out of it!

[slams door]

Alf Stewart:
[after Shane hits him with paint while messing around with Damian] What the hell have you blokes got for brains, eh? Jelly? I tell you what; As soon as I get cleaned up, I'll make sure you blokes never forget this day as long as you live!

Shane Parrish:
He started it!

Damian Roberts:
I didn't!

Michael Ross:
I don't care *who* started it...

Alf Stewart:
I just wanna know who the hell is gonna *pay* for it!

Michael Ross:
Oh, they'll pay, don't worry! [to Damian] You, get some turps from the laundry [to Shane] and you, get some Dish washing liquid the laundry and some paper towels from the kitchen. [to Alf who tries to rub the paint off] Don't that, mate you'll make it worse!

Alf Stewart:
It couldn't be any flamin' worse!

Michael Ross:
We'll get you cleaned up and stick you in the shower!

Alf Stewart:
Look at the shirt, would ya? It's absoultely ruined! I mean, what in the hell did you think you were doing letting those two imbeciles alone on their own anyway?

Michael Ross:
Don't blame *me*, Mate!

Alf Stewart:
Look at me flamin' trousers, I might as well chuck 'em out!

Michael Ross:
Just sit down and let us get you cleaned up!

Shane Parrish:
I can't find any towel.

Michael Ross:
Are you blind? It's gotta be there! [goes into kitchen]

Damian Roberts:
Here, this'll get it all off. [rubs Alf with turpentine]

Alf Stewart:
[in pain] HOLY GHOST! That stings! What the *hell* are you trying to, blind me as well?

Damian Roberts:
Sorrry!

Alf Stewart:
Nobody light any matches! [Damian is no longer able to control his laughter] And what the hell are *you* laughing at? My boy, when this over, you're gonna wish you'd never been born! And *exactly* the same goes for that Imbecillic mate of yours!

Nathan:
[Irene comes home, knowing of Nathan's theft] That you, Mum? You get everything? [silence] Mum?

Irene:
[walks into the living room] Get up.

Nathan:
What?

Irene:
[yelling] I said *Get up*!

Nathan:
What's your problem? [Irene grabs his magazine] Hey, lay off me magazine!

Irene:
I don't give a *stuff* about your magazine! [pushes him] Now get in your room and pack your bags!

Nathan:
What?

Irene:
You heard! I want you out, Pronto!

Nathan:
What's going on?

Irene:
What's goin' on?; Your leavin' town, you're movin' out! [pokes him in the chest]

Nathan:
[sniffs Irene's breath] You been drinkin' or somethin'? [Irene grabs his vest]

Irene:
Don't you get smart with *me*! I have had it up to *here* with you and your pathetic games!

Nathan:
I dunno what anybody's told you...

Irene:
I don't why I didn't see it sooner! Lookin' at you lounging on the couch, stuffing your face with that sandwich! Do You know what you are? A Lazy, Devious, Good-for-nothing crook, that's what!

Nathan:
Have you been listening to Damian? Has he been spreadin' stories about me?

Irene:
Nothing I shouldn't have seen coming years ago!

Nathan:
I'm gonna kill him!

Irene:
[grabs Nathan again] You won't touch a hair on his head! He's worthy twenty of you! *Fifty*! Now get out of my sight!

Nathan:
Listen mum, I know what Damian's told you but it's not true. He's just trying to get back at me.

Irene:
I'm ashamed of ya. That's all I am. Ya make me *sick*! The trust I put in you all these years. Nothing was too much trouble and *this* is how you repay me! And not just me; all of us. You don't give a *toss* about anyone except yourself! [tosses him clothes] Now start packin'! You've got ten minutes and I never ever wanna see your ugly mug again! [Nathan slinks off to his room]

Alf:
[Alf is on his back on the floor, Door knocks] Yeah?

Damian:
Is that you, Mr Stewart?

Alf:
Well, who the hell else do you think'd it'd be? Get in here, you pair of flamin' galahs! [Shane and Damian] I wondered when you two would show your heads. Thought you'd lie low and it'd all blow over, did you?

Damian:
Um, no, no.

Shane:
No, Of course not, no.

Damian:
Do you need a hand up?

Alf:
No! I don't need a flamin' hand up. I'm perectly happy right here, thanks very much. Do you have any idea how much you two cost me?

Shane:
Well, you see Alf, what happened...

Alf:
I don't give a damn what happened, boy! The fact of the matter is you two, *blew* it! I could've flamin' drowned in there! That bed was in *perfect* condition when it was in the showroom, now it's about as watertight as the flamin' *Titanic*! It's useless! A Complete white elephant!

Damian:
We could get it professionally repaired, we tried to repair it with a bicycle tyre repair kit...

Alf:
Oh, What a load of flamin' garbage! You'd have to take it to the city to get it done properly and it'll cost you an arm and a leg.

Shane:
Well, we'd pay for it.

Alf:
Huh! I don't wanna hear about it again, I'm sick to death of the flamin' thing. But that doesn't let you two off the hook.

