Home and Away

Other countries that broadcast Home and Away include: Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Estonia; Iceland; Israel; Lithuania; Norway; Poland; South Africa and Sweden. Milan has 14 sister cities:. In Ireland, the show is broadcast weekdays at 6:30 PM on RTÉ Two, regulary getting into the top 5 ratings for that week.
There are other stadiums and multiuse palaces located in the metropolitan area, the biggest being Monza Brianteo Stadium (18,000 seats), the PalaDesio (10,000) and Geas Stadium (8,500). In New Zealand, the show is broadcast weekdays at 5:30 PM, (repeated 11.00 AM weekdays and omnibus on Sundays 10:25 AM - New Zealand only). Milan and Lombardy are candidates for the Summer Olympic Games of 2016 (Milan-Lombardy 2016). As of 2006, in the UK, the show is broadcast weekdays at 6:00 PM, (repeated 12.00 PM weekdays). Many of the strongest Italian football players were born in Milan, in the surrounding metropolitan area, or in Lombardy: Valentino Mazzola, Renzo De Vecchi, Paolo Maldini, Giuseppe Meazza, Giacinto Facchetti, Gianni Rivera, Paolo Rossi, Luigi Riva, Gaetano Scirea, Giuseppe Bergomi, Walter Zenga, Antonio Cabrini, Roberto Donadoni, Gianluca Vialli, Silvio Piola, Virginio Rosetta, Giampiero Boniperti, Giuseppe Dossena, Gabriele Oriali, Giuseppe Signori, Ugo Locatelli, Giampiero Marini, Aristide Guarneri, Paolino Pulici, Marcello Lippi, Giovanni Trapattoni, Franco e Giuseppe Baresi, Luigi Cevenini, Virgilio e Giuseppe Fossati, Giovanni Ferrari...

and so far has never been returned. Both teams play at Giuseppe Meazza - San Siro Stadium (85,700). The first 623 episodes (except for Episode 469, which was overlooked when Seven were showing the tennis in September 2001) were shown in this run, before it was taken off in May 2002. Milan is the only city in Europe whose teams have won both the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. Repeat episodes of the series were broadcast between 1999 and 2002, with a one-year break in 2000. Milan and Internazionale. During the broadcast there are three ad-breaks and immediately following the broadcast of each episode is a short promotional trailer for the next episode. Football is the most important sport in Italy, and Milan is home to 2 world-famous football teams: A.C.

Each new season begins on the second Monday in January (an exception to this was the 2006 season where it returned on the third Monday), and the season finale airs on the last Friday in November. Prices are based on time elapsed and distance traveled. The show airs for 46 weeks each year (except for some years where Seven broadcast the Olympic Games in which only 44 weeks worth of episodes air). All taxis are the same color: white. Home and Away is broadcast in Australia on weekdays at 7:00pm. Milan has an efficient Taxi service, operated by private companies and licensed by the City of Milan (Comune di Milano). The exterior scenes are filmed on location at Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches region. The "Passante ferroviario" is an underground railway serving a couple of "S" lines and is very much like another subway line (and is even marked as such on subway maps), except that it is connected to the FNME and Trenitalia suburban networks.

The interior shots are filmed at a permanent set for the show in Seven Sydney's Epping studio. The Regional Railway Service ( "R"), instead, links Milan with the rest of Lombardy and the national railway system. There are 8 weeks between shooting and airing the program. The Suburban Railway Service ( "S" Lines, a service similar to the French RER and German S-Bahn), composed of 8 suburban lines and 10 more scheduled for 2008, connects the "Greater Milan" to cities such as Como and Varese. A normal shooting day is 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, but can go later if shooting goes over time. At the end of the work, the TAV station for Milan to the east will be:. The crew is given a four week holiday at Christmas and a two week break for recuperation mid-year. A line from Milan to Venice and then to Trieste is under construction.

