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Home & Away reaches 8000 episodes

It's a Summer Bay wedding as Seven's long-running soap reaches a new milestone.

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Home & Away reaches an amazing 8000 episodes next Monday night, marking with the occasion with the wedding of Tane (Ethan Browne) and Felicity (Jacqui Purvis).

The joyous moment comes months after the star-crossed couple’s first failed attempt to wed, which left Felicity fighting for her life in a fiery car wreck.

The road to recovery saw Felicity battling her own trauma and guilt from the accident, culminating in a self-destructive drinking problem and the demise of her relationship with Tane.

Any hope for the embattled couple reconnecting seemed all but lost, but after fleeing to her country hometown, Felicity was forced to process her inner demons. Determined to be happy and commit to the man she loves, Felicity proposed to a shocked Tane.

Back on track and sick of waiting for their bride tribe – Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) and Eden (Stephanie Panozzo) – to formulate wedding plans, Felicity and Tane decide to get married the next day.

In the unmissable 8,000th episode, Tane has a surprise up his sleeve for his glowing bride. With the help of Cash, he has secretly organised an intimate and traditional Māori wedding with a Kaikaranga (a woman who performs a welcome call) and poi dancers. A recently reunited Cash and Eden are the only ones to witness the picturesque ceremony, which takes place in the depths of the forest. In a loving nod to her fiancé’s culture, Felicity surprises Tane when she recites her wedding vows in te reo Māori.

When the newlyweds head to Salt to celebrate their special day with their closest friends, there’s one more surprise in store.

Don’t miss Tane and Felicity’s big day: a special wedding set to go down in Summer Bay history.

7pm Monday March 27 on Seven.

7 Responses

  1. I don’t watch H&A but it is impressive that it still routinely rates approx 950k on 7 day numbers and shows 4 nights (but 6 episodes) a week I think every single week of ratings year. A bit of an unsung hero for sevens ratings year.

  2. Sadly Tane won’t have any family attending wedding or offering their congratulations as they have all left. To mark 8000 episodes it would be great for some past characters returning.

  3. David has had some interviews on here with James Warburton and the programming person at 7 and at least one of them has said they don’t want to celebrate these milestones and let on to the audience that the show is that old since they are targeting a younger audience. That was the reason given for not celebrating the 35th anniversary onscreen.

    Such a sad statement to read as H&A has had such a great history in developing Australian talent. Unlike Neighbours, H&A doesn’t seem to want to celebrate its history which is very evident these days with the storylines and refusal to acknowledge any characters’ past.

  5. May mean something to fans, but generally nothing to the general audience. I thought H&A’s 30th and or 35th anniversaries would be worth promoting, but Seven clearly thought otherwise as there was very little done to mark those occasions.

    1. Like elderly Hollywood stars, I read somewhere that Seven don’t like to remind people of Home and Away’s age and that’s why these milestones are not marked. Apparently if you remind people how old it is, there’s a risk that could lead to turn off among younger viewers etc. Seems getting old still remains uncool

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