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He won't be around to write the cheques soon. I read that he has finished taping and is parting company with the Network because they didn't like something he said about them. Don't know where he is going. He was quite good in All Saints, but that is finished and belonged to the same network, anyway.

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been voicing my opinion on H&A Facebook, but found that all of my comments were showing up on my 'friends' pages. I doubt that any of them watch H&A, so I have deleted all of them - until I find out how to change my settings so that this doesn't happen. It was an eye-opener to find that FB stores everything we have ever written since the day we joined. Had the same thing happen when I closed my FriendsReunited account - then re=joined months later and they told me I had 250 messages! On checking, found that everything I had said in every message (both to and from) right back to when I first joined it, years ago. So, I've just left it there. If anyone can get into it, they will see I'm not using it. It's true. Nothing is private once it goes onto the Internet!

Hello All .well a lot seem to be leaving H & A, Gina departing was upseting .thought she had a good part ,Wish Tamara .would ride off in to the sunset .dont watch every night now as its all young ones & will they wont they Hmm,, they have such complicated lives,, i looked in on neighbours the other night they have somebody who has had cancer .do they pinch each others stories , Bye for now ~~~~~~To~Persy ,Marion .Berona. & Kim .Take care Barbra :-)

Hello Barbra, nice to hear from you again.
We have three main commercial TV channels which are constantly sniping at each other - and re-arranging their programmes to overlap, in an effort to force the viewers to watch THEIR shows. Two of them have just had a major court battle over Mel B, who was a judge on X-Factor. They also like to prove each other to be liars, etc. and the public is sick of it. Between them, they have so many cooking shows and other reality shows, the viewers are tired of that, too.
From the way they keep changing their viewing times, I get the opinion that someone is 'spying' on one and telling the other what is coming up, so that they can overlap it with a similar, or better show. I wish the channels would 'grow up' and get on with things - and give the public what they want to see.
The National channels don't seem to take part in this fiasco - but the culprits still overlap times with popular shows from them too. We can watch one and record one - but when we have three or more popular shows on at the same time, it can be very frustrating. The competition is called 'ratings' but the viewers are not interested. We are just angry!

we have a lot of cookery programmes over here .sometimes .on two channels .also highlights of highlights .its really boring .we have hairy bikers .they travel about get local recipes from the towns .& then write a book*** .hairy bikers recipes **.they are making a fortune .James Martin from yorkshire .he is good .but he has repeat shows again highlights .cheap TV , I enjoy Murder she wrote .Angela Lansbury .mid summer Murders .Columbo ,but these are all repeats Diagnosis Murder is another one .no not getting ideas .x I have watched H&A for years .it use to have a lot going on differant stories but not now .Stunning scenery though .would love to visit & walk along the beach :-D

You have similar taste to mine, Barbara. We have had one season with John Barnaby but still get a run of repeats of Tom's stories. I watch them, even if I have already seen them. I can never remember 'who done it', and I still enjoy it.
Haven't seen Jessica Fletcher for a while, but we will no doubt see her again before very long.
I record Home and Away in the mornings. I missed the early episodes (1987) and picked it up when they got to 1989. Now up to 1991, I don't watch it to enjoy, just to see if I can see any current actors in it. In the evening, I watch the current version - and record it too, in case I get interrupted - then erase it later. I find that if I miss one episode, it's usually one where something important happens - and I'm left wondering "what happened to.......?". Although I don't appreciate some of their storylines, I will say that they move along in time. They even have John Palmer taking Marilyn to dinner and it is happening so soon after Gina's funeral - it's a bit hard to accept - but that's how fast they move along.

I thought someone had mentioned Sid was leaving. I will miss him as he plays the doctor role well. Indi is a bit thin on the ground at the moment. She is really annoying me. I am enjoying the current Braxton storylines. Kyle is a good actor, but Heath is just a boofhead.

The Sid actor played Tony Mohkbel in the first Underbelly for Channel 9. He is bound to get plenty of work.

I still watch the old episodes of The Bill. Can't stomach all this reality tv. I watch a few things on the Fox*** stations, but not much. Son loves his sport and takes over the loungeroom.

I think the Marilyn/John scenario will fall into place with some perspective on both sides. I think John is doing a good job with Jett, but I wish he would let him help Casey out.

Off to watch Wentworth now. Hello to all you ladies, hope everyone is well. xx

I have seen that actor in a number of roles and he always fits into them well. I liked him in All Saints - Georgie Parker (Roo) was in that too. I was sorry to see it finish.

I have also seen 'Spencer' in another teenage series, shown on another channel late in the afternoon. He must be proud of himsell - being in two shows at the same time. He does his own surfing too.

Yes I happened to see Spencer in that other show. He looked much younger, so he's obviously up for a few roles. Not a bad actor really.

Berona I miss All Saints too it was something I looked forward to every Tuesday night. Another good series bites the dust. I liked John Howard's character too.

Brax, well I can see where this is all headed and how Charly will figure in the scenes to come. I'm going to miss him for the months he will be away in the US.

