Home and Away: Romances

Home and Away: Romances
DVD Cover for Romances
Country of origin	Australia
Broadcast
Original channel	Seven^[1]
Home video release
DVD release date	2 November 2005

Home and Away: Romances is an exclusive-to-DVD special of Australia's most popular soap Home and Away. It was released on 2 November 2005 and unlike it previous two DVD releases, Secrets and the City and Hearts Divided 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 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.^[2]

1 Romances
2 Interviews
3 Trivia
4 DVD
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Romances

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.^[3]
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.^[4]
1991 - Julie meets Nick: Julie meet local police officer Nick Parrish
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.^[5]
1991 - Sophie meets David: Sophie meets David when she and Sally try to rescue a cockatoo.

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.^[6]
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.^[7]
Shannon leaves with Mandy: Shannon leaves the bay for Paris with her girlfriend Mandy^[8]
Gypsy leaves with Will: Gypsy and Will leave the bay on a boat after their wedding.^[9]
Rebecca leaves with Travis: Rebecca and Travis leave the bay on a cruise ship.^[10]

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.

Interviews

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 Beach is really Palm Beach in Sydney.^[11]^[12]
Simon Baker played high school teacher James Healey.^[13]
The first diner was called "The Beachside Diner".^[14]
Bec Cartwright's first appearance was a non speaking extra.
Zoe was the Summer Bay stalker who created havoc in the town.^[15]
Isla Fisher played Shannon from 1994 to 1997.^[16]^[17]
Kane was disliked in Summer Bay due to his violent past.^[18]
Heath Ledger played bad boy Scott Irwin for 10 episodes in 1997.^[19]
Bushfires destroyed the Fletcher house & caravan park in 2002.^[20]^[21]
Pippa was played by 2 actors - Vanessa Downing & Debra Lawrance.
Co-stars Julian McMahon and Dannii Minogue were married in 1994.^[22]
Don Fisher's first wife was Alf'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 2.0			Original 1988 pilot episode
Release Dates
Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
N/A	5 February 2007	2 November 2005

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External links

Home and Away: Romances at the Internet Movie Database
Home and Away at the Internet Movie Database
Home and Away official site

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