Martinique

See also: Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe. Other countries that broadcast Home and Away include: Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Estonia; Iceland; Israel; Lithuania; Norway; Poland; South Africa and Sweden. Main article: Culture of Martinique. In Ireland, the show is broadcast weekdays at 6:30 PM on RTÉ Two, regulary getting into the top 5 ratings for that week. Main article: Demographics of Martinique. 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). Main article: Economy of Martinique. As of 2006, in the UK, the show is broadcast weekdays at 6:00 PM, (repeated 12.00 PM weekdays).

o rly?Main article: Geography of Martinique. and so far has never been returned. See also Communes of the Martinique département. 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. Main article: Subdivisions of Martinique. Repeat episodes of the series were broadcast between 1999 and 2002, with a one-year break in 2000. Main article: Politics of Martinique. 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.

It has also become known for a form of music called zouk, which developed in the 1980s. 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. Martinique is especially well known for the number of great authors that have come from the island and become extremely famous in France and throughout the world. 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). This means it is treated equally to every other département in France and has full representation in the National Assembly and Senate. Home and Away is broadcast in Australia on weekdays at 7:00pm. Martinique became an overseas département of France on March 19, 1946. The exterior scenes are filmed on location at Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches region.

Only one resident survived the blast — a prisoner by the name of Ludger Sylbaris, who was protected by the thick walls of his prison cell. The interior shots are filmed at a permanent set for the show in Seven Sydney's Epping studio. On May 8, 1902 Mount Pelée, a volcano on the island erupted, destroying the town of St Pierre killing over 30,000 people. There are 8 weeks between shooting and airing the program. The remnants of her parent's plantation, La Pagerie, can still be seen at Les Trois Ilets, across the bay from Fort-de-France. A normal shooting day is 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, but can go later if shooting goes over time. She was the daughter of white slave-owning aristocrats. The crew is given a four week holiday at Christmas and a two week break for recuperation mid-year.

Martinique was the birthplace of Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. The show is filmed five days a week for 46 weeks of the year. African captives were brought from West Africa to form the slave population who is at the origin of most of today's population. 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. From 1635 (arrival of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, a French aristocrat who took possession of the island for France) to 1946, Martinique lived as a French colony producing tropical trade goods such as cane sugar, coffee, rum or cocoa. 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. The island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation. 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.

Colonized by France in 1635, the Carib Expulsion occurred in 1660 when the island's indigenous peoples were deported and banned from returning by the French occupying forces. Alf has been in several business ventures, many of which were either destroyed by storylines involving natural disasters or losses through bad choices. Main article: History of Martinique. She is now assistant principal. . 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.
. Ritchie was aged nine and playing a character a year younger when the show began filming in late 1987.

Like the other DOMs, Martinique is also one of the 26 régions of France (as a région d'outre-mer), and an integral part of the Republic. Actors Kate Ritchie and Ray Meagher have been with the show since the first episode, the longest such run in Australian television history. It is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France. 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. Martinique is an island located in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a total area of 1,128 km². Many other characters have made returns, many of which were either during Sally's wedding or the massive landslide/storm in 2000. Ailsa and Bobby made returns, but as they were both killed off, they returned as ghosts.

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. When he refused to come back as he was still upset about it, the decision was made to kill his character off-screen. 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. Neville Mcphee was killed off-screen after Frank llyod, who played Neville refused to come back in 2000 for Sally's wedding.

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. All but five of the original cast have at some point reprised their role. See main articles:. 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.

As of 2004, the program concentrates on the family occupying and running the local caravan park who typically foster several teenagers. 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. 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 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.

It features the travails of the inhabitants of a fictional small coastal town in New South Wales called Summer Bay. . It has run since January 1988 and is still in production. Five funds more than half of the production costs.

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. 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). Home and Away is an Australian weeknightly half-hour television soap opera produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since January 1988. Chris Hemsworth has announced he will not renew his contract when it expires at the end of 2006.

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. Emily Perry (Zoe McCallister/Eve Jacobson) (Returning Late 2006). Kimberly Cooper (Gypsy Nash) (2006 - )(Credited full time 1998 - 2002). Amy Mizzi (Katherine "Kit" Hunter) (returning March 2006 for 7 week guest stint)(Credited full time 2003-2004, recurring 2005 and 2006 as stated).

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)*. 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. Cameron and Nicholas Stevens (Vincent "VJ" Patterson, Jr.) (2002-. Doug Scroope (Graham Walters) (2005-2006).

Emily Perry (Zoe) (2005-2006). Tameka and Bojana Main (Pippa Saunders) (2004-. Amy Mizzi (Kit Hunter) (2003-2004,2005,2006). Isaac Gorman (Ryan Baker) (2005-.

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). Unlike Cornelia/Morag, his character's return will not constitute a long term recurance). Daniel Collopy (Joshua "Josh" West)(Credited full time 2001-2003, recurring for 2005 to 2006 for one of the current storylines. Rhys Wakefield (Lucas Holden) (2005-).

Sharni Vinson (Cassandra Turner) (2005-). Jessica Tovey (Belle Taylor) (2006-). Jason Smith (Robbie Hunter) (2003-2007). Jon Sivewright (Tony Holden) (2005-).

Kate Ritchie (Sally Fletcher) (1988-). Paul O'Brien (Jack Holden) (2005-). Ada Nicodemou (Leah Patterson) (2000-). Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart) (1988-).

Joel McIlroy (Flynn Saunders) (#2) (2003-2006). Lynne McGranger (Irene Roberts) (#2) (1992-). Amy Mathews (Rachel Armstrong) (2006-). Isabel Lucas (Tasha Andrews) (2003-).

Ivar Kants (Barry Hyde) (2004-). Clarissa House (Beth Hunter) (2003-). Chris Hemsworth (Kim Hyde) (2004-2006). Jodi Gordon (Martha McKenzie) (2005-).

Mark Furze (Eric Dalby) (2004-). Indiana Evans (Matilda Hunter) (2004-). Lyn Collingwood (Colleen Smart) (1988-1989, 1997, 1999-). Tim Campbell (Daniel Baker) (2004-2006).

Holly Brisley (Amanda Vale) (2005-). Nicholas Bishop (Peter Baker) (2004-2005, 2006-2007). List of cast members of Home and Away. Past Home and Away characters.

Current Home and Away characters.