Schedule Change

There is no episode of Home and Away on either five or five Life tomorrow, Monday 7th May 2007. It returns in its usual slots on Tuesday evening.

It’ss the first time since 2001 that Home and Away will not be airing on a weekday on five, and the decision has confused and annoyed many fans. Up until now, Home and Away on five has been in line with the Australian episodes, so an episode that airs on a Friday in Australia will also air on a Friday in the UK on five. However, the decision to drop tomorrow’ss episode means that the UK episodes will be a day behind – an episode that would normally air on a Friday will now air on the following Monday.

The reasoning behind the decision is currently unknown. Some fans think it is to line the five Life episodes up with the Australian showings. five Life show episodes of Home and Away a day ahead of five, so up until now have been out of synch with the Australian episodes. However, as many fans don’st have access to five Life, this decision disadvantages them.

Another possible reason is that the UK is slowly beginning to catch up with the Australian episodes. As Home and Away doesn’st air during the summer in Australia, the UK would eventually catch the Australian episodes and be left with no episodes to show. The BBC have the same problem with Neighbours, and deal with it by dropping episodes on Bank Holidays and certain other holidays, such as over Christmas. It’ss possible that five are beginning to do the same thing, and that dropping tomorrow’ss episode is a sign of things to come.