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Home and Away: Romances is an exclusive-to-DVD special of Australia's most popular soap Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...

. It was released on 2 November 2005 and unlike it previous two DVD releases, Secrets and the City
Home and Away: Secrets and the City
Home and Away: Secrets and the City is an exclusive-to-video and DVD special of Australia's most popular soap opera Home and Away. In 2002 it was only released on video and a year later it received a DVD release. It is hosted by Home and Away star Tammin Sursok...

and Hearts Divided
Home and Away: Hearts Divided
Home and Away: Hearts Divided is an exclusive-to-video and DVD special of Australia's most popular soap Home and Away. It was released on 29 October 2003 and is hosted by Home and Away star Rebecca Cartwright. It contains two episodes that aired on TV: Turn Back the Night and Fallout plus the...

which only contained three episodes each, this release is completely different, this takes a look back at all the classic Home and Away relationships over the past 17 years of the show from 1988 to 2005. It is hosted by Home and Away star Beau Brady

Beau Brady

Beau Brady is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Noah Lawson on the drama Home and Away.-Biography:Brady was educated at Oakhill College in Castle Hill, Sydney....

and has everything from first meetings to good and bad dates, first kisses to love triangles and proposals to happy endings. The DVD also contains the movie length pilot episode, which is a rare chance for fans to go back to where it all began.

Boy Meets Girl

2000 - Hayley meets Noah: Hayley meets Noah at a club when he warns her off some boys who are giving her the wrong kind of attention. Noah saved Hayley just before they gang up on her outside.
2003 - Dani meets Scott: Dani meets Scott when he shows up at the beach on a white horse.
1993 - Angel meets Shane: Angel meets Shane at a party and accuses him of only wanting one thing.
1996 - Shannon meets Geoff: Shannon meets Geoff at the Surf Club and Curtis accuses her of perving on him.
2003 - Tasha meets Robbie: Tasha meets robbie when he comes to the bay and when he introduces himself, she ignores him.
1997 - Sally meets Scott: Sally meets Scott Irwin in the Surf Club and asks her to play a game of pool with him.
2002 - Kirsty meets Dylan: Kirsty meets Dylan Russell when they bump into each other at school.
1991 - Julie meets Nick: Julie meet local police officer Nick Parrish
Nick Parrish
Nicholas Jasper "Nick" Parrish is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Bruce Roberts. He made his first appearance during the episode airing on 4 March 1991 and departed on 10 June 1994.-Storylines:...
2000 - Leah meets Vinnie: Leah meets Vinnie when he picks her up on the roadside after running away from her wedding and taking her to the bay.
2004 - Leah meets Dan: Leah meets Dan Baker when he comes to the hospital to visit his brother Peter, who had just recently been attacked by Sarah Lewis.
1991 - Sophie meets David: Sophie meets David when she and Sally try to rescue a cockatoo
Cockatoo
A cockatoo is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae and the Strigopidae , they make up the parrot order Psittaciformes . Placement of the cockatoos as a separate family is fairly undisputed, although many aspects of the other living lineages of...

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On the Beach

1988 - Carly meets Matt: Carly meets Matt when he approaches her and Lynn to ask for help with the zip on his swim suit.
1998 - Gypsy meets Vinnie: Gypsy meets Vinnie on the beach when he comes up and introduces himself to her.
1998 - Terri meets Tom: Terri meets Tom on the beach and they get talking and soon kiss.
2004 - Cassie meets Ric: Cassie meets Ric on the beach while he is sunbathing and they go skinny dipping, she tricks him and steals his clothes.

Bad Dates

2005 - Hayley and Kim: Hayley and Kim's date gets of to a bad start when the bottle of wine smashes, they are soon bitten by ants, it begins to rain and the car breaks down on the way home.
2005 - Zoe and Kim: When Zoe and Kim go on a date, Zoe begins to hear noises in the bushes, when Kim goes to check it out, Zoe is stabbed on the arm.
1997 - Shannon and Lachan: When Shannon and Lachan go on a date, his car breaks down and it begins to rain. On their second date that go out on a boat and Lachan can't find the breaks.
2002 - Kirsty and Kane: Kirsty and Kane take a boat out and when they spot Alf, Kirsty jumps into the water. On a second date Sally and Flynn find them hiding in the back of a van.
1999 - Gypsy and Jesse: Gypsy accidentally spills wine and Jesse, and while she is getting him some clean clothes, her parents return and see that he is half naked they assume the worst.
2004 - Leah and Dan: When Dan asks Leah out, she assumes to wear something formal but he turns up wearing thr opposite. While on their picnic it begins to rain.

What a Night!

Dani and Josh: Dani goes to dinner with Josh in a caravan which he has decorated with candles and flowers.
Chole and James: Chloe and James have dinner and dance on a date at the hospital.
Angel and Shane: Angel and Shane go on a date to the city to see ballet.
Hayley and Scott: Hayley and Scott go for a picnic. On a second date they have a much more formal picnic.