The show is filmed five days a week for 46 weeks of the year. The stations for the TAV (Treni ad Alta Velocità - High Speed Trains) will be:. Successful former cast members include Isla Fisher, Naomi Watts, Heath Ledger, Dannii Minogue, Julian McMahon, Simon Baker, Melissa George, Tammin Sursok, Bec Cartwright, Daniel Goddard. High speed train lines are under contruction all across Italy, and new lines will open from Milan to Rome and Naples, and from Milan to Torino. In late 2005, he also ran for Mayor in an attempt to stop Josh West (Daniel Collopy), but was unsuccessful due to some scam Josh pulled through. Three new stations for passenger service are under construction:. Some examples include a mini supermarket(early years), the Diner (worked in the old one with Ailsa and also in the new one until recently, that is around 2002-2003), and currently the Surf Club. Milan is one of the most important railway hubs of Italy, and the 5 major stations of Milan are among Italy's busiest:.

Alf has been in several business ventures, many of which were either destroyed by storylines involving natural disasters or losses through bad choices. The local transportation authority (ATM) transported more than 600 million passengers in 2003 . She is now assistant principal. 93 bus lines cover over 1,070 km between them. Her character, Sally, is now a teacher at the local high school, and became Acting Principal when Norman Coburn's character, Donald Fisher, the previous principal and fellow original cast member, left the show. Greater Milan also has one of the most extensive tramway systems in the world, with more than 286 km of track, and 20 lines. Ritchie was aged nine and playing a character a year younger when the show began filming in late 1987. Lines 4 (linking downtown with Linate Airport) and 6 are in planning stages.

Actors Kate Ritchie and Ray Meagher have been with the show since the first episode, the longest such run in Australian television history. Line 5 is also under construction, to be finished in the first half of 2008. In most cases, the more popular charcters have made more significant returns, while less received characters have either had a cameo like at sally's wedding or not returned at all. Extensions of lines 1, 2 and 3 are under construction, to create more than 15 km of track with 10 new stations. Many other characters have made returns, many of which were either during Sally's wedding or the massive landslide/storm in 2000. Raffaele Hospital with the Cascina Gobba station (M2). Ailsa and Bobby made returns, but as they were both killed off, they returned as ghosts. Raffaele", connecting the S.

Sheila Kennely, who played Floss Mcphee was also cut after the first year, but agreed to return in 2000, despite not being told she was cut back in 1989. There is also a light metro-service, "Metrò S. When he refused to come back as he was still upset about it, the decision was made to kill his character off-screen. Milan has 3 subway lines (M1 - red, M2 - green, M3 - yellow) and the system, called Milan Metro - "M", running for more than 80 km. The reason why Frank Llyod refused to return was that his character was written out after the first year as producers felt that they needed more time for the younger characters, and wasn't imformed about this by producers, but rather from reading local tv magazines. The main 3 airports of Milano (Malpensa, Linate and Orio) comprise the largest and most important hub in Italy, both for passengers and cargo. Neville Mcphee was killed off-screen after Frank llyod, who played Neville refused to come back in 2000 for Sally's wedding. Vergiate, Bresso, and Parma are further airports in the region.

Those characters who haven't returned are Lynn Davenport,Roo Stewart, Tom Fletcher (was killed off),Pippa (as played by Vanessa Downing, Debra Lawrance who took over the role until 1998 has made several returns since her own departure) and Neville Mcphee. A third airport is Orio al Serio (BGY), close to the city of Bergamo. All but five of the original cast have at some point reprised their role. Babila). See main articles:. Milan also has the Linate Airport (LIN) within the city limits (for European and domestic traffic), connected with bus line 73 (from S. Like Neighbours, Australia's other daily half-hour homegrown soap, it attracts a mainly teenage audience and features a constantly-rotating teenage cast with several older actors who tend to last considerably longer. Malpensa was designed by the famous Ettore Sottsass.

