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Home and Away: Secrets and the City
In the late 1990s the UK saw an overload of video-only
episodes of British soap operas (also known as "Soap
Bubbles"). They were usually accompanied by a more mature
rating than the shows could get away with in their usual
TV time slot. Home and Away's 2002 video-only episode
was a huge disappointment to most fans. The video contained
two episodes that had already been shown on TV followed
by a third episode, "Secrets and the City" which was
previously unseen. The episode was set mainly in central
Sydney with Dani Sutherland looking for Rhys after his
breakup with Shelly. The episode was sadly only 30-minutes
long and the content was barely different to a regular
broadcast episode, although the video has a PG rating
instead of the regular G rating. The only redeeming
feature of the video is some (short) behind the scenes
footage and interviews at the end. |
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Home and Away: Hearts Divided
One year on from the release of Secrets and the
City, Home and Away released another exclusive-to-video
episode in Australia on 29th October 2003. This time
around, the release was also available on DVD. It was
presented by Rebecca Cartwright. Once again, the content
featured two TV episodes followed by the exclusive episode.
This time, the storyline focussed on the on-going Dani/Kane
saga. Dani accidentally runs Kane down in her car, and
mistakenly presumes he was a kangaroo. When it's discovered
it was actually Kane she hit, she's suspected of attempted
murder. The exclusive-to-video episode features Kirsty's
journey to the city to be with Kane, after which he
proposes to her. |
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Home and Away: Romances
Buy from HMV Australia
Released - 2nd November 2005
HMV Price - AUS $35.99
On the 2nd November 2005, a brand new Home and Away
DVD was released. Unlike the previous two releases,
which have each only contained three episodes, this
one takes a different stance and looks back at classic
Home and Away relationships. The DVD, hosted by ex-star
Beau Brady (Noah Lawson), looks over the last 17 years
of the show to enable viewers to "relive the magical
moments of love at first sight, first meetings, dates,
kisses, love triangles, proposals and happy endings
in Summer Bay". However, it puts an emphasis on the
'steamy romances of the last 8-10 years'. The release
also contains the Home and Away Pilot Episode, where
the show first began. |
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Home and Away: Weddings
Buy from HMV Australia
Released - 1st March 2006
Running Time - 90 minutes
HMV Price - AUS $29.99
In a similar style to Home and Away: Romances,
the newly released Weddings DVD takes a walk down
memory lane and contains clips of classic Home and
Away weddings. Hosted by Kate Ritchie (Sally
Fletcher), it contains footage of 22 weddings from
the show's 18 year history, with an emphasis on the
last 8-10 years. A must see for any hopeless
romantic and Home and Away obsessive. As a bonus,
you can relive Leah and Vinnie's wedding, considered
Home and Away's favourite, in full. |
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