Pucker Up

According to Beau Brady there has been 3816 kisses in Home and Away (between 1988 and 2005). Sally had kissed many men on the show including Jack, Vinnie and Flynn, but her most memorable kissing seen as a kid was the spin the bottle game in the Fletcher house. Other first kisses include Angel and Shane, Tasha and Robbie, Hayley and Kim, Gypsy and Will, Martha and Jesse, Angie and Rhys, Jade and Seb, Josie and Jesse, Dani and Scott, Kirsty and Kane, Tamara and Max, Terri and Tom, Julie and Nick, Hayley and Josh, Brodie and Alex, Dani and Scott, Kirsty and Seb, Shauna and Jude, Leah and Dan, Irene and Paris, Zoe and Kim, Jade and Nick, and Hayley and Noah.

Second Base

Hayley and Noah: Noah want to make plans to sleep with Hayley and tries to think of ways for his house mates not to bother them so leaves a plant pot at the bottom of the stairs.
Zoe and Kim: Zoe tells Kim that this are going good between them and makes plans with hime to come round to her caravan.
Tasha and Robbie: Robbie flips a coin and if it tails he and Tasha sleep together, and if it heads they wait.
Hayley and Kim: Hayley and Kim begin to kiss ans the next morning Hayley wakes to find them in bed together.
Dani and Scott: On a date Dani and Josh sleep together
Peta and Will: Peta and Will decide to take thing to the next level.
Hayley and Scott: Hayley and Scott wake up in bed together.
Leah and Dan: Leah and Dan begin to kiss on the sofa.
Sally and Scott: Sally stays out all night with Scott and sneaks out of his car the next morning.

Sprung!

Irene and Barry: Hayley and Kim catch Barry leaving Irene's room.
Irene and Paris: Angie catches Irene and Paris kissing in a school classroom.
Hayley and Scott: Sally cathes Hayley and scott kissing on her sofa.
Carly and Ben: Carly and Ben are caught kissing in the Fletcher's kitchen.
Jade and Nick: Kirsty catches Jade and Nick kissing.
Shannon and Lachan: Sam catches Shannon and Lachlan kissing
Chloe and Jesse: Marilyn catches Chloe and Jesse kissing
Gypsy and Will: Gypsy and Will are caught kissing twice in two caravans.
Tasha and Robbie: Tasha and Robbie are caught by strangers in the bush after sleeping together.
Hayley and Kim: Hayley catches Kim naked in the bathroom.

Happy Ever After

Pippa leaves with Ian: Pippa leaves the bay to start a new life with her her husband Ian.
Shannon leaves with Mandy: Shannon leaves the bay for Paris with her girlfriend Mandy
Gypsy leaves with Will: Gypsy and Will leave the bay on a boat after their wedding.
Rebecca leaves with Travis: Rebecca and Travis leave the bay on a cruise ship.

Yes or No?

Steve proposes to Charlotte
James proposes to Chloe
Flynn proposes to Sally
Tasha proposes to Robbie
Ailsa proposes to Alf
Lachan proposes to Shannon
Shane proposes to Angel
Travis proposes to Kelly
Beth proposes to Rhys
Will propose to Gypsy
Ben proposes to Carly
Jesse proposes to Kylie
Don proposes to June
Scott proposes to Hayley
Jesse proposes to Leah
Vinnie proposes to Leah
Dan proposes to Leah

With This Ring...

clips of Home and Away's best ever weddings, which follows in Home and Away: Weddings
Home and Away: Weddings
Home and Away: Weddings is an exclusive-to-DVD special of Australia's most popular soap Home and Away. It was released on 1 March 2006 and is a continuation to its previous DVD Home and Away: Romances, which is in a similar style...

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Interviews

Kip Gamblin
Kip Gamblin
-Career:Gamblin trained as a ballet dancer at the The McDonald College of Performing Arts, Sydney and completed his training at the Australian Ballet School, Melbourne. He performed with the Australian Ballet, the West Australian Ballet and the Sydney Dance Company between 1994 and 2002, and had...

(Scott Hunter
Scott Hunter (Home and Away)
Scott John Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Kip Gamblin. He made his first on-screen appearance on 23 January 2003. The character was riding a white horse onto the beach, where he was spotted by Dani Sutherland...

)
Jason Smith
Jason Smith (actor)
Jason Smith is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his roles in Home and Away and Power Rangers: Jungle Fury.-Career:...

(Robbie Hunter
Robbie Hunter (Home and Away)
Robert George "Robbie" Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Jason Smith. He made his first on screen appearance on 25 November 2003 and departed on 10 October 2006...