As of 2004, the program concentrates on the family occupying and running the local caravan park who typically foster several teenagers. The city has a large international airport known as Malpensa International Airport (MXP), located in the northern suburb of Busto Ariszio and connected to the downtown with the "Malpensa Express" railway service (from Cadorna Station). But it now has many different families: the Hunter family, the Holden family, the Fletcher/Saunders family, the Patterson/Bakers, and Alf Stewart (an original character) and his grandchildren, Ric & Martha. In the church Santa Maria delle Grazie can be found one of the most famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper (it: "Cenacolo"). The family became bigger when Bobby Simpson (daughter of Donald Fisher & Morag Bellingham) came into the picture as well as her adopted younger sister Sophie years later. The city is also the home of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. The soap originally revolved around one family, which was Pippa and Tom Fletcher, and their foster children, who included Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport, & Sally Fletcher, who was adopted by Tom & Pippa. The Biblioteca Ambrosiana contains drawings and notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci among its vast holdings of books, manuscripts, and drawings, and is one of the main repositories of European culture.

It features the travails of the inhabitants of a fictional small coastal town in New South Wales called Summer Bay. Milan is one of the most important centres in the world for Opera lirica, with its famous Teatro alla Scala (La Scala, theatre). . Cities in the 'World City Network'" (Key Findings, Full Report). It has run since January 1988 and is still in production. Lang of the Brookings Institution in the economic report "U.S. Five funds more than half of the production costs. Taylor and Robert E.

The show has more overall viewers in the larger UK market than it has in its home market, but a higher proportion of viewers in Australia, due to Australia's smaller population base, making it the highest rating locally produced drama. Milan was included in a list of ten "Alpha world cities" by Peter J. It is broadcast on the Seven Network and its affiliates in Australia and is exported to many countries, most notably the United Kingdom, where it briefly became the subject of a bidding war between ITV and Five (TV) (Five won). This new fairground, in the north-western suburb of Pero and Rho (opened in April 2005), is Europe's largest open construction project, making Fiera Milano the largest trade fair complex in the world. Home and Away is an Australian weeknightly half-hour television soap opera produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since January 1988. Fiera Milano, the city's Exhibition Center and Trade Fair complex, is one of the most important in the world. Chris Hemsworth has announced he will not renew his contract when it expires at the end of 2006. Milan is the centre of much finance, the seat of the Italian Stock Exchange (la Borsa Valori) and its hinterland is an avant-garde industrial area.

The character of Selina is thus far the only one to have been played by two actresses, where on her return to visit Summer Bay, it has been the original actress, Tempany Deckart, who has reprised the role. The city is 85% Italian, 4% from other EU countries, and the remainder include Romanian, Egyptian, Filipino, Sri Lankan, Chinese, and Albanian. Emily Perry (Zoe McCallister/Eve Jacobson) (Returning Late 2006). A small percentage comes from Latin America. Kimberly Cooper (Gypsy Nash) (2006 - )(Credited full time 1998 - 2002). Many immigrants come from Asian and North African nations. Amy Mizzi (Katherine "Kit" Hunter) (returning March 2006 for 7 week guest stint)(Credited full time 2003-2004, recurring 2005 and 2006 as stated). Milan is a very diverse city, being the second largest city in Italy, but it is the most industrial and main financial centre of the country.

Pippa has since made numerous returns to Summer Bay and it has been Debra Lawrance who has reprised the role, rather than the first actress)*. See also: Rulers of Milan. Debra Lawrance (Pippa Ross) (returning February 16th)(The role of Pippa was an original charcter,in fact, one of the main ones, but Debra Lawerance is the second actress to play this role, up until the character was written out. After the war, the city was reconstructed and has again become an important financial and industrial centre of Italy. Cameron and Nicholas Stevens (Vincent "VJ" Patterson, Jr.) (2002-. When war in Italy was finally over, April 25, 1945, Milan was heavily damaged and entire neighborhoods such as Precotto and Turro were destroyed. Doug Scroope (Graham Walters) (2005-2006). In fact, Milan was part of Mussolini's Italian Social Republic puppet state, and an important command centre of the German Army stationed in Italy.

Emily Perry (Zoe) (2005-2006). The city was bombed even after Pietro Badoglio surrendered to the allied forces in 1943. Tameka and Bojana Main (Pippa Saunders) (2004-. As a critical industrial center of Italy, Milan was target of continuous carpet bombing during World War II. Amy Mizzi (Kit Hunter) (2003-2004,2005,2006). In 1859 (after the second of the Wars of Italian Independence) Austrian rule was ended by the Kingdom of Sardinia (which transformed into the kingdom of Italy in 1861). Isaac Gorman (Ryan Baker) (2005-. Milan eventually became one of the main centers of Italian nationalism, claiming independence and the unification of Italy.

