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Home and Away began its life in 1988 on the Seven Network
in Australia. Set in the fictional town of Summer Bay the
show originally revolved around the lives of Pippa and Tom
who took in a succession of foster children. Over time the
focus of the show widened to include the stories of many more
of the inhabitants of Summer Bay and continues to be made
and shown...
Ah,
Home and Away, Neighbours poorer cousin. Although
I don't currently watch the show, I have, like many other
people spent many an hour in Summer Bay thanks to a series
of obsessive partners. It would be easy to sneer at such a
show, but you have to give it its due, it has lasted since
1988, when a lot of other shows have disappeared. The show
is an unadulterated soap opera, with all the elements which
that entails, love, fights and the odd murder when the ratings
occasionally drop.
So,
what does this one hundred and seventy minute extravaganza
have to offer the Home and Away fan? Well, the DVD
does what it says on the box.
Hosted by Beau Brady, who played Noah Lawson on the show,
it examines the lives and loves of various characters.
The
nice thing about the disc is that is doesn't take itself too
seriously, meaning that it should be of interest to the casual
viewer or long suffering partner. Brady is an engaging host,
who introduces the clips and puts them into some sort of perspective.
The numerous snippets from the show are interspersed with
talking head moments from members of the cast sharing some
of their thoughts and feelings about being in the show.
The
disc covers the various romances of the folk of Summer Bay,
including most of the best known characters. Alf, played by
Ray Meagher, shows up but then he would as he is, as far as
I know, the only surviving character from the pilot show,
though that particular crown might have to go to Kate Ritchie
who has played Sally for so long that she is in the Guinness
Book of Records for the longest serving actor in an Australian
drama, at a record stomping nineteen years she really has
grown up on television and should be given a Truman Show
award.
The disc has a really nice bonus feature in the form of the
pilot episode, which like many of you I either missed or can't
remember. It was great to see the original opening sequence
with Pippa, Sally and Alf and a bunch of characters I really
don't remember. The pilot show has appalling lighting and
some of the cheapest sets I've ever seen, but its going to
be like manna from heaven for a die hard Home and Away
fan.
To
be honest I enjoyed the disc more than I though I would and,
god help me, realised that I still knew all the words to the
title track. So, for fans of the show it's pig heaven and
for their less enthusiastic partners, there are worse ways
of showing an interest or spending a little time together.
Charles
Packer
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