Irishbraxton Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Home and Away's 40th anniversary is in 3 years time, will the show last beyond that or will it end on the 40th. Of course it won't be mentioned as 7 don't want to age the show. Just a theory seeing as Neighbours 40th is in March. Quote
Red Ranger 1 Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 Well, if, as you say, Channel 7 don't consider the 40th anniversary important, they're not going to choose that for an end date! I think it will keep going so long as it's financially viable and brings in an audience. As far as I can see, it's considered in a healthy enough state at the moment, but these things can change suddenly, it feels like there have been a lot of cancellations of long-running shows that seemed secure in recent years. But as ever when this sort of thing comes up, I'm not seeing any reason to panic just yet! 2 Quote
pembie Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 (edited) I watch it for the over top stories really shark attacks clifftop fights over the top villains sexy women that seems to have stopped lately l find it quite boring now really sometimes it’s amusing Alf used to be funny but now he just shouts at everyone really I think Cash is the most interesting now I say it be sad if it ended I would miss this forum because I have made friends here over the time I’m not so sure about the actual show these days I dont watch it straight away now Edited February 1 by pembie Quote
Homeandawayfan. Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 H&A has had to become more high octane to survive, but sometimes has gone a bit OTT in the regard, and the shift in the show is probably not totally intentional. There are still thousands of episodes from the golden days of 1988-2008 to enjoy. I think H&A has never been big on anniversaries anyway, the 10th in Jan 1998 was barely noticed. I am not sure if it is the producers not wanting to age the show, or just not being big on anniversaries. Anyway H&A is just under 3 years from another milestone birthday. Quote
Jamie! Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 On 03/02/2025 at 22:30, Homeandawayfan. said: H&A has had to become more high octane to survive, but sometimes has gone a bit OTT in the regard, and the shift in the show is probably not totally intentional. There are still thousands of episodes from the golden days of 1988-2008 to enjoy. I think H&A has never been big on anniversaries anyway, the 10th in Jan 1998 was barely noticed. I am not sure if it is the producers not wanting to age the show, or just not being big on anniversaries. Anyway H&A is just under 3 years from another milestone birthday. Expand I think it's a case of the producers not being at all interested in Home and Away's past. I think they want to make out like it never happened. 1 Quote
adam436 Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 On 03/02/2025 at 22:30, Homeandawayfan. said: H&A has had to become more high octane to survive, but sometimes has gone a bit OTT in the regard, and the shift in the show is probably not totally intentional. There are still thousands of episodes from the golden days of 1988-2008 to enjoy. Expand Anniversaries don't have to age an TV show. If anything, it just celebrates what the show has done to survive. H&A has had to pivot to the high-octane drama in the 2010s and 2020s, if it hadn't and still relied on similar stories to the simpler Early Years, I don't think it would still be around today. Whilst I'm not a fan of the retcon stories (like Marilyn's and Irene's secret children, Alf's not-dead wife) or the imbalance of age groups in the current cast, I do enjoy the more heightened drama like we had in the Braxton years and the Robbo years. I will always prefer the early years of 1988-2000, but I can appreciate that would never stick with 2025 audiences. On 03/02/2025 at 22:30, Homeandawayfan. said: I think H&A has never been big on anniversaries anyway, the 10th in Jan 1998 was barely noticed. I am not sure if it is the producers not wanting to age the show, or just not being big on anniversaries. Expand That's true. Other than episode 4000, no other milestone episode or anniversary has been celebrated onscreen. I guess it's also harder to have special episodes on the actual date, because often H&A is still on it's Christmas/Summer hiatus at the time. The first few months of 2008 coincided with Sally's exit, so I guess you could argue the returnees for her farewell could be seen as an unofficial 20th anniversary celebration, though that connection was never officially acknowledged. 1 Quote
630si Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 They did a bit for the 30th to be fair to them. Resurrecting Martha, and the re-enactment of the Blake and Meg sunrise scene with Billie and VJ. Im sure there were more little easter eggs that year too. A subtle celebration if you will Quote
c120701 Posted February 6 Report Posted February 6 (edited) On 04/02/2025 at 19:52, adam436 said: Anniversaries don't have to age an TV show. If anything, it just celebrates what the show has done to survive. H&A has had to pivot to the high-octane drama in the 2010s and 2020s, if it hadn't and still relied on similar stories to the simpler Early Years, I don't think it would still be around today. Whilst I'm not a fan of the retcon stories (like Marilyn's and Irene's secret children, Alf's not-dead wife) or the imbalance of age groups in the current cast, I do enjoy the more heightened drama like we had in the Braxton years and the Robbo years. I will always prefer the early years of 1988-2000, but I can appreciate that would never stick with 2025 audiences. That's true. Other than episode 4000, no other milestone episode or anniversary has been celebrated onscreen. I guess it's also harder to have special episodes on the actual date, because often H&A is still on it's Christmas/Summer hiatus at the time. The first few months of 2008 coincided with Sally's exit, so I guess you could argue the returnees for her farewell could be seen as an unofficial 20th anniversary celebration, though that connection was never officially acknowledged. Expand Didn’t the 2008 premiere go from the Fletcher house flashback to Ric’s birthday cake saying TWENTY WONDERFUL YEARS? I doubt it was referencing Ric’s traumatic childhood. Edited February 6 by c120701 Quote
Dan F Posted February 6 Report Posted February 6 On 06/02/2025 at 19:20, c120701 said: Didn’t the 2008 premiere go from the Fletcher house flashback to Ric’s birthday cake saying TWENTY WONDERFUL YEARS? I doubt it was referencing Ric’s traumatic childhood. Expand That scene was planned but ultimately cut, we instead got a glimpse of it as he blew out the candles at the end of the episode. It was "20 Good Years" which I always thought sounded a little awkward. 1 Quote
c120701 Posted February 6 Report Posted February 6 On 06/02/2025 at 19:32, Dan F said: That scene was planned but ultimately cut, we instead got a glimpse of it as he blew out the candles at the end of the episode. It was "20 Good Years" which I always thought sounded a little awkward. Expand Ahh, ok. I guess Good was better than Wonderful, but yeah… Quote
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