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Kicking off the new year with a sneak preview of the best of Aussie TV coming our way in 2018 plus we celebrate 30 years of Home and Away ! Our favourite Summer Bay drama has been on air for three decades and we take a stroll down memory lane to relive some of the best scenes. The Bold and the Beautiful turns up the heat with a sexy storyline featuring Katie and her younger lover Wyatt. Meanwhile, Steffy and Bill give in to their sizzling attraction and can’t forget about it. Will there be lasting consequences? Great summer reading in this issue with all the updates on the soaps as well as behind-the-scenes gossip. Plus terrific prizes up for grabs and fun…

FRANK & BOBBY The troubled BOBBY had to patiently wait for FRANK to come to his senses and get over ROO, and realise he was in love with her all along. Only one big issue about their affair: they were foster brother and sister. The other big issue: he was always secretly in love with Roo and even though Frank and Bobby married, he eventually fled Summer Bay to find Roo. ALF & AILSA They were the bedrock of the Summer Bay community and were also the first Summer Bay newlyweds — a simple event that took place in the first few episodes. The love story of ALF (Ray Meagher) and AILSA (Judy Nunn) charted the romance of two mature people, who were overjoyed a year later when their son…

Over the past decade, Home and Away has been at its strongest, mixing up the right ingredients of a strong cast, sexy stars, brilliant locations and a range of engaging and intriguing storylines. At 30 years, Home and Away remains the most popular Aussie TV drama, a multi-award-winning landmark that has produced more star careers than any other show in the country. Home and Away at 30, we salute you. Here’s to the next 30! THE MANY ERAS OFMARILYN More than any other resident, MARILYN CHAMBERS (Emily Symons) has represented the changing times of life in Summer Bay with three extended tenures — 1989-92, 1995-99 and 2010-present. In that time, Emily evolved in the role, taking Marilyn from a bubbly…

* BILLY (Billy Miller) had mysteriously disappeared overseas months earlier after his marriage to VICTORIA (Amelia Heinle) suffered when they lost custody of LUCY, the baby BILLY had bought on the black market, to her biological mother DAISY (Yvonne Zima). * ASHLEY’s marriage to TUCKER (Stephen Nichols) appeared over as she struggled to forgive his affair with DEVON’s (Bryton James) mother YOLANDA (Debbi Morgan). * SHARON (Sharon Case) was on trial for the second time for the murder of ADAM’s (Michael Muhney) wife SKYE after the first guilty verdict prompted her to escape justice and be briefly presumed dead. PHYLLIS’s (Michelle Stafford) estranged sister AVERY (Jessica Collins) was hired as SHARON’s lawyer. * Blaming her ex-husband COLIN (Tristan Rogers) for the tragedy that had befallen the Ashby family, GENEVIEVE (Genie…

* RAFE (Galen Gering) and CARRIE (Christie Clark) are enthusiastically pursuing their law firm partnership but are also fighting a searing sexual attraction to each other despite their respective marriages to SAMI (Alison Sweeney) and AUSTIN (Patrick Muldoon). * AUSTIN is finding a friend in ABIGAIL (Kate Mansi) who’s jealous of CHAD’s (Casey Jon Deidrick) growing closeness with MELANIE (Molly Burnett). Meanwhile, SAMI is indulging in industrial espionage, playing cosmetics queens KATE (Lauren Koslow) and MADISON (Sarah Brown) off against each other by working for both of their companies but spying on Countess Wilhelmina for Madison’s Mad World Cosmetics. * WILL (Chandler Massey) is realising that he’s gay but is struggling with his sexuality, helped along by JUSTIN (Wally Kurth) and ADRIENNE’s (Judi Evans) openly-gay son SONNY (Freddie Smith). * ABE (James…

BEWARE THE BABYSITTER Surprisingly, LILY has recently shown signs of thawing towards her estranged husband CANE, telling him how proud she was of him for the way he’s coped as a single father to baby SAM in the wake of JULIET’s death. She’s also invited Cane to dinner, clearly considering forgiving him for the one-night stand he had with Juliet in Tokyo. However, another fly in the ointment has landed, which may eventually provoke Lily’s insecurities. Cane has hired a beautiful nanny for Sam, and given Lily’s wariness about other women being around Cane, she may overreact with jealousy and risk pushing Cane away again before they have any chance of reuniting. Killer kisses Despite doing their best to hide their recent sexual liaison from SHARON, SCOTT and ABBY haven’t…

B&B’s Donna may be back There are strong indications that The Bold and the Beautiful’s missing-in-action Logan sister, Donna, played by JENNIFER GAREIS, could be appearing in upcoming episodes. Recently, KATHERINE KELLY LANG (Brooke) shared an image from the soap’s shoot for its Christmas episodes and the picture shows Gareis standing behind Lang. Interestingly, Gareis was also pictured beside AARON D. SPEARS who was recently put on contract as Justin, who is also Donna’s ex-husband. B&B’s Christmas episodes will air in Australia from late February. PAGING DR LAURA After appearing regularly as Days’ Laura Horton from 1993 to ’99 and then intermittently in 2003, 2010, 2013 and 2016, JAIME LYN BAUER is returning to the soap to film at least one more episode, which is scheduled to air in mid-2018.…

