<Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> HeadLand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/ </Td> </Tr> <P> Home and Away (often abbreviated as H&A) is an Australian television soap opera . It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988 . Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area . The soap opera was initially going to be called Refuge, but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of Home and Away once production began . The show premiered with a ninety - minute pilot episode (subsequently in re-runs known as Home and Away: The Movie). Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty - two minutes and Home and Away has become the second longest - running drama series in Australian television . In Australia, it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at 7: 00 pm . </P>

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