Pippa Ross, played by Vanessa Downing made her first appearance in on 17 January 1988 in the serial's pilot. Downing left the serial in 1990 and Debra Lawrance took over the role from until 1998 and has subsequently returned to guest star. Pippa was placed sixth in TV Week's list of the "Top 10 Aussie TV mums". Tom Fletcher played by Roger Oakley debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 January 1988. Ruth Deller of television website Lowculture described patriarch Tom "One of the nicest dad characters in soap, ever". The Soap Show called Tom the "first patriarch of Home and Away."
When Carly found him drunk he admitted he was an alcoholic but had been clean for five years. Carly enlisted Tom and Pippa’s help and got him a place to live with Mr Fisher and Andrew apologised with an engagement ring but Andrew got drunk at The Macklin’s dinner party and hit Tom. He apologised the next day but Tom asked him to stay away from Carly. He left her a note with Fisher explaining that he was going away to sort himself out. She caught up with him and he took back his engagement ring, telling her he’d be back for her when he deserved her. When Carly admitted she had a problem with alcohol and went for counseling in The City her counselor turned out to be Andrew who returned to the Bay to help her with her treatment.
Carly Morris
Collingwood was nominated at the 2007 Inside Soap Awards in the category of "Funniest Performance" for her portrayal of Colleen. Neville receives an offer from his old ringmaster who gives him job back and he and Floss decide to leave the bay. The McPhees try to make a quiet exit by leaving a note on their caravan and they drive off. The car breaks down and the Fletchers find them and give them an emotional goodbye. They later send a telegram to Carly Morris and Ben Lucini on their wedding day. When Floss returns to Summer Bay in 2000, ahead of Sally's wedding to Kieran Fletcher , she tells her Neville died four years earlier after leading a happy and full life.
Pippa marries Michael Ross the following year and he adopts Christopher. As Christopher grows he forms a close bond with his foster siblings and his adoptive sister, Sally . The house collapses and they are trapped but are eventually found. A year after Michael's death, Pippa meets Ian Routledge and he asks her to move away with him but she turns him down at first. Several months later Ian returns and Pippa and Christopher move away to the Carrington Ranges with him.
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The character "didn't do anything by the book, so his head nearly exploded" when he discovers that his sister Julie is having a relationship with police officer Nick Parrish . Etherington added that Revhead "tried his best" to separate the pair "without much luck". 's Anthony said that Revhead's behaviour consisted of "moods, trantrums, scheming, or his ability to get friends into trouble". She added that "clean-cut, tanned and relaxed, Gavin is so different from the rebellious Revhead, who has the police after him, that you wonder why he was chosen for the part." Boatshed Assistant FatherAlec GibsonSistersJulie GibsonMorris Henry "Revhead" Gibson, played by Gavin Harrison debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 16 August 1988.
But then there’s a more intense rustling, rather like the undergrowth scurryings of some woodland animal, and a face emerges between the branches on my right. A small, pale face beneath a red bobble hat, a pointed chin, a little snub nose pinkening in the cold. A short black bob and eyes so dark that you can’t see the pupil within the iris. Dangling earrings in the shape of two silver stars, catching the light.
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The character debuted on-screen during the serial's pilot episode on 17 January 1988. Meagher is the only remaining original cast member still present. Meagher holds a Guinness World Record as the longest-serving actor in an Australian serial for portraying Alf since 1988. As of 2011 he is the only remaining original cast member still present. They also said he is commonly known for his use of declining Australian slang with sayings such as "flamin' mongrel".
She returns three years later forSally Fletcher non-wedding to Kieran Fletcher and then the next year to support Sally when she undergoes a hysterectomy. Carly returns in 1997 for the wedding ofSteven Matheson andSelina Roberts, which does not go ahead. Ben leaves the army and attempts a career as a farmer, but money is tight for the couple, leading to strain on the marriage. Carly then discovers she is pregnant, which Ben reacts badly to at first but comes round the idea. Carly later dates Adam Cameron but he later breaks up with her to be withEmma Jackson.
Andrew refuses to give up on being a counsellor, which causes the relationship to break down. Stacey, after receiving a job offer from Nina in Los Angeles, bids a tearful farewell to Andrew and leaves Summer Bay. Nina Olivera , an old friend of Stacey's arrives in town and asks for her help in a new venture; a record company. She approaches Lance Smart , Martin Dibble and Marilyn Chambers and they form a band named Image.
Gary later takes his story to the paper making Philip and Stacey look bad. Gary dies for real after falling off the same cliff after trying the same trick on Carly Morris . They team up to investigate Gary Samuels and find he is responsible for his parents' deaths. When Gary is cornered, he plays a suicide trick on them by pretending to jump off a cliff and takes the story to the local papers and paints Philip and Stacey in a bad light.
Lance Smart, portrayed by Peter Vroom made his first appearance on 17 January 1988 and departed on 11 April 1990. Lucy Clark of The Sun-Herald described Lance and Martin as "Two surfie blokes who are thick as two short planks". Clive Hopwood wrote in his book Home and Away Special that Lance lacked enough intelligence that he had "difficulty knowing which way round to sit on a bicycle. Ailsa Stewart played by Judy Nunn made her first appearance on 17 January 1988 and remained in the serial until 2000. The character has been described as a "much-loved maternal disciplinarian".
When Frank Morgan arrives to visit Roo, he sees Brett and punches him. Brett soon learns Roo is pregnant and tells her to have an abortion but she refuses and runs away. Brett later learns of Roo's plan to convince Frank to marry her and pass the child off as his. Brett then tells Roo that a recent case of the mumps has left him infertile and conspires with her aunt Morag Bellingham to get custody of the child. In the aftermath of Frank and Roo's failed wedding, Brett and Morag try to convince Roo to surrender custody to him but she lies and tells them she aborted the child.
Brett then involves his lawyers and provokes the ire of Alf, who punches him just before a discussion at Morag's house. Brett agrees to call off legal proceedings if he is a part of the child's life. Morag hosts a dinner party and Brett tries to get Alf and his sister Celia Stewart onside with a business proposition for an investment into a development his family are planning. Frank then does some digging to expose evidence Brett's resort development of being a fraud.
Both Lynn and Sally were fostered by Pippa and Tom Fletcher and the family move to Summer Bay. Lynn runs away from home after Eric, the family's pet dog dies after being poisoned. She hides out on a farm and where befriends an autistic Greek boy, Nico Pappas who lives with his grandmother. After Lynn is found and the locals accuse Nico of kidnapping her, she is quick to rise to his defence.
Donald is unnerved to see Al, who begins blackmailing him over the death of Shane Wilson eight years earlier. Al uses Sophie for schemes to con money out of people and when they fail, he takes his anger out on her physically as he did to Bobby in her youth. Bobby and Shane's brother, Matt do some detective work and figure out Al is the culprit. When Al holds Sophie, Bobby and Matt hostage overnight, they are found by Tom Fletcher and Detective Hunt . After Al's confession is overheard, he is arrested and returned to prison.
Rona McLeod briefly took over the role when the character returned to the serial. In 2005 as a part of Alf's 60th birthday celebrations, Stephens reprised the role. In 2010, in a flashback to Alf's childhood, a young Barbara was portrayed by Charlie Wynne.
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