Damian:
What do you mean by that?

Alf:
*Somebody's* gotta pay for it!

Shane:
Come on, Alf. We don't have that sort of money!

Alf:
Well you can do your deliveries for free for the next couple of weeks. Might make you respect other people's property a bit.

Shane:
Yeah, okay. Fair enough.

Damian:
Yeah, sorry.

Shane:
It *was* an accident.

Damian:
Like we said, we didnt mean to do it, okay? [Boys get up to leave]

Alf:
Where do the hell do you think you're going, You're not leavin' here you know?

Shane:
Uh yeah, we are.

Alf:
No, you're not! You get into that room, *pump* that thing out, fold that bed up and stick it out in the shed, bring the old bed back and set it up! Now get going *Quick Smart* before I clobber the pair of ya!

Steven Matheson:
[Dodge has returned to the bay and Steven confronts him] Why did you come back?

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
You mean you really got no idea? Wouldn't you like to take a wild guess? A stab in the dark... mm?... I'm here to make you pay mate! What do you think about that! You owe me Stevo! I DID 5 YEARS BECAUSE OF YOU!

Steven Matheson:
Because of me? BECAUSE OF YOU Philip is dead!

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
[Mockingly] Oh BOO-HOO! Poor uncle Philip! Up in smoke. Just like mummy & daddy.

Steven Matheson:
[Enraged] You Callous B...

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
Now, Now, Stevo!... Mate! Just winding you up! You shouldn't take things so seriously! Besides... Philip was an accident. A mistake. Just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Steven Matheson:
That's bull... You knew damn well what you were doing.

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
Nah. It was a mistake. The only one I ever made. Apart from trusting you...

Steven Matheson:
Oh, You're off your HEAD!

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
Oh don't you remember Stevo? We were mates! Partners!

Steven Matheson:
We were never partners. You used me.

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
Oh don't try'n pretend you're innocent. We were in this together

Steven Matheson:
I was a stupid kid! Taggin' along. Covering for YOU.

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
Covering for me? What a crock! You had your chance and you let'em send me away!... Yeah!... At least I know where I stand. Makes my job just that much easier...

Steven Matheson:
What the hell do you want from me?

Brian 'Dodge' Forbes:
Satisfaction, mate. Believe me, I'm not going anywhere 'till I get it!

Travis Nash:
All off then, Alf?

Alf Stewart:
Yeah, So I see.

Travis Nash:
Alf, what I was saying before about the squirrel blighters...

Alf Stewart:
I am not interested in the squirrel whatsits, I'm interested in human beings.

Travis Nash:
So am I. That's the whole point

Alf Stewart:
So what happens if a storm happens and a bloke's dinghy capsizes in the middle of the creek?

Travis Nash:
Yeah, I know all that...

Alf Stewart:
What, are you and your furry friends gonna build a raft, row out and rescue him?

Travis Nash:
Just take the long view here for a second; The future of the planet...

Alf Stewart:
Oh, Don't try to bamboozle me with that 'Future of the Planet' garbage; you just like hearing the sound of your own voice! [Kelly enters the Surf Club]

Travis Nash:
Alf, Listen to me...

Alf Stewart:
Mate, I'm sick of you moaning and groaning about the dreadful state the world's in. Looks alright to me; If you don't like it, why don't you go and find yourself another one?

Travis Nash:
It's not alright! We're destroying it!

Alf Stewart:
Oh, are we? Well, it looks fine to me!

Travis Nash:
[sighs] Ah, I give up.

Alf Stewart:
Yeah, you give up,eh?. It's about time you gave up moaning and groaning, You're not helping anybody.

Travis Nash:
Moaning and groaning?

Kelly Watson:
Travis, you and me were supposed to be at the hospital in half an hour.

Travis Nash:
Yeah, I know.

Alf Stewart:
Good, tell the doctor to give him a *brain transplant* while he's there!

Travis Nash:
Yeah, Suits me, Alf. So along as *you're* not the donor, mate! I'd rather be a greenie than a redneck.

Alf Stewart:
[incensed] Now you listen to me...

Travis Nash:
Yeah, I have been listening to you and I'm tired of your "she'll be right, mate!" rubbish!

Alf Stewart:
That's it, you're sacked!

Travis Nash:
You can't sack me, because I quit!

Ernie Jacobs:
[after Adam's flea bomb nearly kills him; Jacobs comes to the store to rant] I'll have *all* of you for this! I'm charging you with conspiracy to damage property! Arson, Possesion of illegal... Explosives and attempted assault with a deadly weapon!

Marilyn Chambers:
What are you talking about?

Ernie Jacobs:
I'm talking about that *bomb* you left in my house! And don't try to deny it; [displays bandaged wrist] I've got the scars to prove it!

Matt Wilson:
He must mean the flea bomb.

Ernie Jacobs:
[Puts a coin on the counter] Here, Give me some change for the phone.

Marilyn Chambers:
[worriedly gets the change] You're not gonna call the police, are you?

