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Summer of discontent
Stone the flamin' crows! Word is that dark and stormy skies are hanging over Summer Bay, beloved haven of Seven's long running soap Home and Away. Insiders say that the show's on-screen dramas have been nothing on the off-screen ones going on since just before Christmas, when long-serving and highly-respected producer Russell Webb was suddenly replaced by someone of much less experience. The announcement is said to have left senior members of the crew in tears and in the week that the new producer has been at the helm since filming began for the new year the crew and cast have apparently not got any happier. Indeed, talk is circulating that the series, now in its 15th year on air and which continues to rate well both here and in Britain, may not be long for this world. As well as the loss of Webb, script producer Ray Harding - who had been with the show for 14 years - was shifted from the program late last year. "We're all expecting a slow downhill slide in the ratings once the results of the changes kicks in over the next couple of months," said one mole. Morale on set is, in fact, said to have become so bad we hear that one senior cast member, with the series since the beginning, has decided not to renew his contract.
The Daily Telegraph, 24 January 2002

Home and Away in the UK
Episodes filmed for Home and Away in the UK will be shown on Seven Network on Friday 24 August. The episodes will not be shown on Channel 5 in the UK until next year, but will be shown on RT?One or N2 (Network 2) in Ireland around January. Fisher goes to the UK to launch his book Letters to Byron and invites Hayley along as she drew illustrations for the book. Fisher spots Marilyn at the book launch but she disappears. He tries to search for her and finds her eventually. The entire Smith family go along with Irene. The mothers of Zac, Rebecca and Chris went to UK with them and had great fun in the UK, doing a lot of shopping. (15/8/01)

Shannen falls for Dannii's ex
They were recently co-stars in an American TV series, but there was no acting between Shannen Doherty and Julian McMahon on a Caribbean holiday. Former Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen, 30, and Aussie actor, Julian, 33, who was once married to Dannii Minougue, showed during a break on the island of St Barts that their working relationship has developed since they starred in a sorcery series called Charmed. More recently, they've worked together on a movie called Another Day and the couple are said to have fallen for each other during filming. Julian is currently divorcing his second wife Brooke Burns, who starred in Baywatch. Shannen was married for six months to actor George Hamilton's son Ashley in 1993.
Now, 1 August 2001 (Julian previously played Ben Lucini in Home and Away)

Guy gets nominated
At the Hollywood Film Festival, Guy Pearce was nominated in the acting category for his role in Memento. Top honours will be handed out at this annual festival tomorrow night.
Melbourne express, 7 August 2001

Guest appearance:
Sheila Kennelly (played Floss, 1989): All Saints: Private Lives, 31st July 2001
Thanks to Trent

Stars in the commercials
Les Hill and Stephen Leeder are in an ad currently showing on Ten for Panasonic. It seems that Les is playing a bad guy who grabs an item and manages to get away from the police, as he appears to be played by Stephen. Les played the character of Blake in the early years while Stephen pops up now and then as Inspector Carter. (30/7/01)
Anna Hruby has already been on the ad for Continential meals for months.

Dannii back on stage
Dannii Minogue is to star in stage hit The Vagina Monologues, just days after finishing a run in the musical Notre Dame de Paris. Minogue is currently out of action due to a bout of glandular fever and is hoping to be back on stage for the start of her run in about a week. She will appear with Goodness Gracious Me star Meera Syal and Kika Markham in the production at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London for three weeks.
Melbourne express, 26 July 2001

Time Pearce
Take a first look at Guy Pearce in character for the latest film version of HG Wells' novel The Time Machine, out in cinemas early next year. Pearce plays Alexander Hartdegen, a man who builds a time machine in the 1890s and travels 800,000 years into the future, to discover mankind has evolved into two different races. Irish singer Samantha Mumba also stars in the film, along with Mark Addy and Jeremy Irons.
NW, 30 July 2001

Unfair Play
Poor Dannii Minogue. First her boyfriend, musical producer Michael Edwards-Hammond, dumped her for a 21-year-old model, and now he's given his new girlfriend her job. Life was going so well for the 29-year-old. She had the starring role of Esmerelda in Notre Dame de Paris, and was dating the show's dashing producer, Michael. But things quickly went downhill, when Michael ditched her for glamorous model Sarah Whitefoot. So devastated was Dannii by the split that she opted not to sign a new contract, which expires in August, for the show. But she never imagined that her replacement might be Sarah, who has never performed in a major stage show before, and is likely to require serious voice coaching. Insiders say Dannii is "deeply upset" by the development. "Edwards-Hammond ditched her", says one cast member. "The next thing we know, we get a memo saying that Sarah Whitefoot's got the part and we have to be nice to her and ease her in." But in a bizarre move, possibly aimed at persuading Dannii to stay until August, another of the show's producers is saying they haven't found a replacement.
NW, 30 July 2001 (Dannii previously played Emma Jackson in Home and Away)

Sexy Melissa steals show
Actress Melissa George launched her new ABC drama series Thieves in California yesterday. George, a former postergirl for Aussie soap Home and Away, plays a seductive crook in the TV action drama, alongside US actor John Stamos. They play a pair of high-tech thieves recruited by the US government to undertake risky missions. The series has been described as "high-tech gadgets and sexual tension".
Melbourne express, 24 July 2001

Squires faces court
Former Home and Away star Graeme Squires faced a Sydney court yesterday charged with sexual offences. Squires was charged with sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of assault with acts of indecency. He was not required to enter a plea in Waverley Local Court. Squires played Tom Nash in the long-running Channel Seven soap until a year ago. The matter was adjourned to the Downing Centre Court on September 11.
Melbourne express, 19 July 2001

(7 July 2001)
Dieter Brummer has signed on to join the cast of pay TV channel FOX8's new soapie Crash Palace, which is being shot at Sydney's Fox Studios.

Tempany Deckert is back with a comeback role in the two-hour premiere of Ten's The Secret Life Of Us. "It's wonderful to be back with a fresh outlook and some really good work," she says. (Source: TV WEEK)

Guest appearances:
John Gregg (played Reverend, Viv's father): All Saints: Bed of Roses, 5th June 2001
Mat Stevenson (played Adam): Blue Heelers: Winners and Losers, 27th June 2001
Thanks to Trent

Guy Pearce is in Memento, currently on release in Australian cinemas

Home and Away returns to British TV on 16 July on Channel 5