)
Ada Nicodemou
Ada Nicodemou
Ada Nicodemou is a Greek Cypriot-born Australian actress, best known for her role as Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:Nicodemou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been an Australian resident since 1987....

(Leah Patterson-Baker
Leah Patterson-Baker
Leah Helena Adara Patterson-Baker is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ada Nicodemou. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 22 March 2000...

)
Tim Campbell (Dan Baker
Dan Baker
Dan Baker is an American public address announcer best known for many years as the voice of Veterans Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

)
Kate Ritchie
Kate Ritchie
Katherine "Kate" Ritchie is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008...

(Sally Fletcher
Sally Fletcher
Sally Louise Fletcher is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Kate Ritchie...

)
Rebecca Cartwright (Hayley Smith
Hayley Smith (Home and Away)
Hayley Rose Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She was portrayed from September 1998 to September 2005 by actress Bec Cartwright and from September to November 2005 by Ella Scott Lynch, after Cartwright left the show for personal...

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Kimberley Cooper
Kimberley Cooper
Kimberley Cooper, in Sydney New South Wales, is an Australian actress who played Gypsy Smith in Home and Away . Cooper won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent on Australian television in 1999 and the Best Aussie Actress for The Inside Soap Awards, UK, 2000...

(Gypsy Nash
Gypsy Nash
Gypsy Smith is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Kimberley Cooper. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 18 February 1998...

)

Trivia

Thoroughout Romances, facts about Home and Away appear on screen:

Home and Away first went to air on Sunday 17 January 1988.
Summer Bay
Summer Bay
Summer Bay is the fictional town featured in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away. Palm Beach, north of Sydney, is used for the show's exterior scenes in order to depict the Bay. Lane Cove River Tourist Park at Macquarie Park is the current location for filming of scenes involving the Summer...

Beach is really Palm Beach
Palm Beach, New South Wales
Palm Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Palm Beach is located 41 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Palm Beach sits on a peninsula at...

in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

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Simon Baker
Simon Baker
Simon Baker is an Australian actor. Since 2008, he has starred in the CBS television series The Mentalist.-Early life:...

played high school teacher James Healey.
The first diner was called "The Beachside Diner".
Bec Cartwright's first appearance was a non speaking extra.
Zoe was the Summer Bay stalker who created havoc in the town.
Isla Fisher
Isla Fisher
Isla Lang Fisher is an actress and author. She began acting on Australian television, on the short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera Home and Away...

played Shannon
Shannon Reed
Shannon Reed is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Isla Fisher. She made her first on screen appearance on 16 September 1994. She departed on 6 August 1997.- Character development :Shannon was bisexual...

from 1994 to 1997.
Kane
Kane Phillips
Kane Phillips is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Sam Atwell in 2001 and 2002, as a regular cast member from 2003 to 2005 and on a recurring basis again from 2008–2009-2001-05:...

was disliked in Summer Bay due to his violent past.
Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...

played bad boy Scott Irwin for 10 episodes in 1997.
Bushfires
Bushfires in Australia
Bushfires in Australia are frequently occurring events during the hotter months of the year due to Australia's mostly hot, dry climate. Large areas of land are ravaged every year by bushfires, which also cause property damage and loss of life....

destroyed the Fletcher house & caravan park in 2002.
Pippa was played by 2 actors - Vanessa Downing
Vanessa Downing
Vanessa Downing is an Australian actress. She was educated in Sydney and holds a Masters Degree in English Literature from Sydney University...

& Debra Lawrance
Debra Lawrance
Debra Lawrance is an Australian actress best known for her role as Pippa Ross on Home and Away, which she played from 1990 to 1998. She continues to guest star to this date- her last appearance was in 2009.-Biography:...

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Co-stars Julian McMahon
Julian McMahon
Julian Dana William McMahon is an Australian actor and former fashion model. He is best known for his portrayals of Cole Turner in The WB hit series Charmed, womanizing plastic surgeon Christian Troy on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning TV show Nip/Tuck, and Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four and...

and Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...

were married in 1994.
Don Fisher
Donald Fisher (Home and Away)
Donald Fisher is a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Home and Away played by actor Norman Coburn as a regular character, from the soap's inception in 1988 to 2003. Coburn has since returned for brief appearances in 2004, 2005 and 2007...

's first wife was Alf
Alf Stewart
Alfred Douglas "Alf" Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ray Meagher. The character debuted on-screen during the serial's pilot episode on 17 January 1988...

's sister Barbara.

DVD

Home and Away: Romances
Set Details			Special Features
1 disc 1.78:1 aspect ratio 171 minutes Language: English Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints... 2.0			Original 1988 pilot episode
Release Dates
Region 1 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...	Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...	Region 4 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
N/A	5 February 2007	2 November 2005

External links

Home and Away: Romances at the Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
Home and Away at the Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
Home and Away official site

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