News and Spoilers > June 2005

In the Australian screening of the episode, just before Kane collapses down onto the rock, we hear Kane's father say:

"<something> clean it up. When are you gonna bloody grow up?"

 

However, this line was missing from the UK screening. It's presumed the line was cut due to language, but it has left many members of our Message Board fuming. If an edit was made over such a trivial matter, just how will five treat the PG episodes of the show, which are due to air in the UK later in the year?

• Ada Nicodemou and Laurie Foell will be on Big Brother's Little Brother, Wednesday 29th June, 5:25pm on Channel 4.
• Laurie and Ada will also be appearing on Good Food Live on the UKtv Food Channel on Tuesday 30th June.
• Ada will be on T4 on the Saturday 2nd July, on Channel 4.

Also keep your eye out on MTV, and The Crunch on Nickelodeon, where it's rumoured the cast will also be appearing.

Of course, you can keep an eye out for Rebecca Cartwright during the second Wimbledon week, cheering on her fiancé Leighton Hewitt.

Home and Away's 4000th Episode airs next month, and there are some big surprises on the way. Look away now if you don't want to know what's going on.

The soap will celebrate it's 4000th episode in style, with a Birthday, a Marriage and a Death all within a very short space of time. The birthday is that of Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), and the residents of Summer Bay throw him a surprise birthday party to celebrate.

There's even more happiness in store for two other Summer Bay residents, as Leah Patterson (Ada Nicodemou) and Dan Baker (Tim Campbell) get married.

However, get the tissues at the ready as one character passes away. It's yet unknown as to who the departing character is, but with Josie Russell and Jesse McGregor confirmed as leaving, and with Henry Hunter recently being removed from the Opening Titles, could it be one of these?

A number of past characters are set to return to celebrate the show's anniversary. Pippa (Debra Lawrance) and Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) are both set to return, along with Duncan (Brendan McKensy), Lance Smart (Peter Vroom), Sophie Simpson (Rebekah Elmaloglou) and Will Smith (Zac Drayson). Chloe Richards (Kirsty Wright) is also set to return, but on a more permanent basis.

It looks like Tobi Atkins has been demoted to a Recurring Guest Star in Home and Away. His character, Henry Hunter, has been mysteriously removed from the Opening Titles this week, with no on-screen explanation for the change.

Viewers have often wondered why 'five' fails to give Home and Away, one of it's most watched programmes, any promotion on the channel. Their prayers have now been answered, with Inside Soap reporting that five have filmed a selection of new promotions for the show, featuring the cast playing volleyball on Bondi Beach.

The magazine reports that the promotions were shot in such a way that they make the actors look like giants.

The revelation of the Summer Bay Stalker, a storyline which kept viewers on the edge of their seats for months on end, was watched by 1.76 million. This made it the most watched episode of the show since OzTAM took over recording ratings in 2001.

22 year old Ella Scott Lynch, who graduated from NIDA last year, will take over the role when Cartwright leaves in two weeks time.

Rebecca Cartwright, who has been in Home and Away for more than 6 years, recently announced she was quitting the show to concentrate on her wedding to fiancé Leighton Hewitt, and birth of her first child.

Picture from News.com.au

Rebecca Cartwright (Hayley Lawson) has set the date for her wedding to tennis star Leighton Hewitt. The pair, who recently announced they were expecting their first child, have set the wedding date as 21st July, reports the Sunday Morning Herald.