Cornelia Frances (Morag Bellingham)(Credited full time 1988 - 1989, recurring 1994,2001- The character of Morag Bellingham has become somewhat of a full-time recurring character making numerous visits since 2001, possibly due to her resurgance in television with her hosting the Weakest Link , Australian version in 2001, along with her popularity in Australia and her character being one of the most memorable despite being full-time for only a year). After this period, Milan was part of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia under Austrian rule. Unlike Cornelia/Morag, his character's return will not constitute a long term recurance). But the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars saw the city annexed into the French satellite states of the Cisalpine Republic, which later became the Kingdom of Italy. Daniel Collopy (Joshua "Josh" West)(Credited full time 2001-2003, recurring for 2005 to 2006 for one of the current storylines. In the 18th century Austria replaced Spain as Milan's overlord, because the Spanish line of Habsburgs died out. Rhys Wakefield (Lucas Holden) (2005-). After trying to conquer the rest of northern Italy in the 15th century, Milan was conquered by France, and then later on by Austria (Habsburg), then given in the early 16th century to the Spanish Habsburg line to rule.

Sharni Vinson (Cassandra Turner) (2005-). During the Renaissance Milan was ruled by dukes of the Visconti and Sforza families, who had artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Bramante at their service. Jessica Tovey (Belle Taylor) (2006-). During the Plague of 1349 Milan was one of the few places in Europe that was untouched by the epidemic, but it was deeply affected by the plagues of 1402 (50,000 deaths), 1542 (80,000), 1576 (17,000) and 1629 (also known as Great Plague of Milan, 70,000 deaths). Jason Smith (Robbie Hunter) (2003-2007). In the 11th century, after the Ostrogothic and Lombard periods, the city regained its importance and led other Italian cities in gaining semi-independence from the Holy Roman Empire. Jon Sivewright (Tony Holden) (2005-). His feast day is the 7th of Decmeber.

Kate Ritchie (Sally Fletcher) (1988-). St Ambrose is now the Patron Saint of the city. Paul O'Brien (Jack Holden) (2005-). At that time Milan was the second largest city in Europe, with more than 300,000 inhabitants. Ada Nicodemou (Leah Patterson) (2000-). In the 4th century CE, at the time of the bishop Saint Ambrose and emperor Theodosius I, the city was briefly the capital of the Western Roman Empire. Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart) (1988-). It is presumed Milan was originally founded by the Celts of Northern Italy around 600 BCE and was conquered around 222 BCE by the Romans, who gave it the name of Mediolanum.

Joel McIlroy (Flynn Saunders) (#2) (2003-2006). . Lynne McGranger (Irene Roberts) (#2) (1992-). Inhabitants of Milan are referred to as "Milanesi" and nicknamed "Meneghini". Amy Mathews (Rachel Armstrong) (2006-). Milan is also famous for the Alfa Romeo motorcar and for its silk production. Isabel Lucas (Tasha Andrews) (2003-). Another famed product of the city is the traditional Christmas sweet cake called Panettone.

Ivar Kants (Barry Hyde) (2004-). Indeed the English word milliner is derived from the name of the city. Clarissa House (Beth Hunter) (2003-). Milan is one of the world capitals of fashion, like New York City, Paris, London and Rome, and design. Chris Hemsworth (Kim Hyde) (2004-2006). The town is famous for fashion firms and shops (via Montenapoleone) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele on the Piazza Duomo, reputed to be the world's oldest shopping mall. Jodi Gordon (Martha McKenzie) (2005-). The province comprises 188 communes, ranging in population (2001) from Milan Municipality (1,308,311) to Nosate (638); the city of Milan has lost 113,084 inhabitants (8.3 percent), from 1991 to 2001.