Ernie Jacobs:
Damn right, I am! And Don't try to stop me; 'cause if you do I'll have you charged with attempting to pervert the course of Justice!

Marilyn Chambers:
[Indignant] How *dare* you call us perverts!

Matt Wilson:
Stay out of it, Marilyn.

Marilyn Chambers:
Well, I'm not having him ruin my reputation!

Ernie Jacobs:
You'll have more than your reputation to worry about when it gets out you tried to burn down my house!

Matt Wilson:
You've got it all wrong, Mr. Jacobs. We were just using one of these [shows flea repllant can to Jacobs] to get rid of the fleas.

Ernie Jacobs:
*What* fleas?

Marilyn Chambers:
Ah, well... The fleas that Adam brought home in the sea grass mat.

Ernie Jacobs:
And that's another thing. If you think you can destroy good lino and replace it with garbage; you've got another thing coming!

Marilyn Chambers:
We couldn't afford anything else!

Ernie Jacobs:
Well, get a loan!

Matt Wilson:
Come on...

Ernie Jacobs:
[cuts Matt off] You also owe me for replacing that broken window!

Matt Wilson:
What broken window?

Ernie Jacobs:
And if the workmanship isn't carried out to my sastisfaction, I'll be serving you with an eviction notice?

Matt Wilson:
What for?

Ernie Jacobs:
*Vandalism!* Mob of delinquents; should be locked up, the lot of ya!

Alan Stone:
[Stone enters the Store Drunk] Alf Stewart...

Alf Stewart:
G'day.

Alan Stone:
I'll have another bottle of that scotch, thanks.

Alf Stewart:
What happened to that last one; You drop it on the way home?

Alan Stone:
[snarls] I don't think that's *any* of your business.

Alf Stewart:
Just making conversation.

Alan Stone:
[slurs] Look, I haven't got time to set there and chat; just get me a bottle of scotch, will you?

Alf Stewart:
Look, old mate. I think your best bet would be to go home and sleep it off.

Alan Stone:
Look, I didn't come here for *your* advice. Are you gonna serve me or not? [Karen giggles; Stone turns to her] And that's enough out of *you*, You should be in school!

Karen Dean:
Um, It's *After* school.

Alan Stone:
Don't be so damned cheeky! I won't put up with that; You're as bad as your brother, you are!

Alf Stewart:
Hey, now. Hang on a minute, fella!

Alan Stone:
You think you're clever, Don't you, girlie? Well, you're not *that* clever, Let me tell you!

Alf Stewart:
That'll do [pushes Stone towards to door]

Alan Stone:
Take your hands off me!

Alf Stewart:
Take your hands off nothin'! Out you go.

Alan Stone:
[Threatening] Just wait til' tomorrow at school!

Alf Stewart:
Just get out, ya goose! [shoves Stone out]

Sophie Simpson:
[In shock] I can't believe him!

Karen Dean:
What did I say?

Alf Stewart:
I tell you what, the sooner that bloke's transferred to Woop Woop or wherever, the better. Are you okay, love?

Karen Dean:
[Scared now] What do you think he'll do to me?

Alf Stewart:
He won't do anything to you; If he tries, There'll be hell to pay.

Jeff Samuels:
Come on Burgess, you Pathetic little ponce! [turns attention to Steven doing push-ups] How many, Matheson?

Steven:
Four...

Jeff Samuels:
*Sir*...

Steven:
Sir... [puffs]

Jeff Samuels:
Just thank your lucky stars you're not like Burgess, Boys. He's got the sort of phsique that gives a skeleton a bad name! Alright back to your locker rooms [Boys groan, Jeff turns back to Burgess] Fifty push=ups, no breaks, Now!

Burgess:
I can't sir.

Jeff Samuels:
I don't think I caught that...

Burgess:
Please, Sir. I feel sick, sir.

Jeff Samuels:
[mocking] "Please, Sir. I feel sick, sir." I said Fifty of the best and that's what I wanna se. Fifty, *now*! [Grabs Burgess by the neck and forces him into the sand] One, Two, Three!

Steven:
Leave him alone!

Jeff Samuels:
What was that, Matheson?

Steven:
Can't you see he's upset?

Jeff Samuels:
[chuckles] Looks like you've got a champion, Burgess. [to Steven] If that's the way you want it, You do *his* Fifty, *for* him! [releases Burgess] I wanna see *you* changed and dress by the time I get back to the change rooms. Move it, Skeleton Man! [Turns back to Steven] Alright, Matheson. No-one, *No-one* lips me and gets away with! [grabs him] Who do you think are boy? Eh? Eh? You might be in for some hard times lately but that gives you *no* excuse to backchat me. Does it, Matheson? eh? eh? [pokes Steven] Not so free with your Mouth now, are you? [Steven has flashbacks of Barlow giving the same treatment] Come on, you were a big man before! Let's hear it again! Talk, *boy*, I said *Talk*!

Steven:
[Steven has had enough, grab Jeff and Judo throws him over his shoulder on the ground and stands on him holding his arm] Eat, Sand Barlow!


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