Episode 2418

Australian Air Date: 1st July 1998
Writer: Don Battye
Director: Catherine Roden

Kylie comes to visit. Irene is forced to sell the charger. Joel promises to watch Tom in the sprint race – though he places more importance on Will’s javelin performance.

Guest Cast

KYLIE BURTON (ROSLYN OADES)
RACHEL McGREGOR (SARA MUMCU)
POLICEMAN (JUSTIN GREEN)
MARK HOLLIS (MATT JUAREZ)
JASON (SHAUN LOSEBY)
MRS. HOLLIS (FELICITY SOPER)
CAR BUYER (ALLEN CRIBBS)
CORRECTIVE SERVICES LADY (NAOMI DYSON)

Trivia

The scenes of a young Rachel McGregor being led away by two young boys in a shopping centre, seen via CCTV, were questionably similar to the real-life adbuction and murder of James Bulger in the UK in 1993. As a result, this episode was not broadcast by ITV, and all references to the event from surrounding episodes were removed.

Alongside Episode 1954, this remains one of only two Home and Away episodes to never be broadcast on terrestrial television in the UK. Both episodes were later aired as part of a repeat run on UK satellite channel Living TV in the early 2000s.