Mark Furze (Eric Dalby) (2004-). Its province lies in the western part of Lombardy; it covers an area of 1,982 km² and has a population of 3,839,818 (2004); in 1991, the population was 3,738,685. Indiana Evans (Matilda Hunter) (2004-). It comes from the Celtic Mid-lan (meaning "in the middle of the plain") and was known as Mediolanum by the Romans. Lyn Collingwood (Colleen Smart) (1988-1989, 1997, 1999-). Milan's name has for many centuries been recorded as Mailand, which is still the German name of the city today. Tim Campbell (Daniel Baker) (2004-2006). The metropolitan area, called the Città Regione (The City Region) claims more than 9.4 million inhabitants (this is an ambitious definition of Milan's metropolitan area, perhaps not very comparable with figures claimed for metros outside Italy).

Holly Brisley (Amanda Vale) (2005-). The city proper has about 1,308,311 inhabitants (2004), but the population of the urban area including the hinterland is about 4 million and is called La Grande Milano (Greater Milan, 1,981 square kilometres). Nicholas Bishop (Peter Baker) (2004-2005, 2006-2007). Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. List of cast members of Home and Away.
. Past Home and Away characters. Toronto, Canada.

Current Home and Away characters. Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel Aviv, Israel. Tianjin, China. Shanghai, China.

São Paulo, Brazil. Saint Petersburg, Russia. Osaka, Japan. Melbourne, Australia.

Lyon, France. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Dakar, Senegal. Krakow, Poland.

Chicago, Illinois, United States. Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Birmingham, Great Britain, Birmingham's Partner City page. Bethlehem, Palestine.

Radio 24. Radio 105. R101. Radio Deejay (National Hdq).

Sky Italia (National Hdq). MTV (South-Europe Hdq). RAI (Milan Regional Hdq). Mediaset (National Hdq).

Focus (monthly). Explora (monthly). AnnaBella (weekly). Marie Claire (weekly).

Oggi (weekly). TV Sorrisi & Canzoni (weekly). La Settimana Enigmistica (weekly). Panorama (weekly).

Metro (daily). La Gazzetta dello Sport (daily, sports only). La Padania (daily). Milano Finanza (daily).

Il Sole 24 Ore (daily). Libero (daily). Il Giornale (daily). Il Giorno (daily).

Corriere della Sera (daily). Nuovo Giuriati - Rugby - 4,000. Agorà - Ice Hockey - 4,000. PalaLido - Basket - 5,000.

Velodromo Vigorelli - Cycling, American Football - 12,000. MazdaPalace - Basket, Volley - 13,500. Forum di Assago - Basket, Ice Hockey, Volley, Music - 13,000 to 16,000. Ippodromo del Galoppo - Horse Racing - 15,000.

Ippodromo del Trotter - Horse Racing - 16,000. Brianteo - Athletic, Football - 18,568. Arena Civica - Athletic, Rugby, Football, 30,000. San Siro - only football - 85,700.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza - car and motorcycle racing - 137,000. Past winners include Tacchini, Kodes, Panatta, Barazzutti, Moreno, Borg, Smid, Lendl, Forget, Curier, Ivanisevic, Kafelnikov, and Coira. The central court has a capacity of 8000. It is the most important youth tournament in the world, and is played at the Milan Tennis Club.

Every year, Milan hosts the Bonfiglio Trophy Under 18 Tennis Tournament. They play at the Agora Stadium (capacity 4,500) during the regular season, and at the Forum during playoffs . The Vipers Milano have won the last 4 national championships, the Alpenliga and several Coppa Italia, and are the leaders of that sport in Italy. Different ice hockey teams from Milan have won 30 National Championships between them.

The Amatory Rugby Club Milano have won 18 National Championships and are the most famous and important Rugby team in Italy. Olimpia play at the Forum (capacity 14,000). It is the most important Italian team and one of the top 5 in Europe. Olimpia Milano is a successful European basketball team that have won 3 European Cups, a World Cup, 3 Winners' Cups, 2 Korac Cups and 25 National Championships.