NEIGHBOURS There’s an uneasy time coming up in Ramsay Street for longtime favourite STEPH (Carla Bonner). She had hoped her return to Erinsborough in recent years would give her the peace she so desperately wanted after so many tough times, but the truth is it’s been hard work every step of the way to be back. Having survived the recent opening of Flame Tree Retreat, and the constant interference of her well-meaning mum LYN (Janet Andrewartha), Steph hopes that it now will just be easier days ahead with her hunky young lover JACK (Andrew Morley) by her side. But Steph knows something is just not right, and it concerns the relationship between Jack and PAIGE (Olympia Valance). As the father of baby GABE, Jack will now always be connected with…

ESTHER ANDERSON as Charlie Buckton JESSICA TOVEY as Belle Taylor LUKE MITCHELL as Romeo Smith REBECCA BREEDS as Ruby Buckton JOSH QUONG TART as Miles Copeland TESSA JAMES as Nicole Franklin LINCOLN LEWIS as Geoff Campbell AXLE WHITEHEAD as Liam Murphy GEORGIE PARKER as Roo Stewart DAVID JONESROBERTS as Xavier Austin LISA GORMLEY as Bianca Scott ROBERT MAMMONE as Sid Walker STEVE PEACOCKE as Darryl Braxton LINCOLN YOUNES as Casey Braxton DAN EWING as Heath Braxton LUKE JACOBZ as Angelo Rosetta BONNIE SVEEN as Ricky Sharpe PIA MILLER at Kat Chapman KYLE PRYOR as Nate Cooper ORPHEUS PLEDGER as Morgan Mason MATT LITTLE as VJ Patterson TESSA JAMES as Nicole Franklin RHIANNON FISH as April Scott JOHNNY RUFFO as Chris Harrington DEMI HARMAN as Sasha Bezmel…

‘Your days of wreaking havoc on the Forresters are over,’ Quinn declares. The air in the Forrester mansion is a lot thinner and less tense now that Sheila has seemingly vanished after her attempts to split up Eric and Quinn were exposed. The couple are now relishing in their marital happiness, each promising that they are completely devoted to the other. However, the tranquil atmosphere is ominously broken when Pam (Alley Mills) runs into Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) waitressing at Il Giardino. She’s sceptical of Sheila’s vow never to go near Eric (John McCook) or Quinn (Rena Sofer) again but finds herself vulnerable and connecting with the family foe when Sheila offers to accompany her to Stephanie’s grave. Struggling to resist, Pam is rattled by Sheila’s contention that they have a…

* After a period of ill health, BILLY and CHLOE’s (Elizabeth Hendrickson) daughter DELIA (Sophie Pollonos) is diagnosed with leukemia and her best chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant. Everyone is tested for compatibility while VICTORIA hunts for Billy who’s imprisoned in a Burmese jail for drug trafficking. Finding him, VICTOR offered him a deal that involved KEVIN (Greg Rikaart) that would save Delia but also keep him separated from Victoria. * ASHLEY forgives TUCKER his infidelity sins but his war with KATHERINE heats up as they battle in court over Jabot. TUCKER enlists JACK (Peter Bergman) to defeat KATHERINE but the strain engulfs Katherine who collapses in the courtroom. * Also in court, AVERY’s chances of getting SHARON acquitted are rattled when ADAM gives damaging testimony against…

* Intimacy between RAFE and CARRIE threatens to boil over when they’re given a new work assignment with the Salem PD. As another of their cases brings success for them, they almost get passionate but AUSTIN and SAMI interrupt, their anger and jealousy overwhelming them. Rafe and Carrie try to stay apart but end up kissing. Sami catches them, calls her sister a “slut” and throws Rafe out. AUSTIN is also furious and both marriages lie in tatters. * ABBY gets a job with AUSTIN at the university as her crush on Austin deepens. After his marriage problems with CARRIE get too much for him, he goes on a drunken bender and Abby takes the opportunity to seduce him. They don’t have sex but an increasingly obsessed Abby lies to…

Ashley AND Laurel’s REMARRIAGE IS DAMPENED WHEN ASHLEY FAILS TO REMEMBER THE WEDDING! Laurel — once again devoted to her ex-husband Ashley following the news of his early onset vascular dementia diagnosis — has also finally accepted that she’s fallen back in love with him, especially now that she’s pregnant with his baby. However, Ashley’s recent edict that Laurel should abort the pregnancy — to spare her the stress of caring for both him and a baby — as well as a subsequent miscarriage scare has knocked her sideways. Strung out, Laurel is seriously tempted to relapse into alcoholism as she battles morning sickness and the agonising wait to discover if her baby is healthy. Ashley’s worst fear is that the baby could be harmed by alcohol, especially when he…

