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I think Channel 7 do not want to admit that H&A is 36 years old, and they pretend it began in 2011 which is when a lot of the current style of the show began. They may see 1988-2010 as perhaps a prequel to modern day H&A, and if they do even that is being generous.

Anyway, the H&A that Alan Bateman created died many years ago.

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These days, everything on the show is glossy and shiny. That includes the cast 😅 I think they're now selling the show as a bit of meaningless eye candy that'll especially appeal to people living in countries where the weather is awful 9 months of the year. 

Naturally, the original show has dated and wouldn't fly these days. I have a love-hate relationship with Mike Perjanik's underscores. They'reintegral to old H&A in my mind but they're also the first thing I'd take out if I was asked to re-edit those old shows. Another thing the program makers might not want to revisit is the ongoing issue of characters having financial problems. If I had a dollar for every time a character said they were broke or short of money, I'd be lounging in a villa in Barbados right now. 

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17 hours ago, Homeandawayfan. said:

I think Channel 7 do not want to admit that H&A is 36 years old, and they pretend it began in 2011 which is when a lot of the current style of the show began. They may see 1988-2010 as perhaps a prequel to modern day H&A, and if they do even that is being generous.

Anyway, the H&A that Alan Bateman created died many years ago.

IMO, I'd say 2000, Ailsa's death was the icing on the cake where the show just felt different. Fostering was on it's way out by then, especially since Pippa left. There was still fostering, but wasn't it just like how Irene, Alf and Ailsa had troubled teens living with them and not being officially fostered like Pippa and Tom/Michael did?

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2 hours ago, Luigi Severus Fletcher said:

IMO, I'd say 2000, Ailsa's death was the icing on the cake where the show just felt different. Fostering was on it's way out by then, especially since Pippa left. There was still fostering, but wasn't it just like how Irene, Alf and Ailsa had troubled teens living with them and not being officially fostered like Pippa and Tom/Michael did?

2000 was definitely a bit of a revamp. The credits completely changed. Lots of characters cut like the Nashes (except Gypsy) were clearly being build up as the next big family. The Sutherlands debuted that year. Although, there were a lot of returnees.

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11 hours ago, Luigi Severus Fletcher said:

IMO, I'd say 2000, Ailsa's death was the icing on the cake where the show just felt different. Fostering was on it's way out by then, especially since Pippa left. There was still fostering, but wasn't it just like how Irene, Alf and Ailsa had troubled teens living with them and not being officially fostered like Pippa and Tom/Michael did?

1995/1996 was also when I started to feel the wind of change, due to the increase in dramatic storylines and more ominous tones, and the increase in natural disasters and misery filled stories such as the religious cult, the bushfire, earthquake, Nelson's breakdown etc. The fostering element was still there though, but Pippa leaving in 1998 was the start of the end of the fostering aspect.

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11 hours ago, hapitoby said:

2000 was definitely a bit of a revamp. The credits completely changed. Lots of characters cut like the Nashes (except Gypsy) were clearly being build up as the next big family. The Sutherlands debuted that year.

Not to mention the end of the original Diner and Stewart house too! 

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