The capacity for the F1 races is around 137,000 spectators. It one of the world's oldest car racing circuits, and one of the most famous. The famous Monza Formula One circuit is located in the suburbs. Milano Pioltello.

Milano Certosa and Milano/Rho Fiera (for the west). Milano Rogoredo (for the south). Milano/Rho Fiera. Milano Tibaldi.

Milano Romolo. Milano Smistamento/Scalo Farini (cargo-trains). Milano Certosa (passenger station). Milano Porta Romana (passenger and cargo station).

Milano San Cristoforo (passenger and cargo station). Milano Greco (passenger station). Milano Rogoredo (passenger station and cargo station). Milano Lambrate (passenger station).

Milano P.ta Garibaldi (passenger station). Milano Centrale (passenger station - the second busiest Italian station). I.S.E.F. Istituto Europeo di Design.

Verdi" di Milano. Conservatorio Superiore "G. Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera. Beato Angelico.

L.U.C. Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Università C.Cattaneo L.I.U.C. Università I.U.L.M.

Scuola Superiore di Direzione Aziendale - Bocconi. Università Bocconi. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Università Statale Milano-Bicocca.

Università Statale. Politecnico di Milano. Verdi. Teatro Studio.

Franco Parenti. Porta Romana. L'Elfo. Out Off.

Olmetto. Litta. Filodrammatici. Della 14a.

Ciak. Smeraldo. San Babila. Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

Nuovo Piccolo Teatro. Nuovo. Ventaglio Nazionale. Manzoni.

CRT - Teatro dell'Arte. Teatro Carcano. Teatro Lirico. Piccolo teatro.

Arcimboldi. Teatro alla Scala. Museo del Risorgimento. Museo di Storia Contemporanea.

Museo di Milano. Museo Archeologico. Museo delle Arti Decorative. Museo degli Strumenti Musicali.

Museo Bagatti Valsecchi. Galleria Vinciana. Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica "Leonardo da Vinci". Museo di Storia Naturale.

Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea. Museo Teatro alla Scala. Palazzo Reale. Museo d’Arte Antica.

Museo della Preistoria e Protostoria. Museo Poldi Pezzoli. Museo Egizio. Castello Sforzesco.

Triennale di Milano. Galleria d'Arte Moderna. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana. Pinacoteca di Brera.

Fuksas (in Rho-Pero). New Milan Fair Complex of M. Pirelli Tower (seat of Lombardy Region and the highest italian skyscraper). Velasca Tower.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Palazzo Serbelloni. Central Station (the biggest Italian station). Teatro alla Scala.

Palazzo Reale. Palazzo della Ragione. Ca' Granda (University of Milan). Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle).

Duomo. "The Needle and the Yarn" in Piazza Cadorna. Leonardo da Vinci's Horse Statue at Hippodrome. Archi di Porta Nuova.

Roman amphitheatre (scant remains). Leonardo's monument in Piazza della Scala. San Carlo Borromeo in Piazza Borromeo. Oldrado da Trasseno del Palazzo della Ragione.

Napoleone of Canova in Brera. Monumento Cinque Giornate. Mazzini's monument in Piazza della Repubblica. Fontana del Piermarini in Piazza Fontana.

Disc of Pomodoro. Colonne di San Lorenzo. Alessandro Manzoni in Piazza San Fedele. Santo Stefano Maggiore.

San Simpliciano. San Sebastiano. Santa Maria presso San Satiro. Basilica di San Nazaro Maggiore.

Santa Maria del Carmine. Santuario di Santa Maria dei Miracoli. San Marco. Basilica di San Lorenzo Pirelli Tower, Milan .

Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio. San Bernardino alle Ossa. San Babila. Santa Maria delle Grazie (with Leonardo's "Last Supper").

Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio. Sant'Alessandro. Duomo (Milan cathedral). Aermacchi.

Mediobanca. Banca Intesa. Ferrovie Nord Milano. Eni.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore. Corriere della Sera/RCS. Bugatti.

Mediaset. Motta. Alfa Romeo. Alemagna.

Fiera Milano. Telecom Italia. Pirelli. Gianni Versace.

Prada. Dolce & Gabbana. Giorgio Armani.