Perpetually and eccentrically optimistic in life, Mary Taylor has never been happier than in recent weeks following the arrival in Weatherfield of Jude Appleton, the beloved long-lost son she gave up at birth, his wife Angie and their baby son George. Naturally, Mary’s quirky effervescence has all but run away with her as she has excitedly given George her constant attention. But in playing the doting grandma, Mary (Patti Clare) has unwittingly pushed Angie (Victoria Ekanoye) out of her son’s life, worsening Angie’s battle with postnatal depression, which Mary has blindly misinterpreted as alcoholism. Following a succession of health emergencies involving little George, a stressed Angie has come to the conclusion that Mary is somehow harming her little boy. The baby only seems to get sick whenever he’s around Mary,…

A lingerie-clad Katie answers her door to Wyatt, who’s dressed as a pizza delivery man! There’s no doubting that Katie and Wyatt’s relationship is as strong as ever but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t need some extra spice from time to time. Given their already playful sex life, some fantasy role-playing is always a good source of the required spice. Putting the idea into practice, a lingerie-clad Katie (Heather Tom) answers her door to Wyatt (Darin Brooks) who’s sporting a fake moustache and dressed as a pizza delivery man! He’s come to delivery Ms. Logan’s “extra-large” and exclaims “mama mia!” upon spying her attire. Feigning dismay at having no money for the order, Katie wonders how she should pay him. Wyatt responds by kissing her, leaving his moustache clinging…

BELINDA EMMETT as Rebecca Fisher BEAU BRADY as Noah Lawson REBECCA CARTWRIGHT as Hayley Smith KRISTY WRIGHT as Chloe Richards RYAN KWANTEN as Vinnie Patterson KIMBERLEY COOPER as Gypsy Nash ZAC DRAYSON as Will Smith ADA NICODEMOU as Leah Patterson BEN UNWIN as Jesse McGregor TAMMIN SURSOK as Dani Sutherland CHRIS HEMSWORTH as Kim Hyde TODD LASANCE as Aden Jefferies ISABEL LUCAS as Tasha Andrews FLYNN SAUNDERS as Joel McIlroy CHRIS EGAN as Nick Smith SHARNI VINSON as Cassie Turner MARK FURZE as Ric Dalby JODI GORDON as Martha MacKenzie AMY MATHEWS as Rachel Armstrong KIP GAMBLIN as Scott Hunter…

Steffy can only stare in the mirror and hear the words ‘liar’ and ‘guilty’. * Steffy is consumed with disgust as she absorbs Liam’s horrifying revelation that he passionately kissed Sally while they were buried alive in the rubble of the demolished Spectra building. Steffy stares angrily at her husband, unable to accept his attempts to justify what’s happened. Feeling as though she’s low on his list of priorities, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) yells that Liam (Scott Clifton) has cheapened their marriage and invites him to leave her and be with Sally (Courtney Hope) if that’s what he wants. Needing time to think, she disappears through the front door, taking refuge at the Forrester Estate guesthouse. Ignoring Liam’s phone call, she does speak to Bill (Don Diamont) who senses her…

Without any notice or forewarning, Hope’s daughter Ciara Brady recently and literally came roaring back into Salem, surprising her teenage relatives Claire and Tripp by speeding up to them on the back of her deceased father Bo’s motorcycle. Immediately rejecting her niece Claire’s (Olivia Rose Keegan) warm welcome, Ciara (Victoria Konefal) abruptly accused Claire of cheating on Theo (Kyler Pettis) with Tripp (Lucas Adams) while Theo was in hospital struggling to recover from his gunshot wounds. Scoffing at Claire’s denials, Ciara ranted that if Claire hadn’t hid Ciara’s love letter to Theo months ago, he might not be in this predicament now. If he’d read the letter, he might be living happily with Ciara now. Upon learning that Theo did read the letter, Ciara snapped, blaming her niece and love…

Sibling seething Dispirited by THORNE’s return home, RIDGE simmers with jealousy upon learning of his renewed closeness to BROOKE. Deeper divisions eventuate when Thorne shows up at Forrester Creations with evidence that he intends to compete with his brother in the workplace. A heated argument erupts but Thorne isn’t backing down, especially when he asks Brooke to leave Ridge and be with him! Post-traumatic post-mortem After surviving the building explosion, SALLY clings to her sister for comfort, telling COCO she thought she’d never see her or SHIRLEY again. Coco says she is so pleased that LIAM was with her to keep her alive and she wants to adopt a pet from a local animal shelter to support a charitable cause that Liam champions. Sally likes the idea but her mood…

WRITE ON! The characters from JK ROWLING’s Harry Potter series have all been made into dolls, but there was even a demand for one to be made in the image of the author herself. A miniature version of JK at an award ceremony is available, holding its own tiny bouquet of flowers. SWEET CHARITY Fans of singer KATY PERRY flocked to auction back in 2011 when a doll was created with blue hair and wearing Katy’s iconic cupcake dress. The doll was sold for charity and bidding started around $US3500. TRUE TO THIGH-SELF Plus-size model ASHLEY GRAHAM, who fronted the Levi’s campaign and sits on the panel of America’s Next Top Model , recently had a doll made in her image. Ashley reportedly…