Kim - hopefully, we might not miss him. We didn't miss Alf when he went to UK and did a West End summer pantomime. They can work around them. Seems that Irene is somewhere else at the moment. Charlie's appearance will only be like Xavier's was. She did a small amount of filming then flew off to the US. I wish her luck. I can imagine that there would not be much outdoor filming on the beach in our winter, so we might be lucky.

Yes I did miss Alf, but not for the same reasons that I will miss Brax. Wonder when Leah and VJ will be back? I don't mind having a break from Irene.

Hi all nice to see you.

I'm wondering what the story about Adam is.

Poor john and Jett.John is getting friendly with Marilyn,do i see a romance on the way?

We have emmerdale where the vet is addicted to pain killers also in Eastenders, Sharron has the same problem.They seem to copy each others story lines.

Adam was knocked down by someone who drove straight at him. Brax checked him and said he thought he was dead, so he walked away to get away from the scene before the police came. . Now, Adam says that Brax left him to die and Ricky was helping Adam to get back at Brax until she understood that Brax really thought Adam was dead. Now, she admits to being part of the scam but says that she doesn't know who the 'boss' is. She won't name Adam.

Roo advised Marilyn to 'back off' John so Marilyn spoke to him and asked for 'space' - but he too, thought it was too soon after losing Gina, and told Marilyn off - so now she is embarrassed. Oh dear - all is not bells and roses with them now.

I see we only have three nights next week. Wednesday is three episodes! I think the Network is trying to force us to watch the renovations program - that is going on at 7pm (H&A time). It's far too fake for me.

Thanks for that Berona.
We have it on 5 day's a week for 30 min.

Just noticed spencer is a wee bit just a wee bit like Tom Cruise.

For 25 years, it has been on at the same time, same channel but in recent times, the network has been changing times around in an effort to overlap the times of good shows on other commercial channels. They are constantly 'at war' with each other in their effort to get 'ratings'. What the viewers want doesn't seem to matter to them. We are still getting five episodes a week, but its down to three episodes on Wednesday now and no more until next Monday! The viewers are tired of it.

I think Spencer is extremely good looking, with a nice smile. Jett, is shaping up to be a handsome young man and Kyle has a lovely face too.

I can't believe they would put 3 episodes on at the same time as the State of Origin, can figure that at all. Two repeats of Criminal Minds I can understand. I think we will be stuck with 4 nights a week with Thursday being an hour.

Spencer is nice looking so is Kyle and Brax. Heath is just a boofhead - I think he is typecast for life somehow. He appears very similar in real life from what my son told me when he saw them at Easter.

I don't know why the networks don't take notice of the complaints - there must have been thousands of them. Our three main commercial channels (7,9,10) are forever trying to out-do each other and since Ch 9 secured the rights to the big football match, with the broadcast beginning at 7.30pm on Wednesday, the other two set about changing their own programme times, believing that EVERYBODY wants to watch football! Messing people around by giving us one week with two episodes on Thursday and none on Friday - then this week, three episodes on Wednesday and none on Thurs or Friday was not only confusing, but very annoying for many.
Did they think that the youngsters who love to watch H&A would have precedence over their fathers/brothers, with regard to what the family watched? This was a "must watch" match for football enthusiasts, and not everyone has the means to record or tape. The networks seemed desperate for their 'ratings' and it's all that matters to them - not what the viewers want. Some fans missed all three episodes and no allowance was made either for people who wanted to watch both.

Looks like we might have to settle for two episodes on Thursday and none on Friday, but as long as we get the 5 episodes, I won't mind, although it seems strange on Friday nights, to sit down ready to watch H&A, and find something else is on instead. I keep asking myself "isn't this Friday?", then check to make sure!!
This football match was the first of three in the competition, so we have two more times to go through this yet. Let's see what mess they can make of the next one!

I know that we can 'catchup' on all 5 episodes on a Sunday afternoon on 7-2 but it runs from 2.15 to 4.30pm - that's your Sunday afternoon gone! When I have looked at it, I notice the odd bit 'missing' (unimportant parts, perhaps to allow for commercial breaks) but also, it can be very tiring to see that much of one thing!

Off to the start of a new week with Adam being a very devious piece of work! With his henchmen watching the Braxton home, Heath drew the attention, whilst Brax and Kyle escaped only to find Tamara lying on a dirt road. Don't know how she got their but when Kyle picked her up and stood up with her in his arms, I couldn't help wonder how many takes of filming that took? I know she is little, but the way he did it was 'hernia' material!!

My dear wife watches them religiously...ME---I'm out of there...Reality here in chat room,,bad sad scripts in soaps....LES...

Hello Les - welcome to the thread. Nice to see another man taking interest in what we say about our soapie. Allan sometimes joins us and gives us his version of what is going to happen next - but I think his ideas would be better suited to a science fiction storyline. lol
I am interested to see the actors. Most of them are still getting experience and it is good to see them move on to bigger and better offers after becoming 'known' in H&A. . I am also critical of the writers. Considering that this soapie is shown all over the world, I feel that they could use 'experts' as advisers on the subjects they use - including their use of the English language.

Hi everyone.
We are just at 'whasthername' is pregnant.
Wheres Irene off to in real life?

I think thats our summer over...back to dull/wet.We did have some lovely day's.you just dont know what to wear.