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Discussion of Australia's No. 1 Soap Opera (July 2005)

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FL
Flava
The original H&A thread seems to have gone walkies so...

...anyone notice that KFC have pulled out of sponsorship of the programme? Also this week a new ident has been launched for the show featuring some of the cast, and is quite different to Five's usual stuff.
SC
Si-Co
What do people think of the new "Grab some sun" promos featuring the cast playing on the beach? Are they really enough to make potential viwers tune in to the show (no mention of storylines, etc)?
FL
Flava
I think they're very "Seven" in style - which IMO is a good thing (I love Seven's presentation) and I think Seven may have even made them.

I think some storyline promos are needed, possibly even the end-of-ep promos from Oz which, although deliberately misleading, are designed to rope the casual flickers in and the Aussie ratings prove that the technique works.

It's a shame they've only done one ident, and of course they will be redundant when Bec Cartwright finishes as Hayley although this will not be until early 2006.
AB
ABC Australia
Well just two weeks ago she finished up (with how it's going to happen). Seven News had a story about her.
DJ
DJGM
Even though I don't watch it, I was wondering, how far behind Australia is five with H+A at the moment?
FL
Flava
5 & 1/2 months.
FL
Flava
Arrow Chloe is dead
Bad move IMO.
NW
nwtv2003
Flava posted:
5 & 1/2 months.


That's good considering that when Five got Home and Away, they were about a year and a half behind Austrailia.

12 days later

MU
murf1000
Last night on RTE i noticed a different style closing credits on Home and Away.
They where in style of the Channel 7 ones but at top of scene on the normal end credits background.
SC
Si-Co
murf1000 posted:
Last night on RTE i noticed a different style closing credits on Home and Away.
They where in style of the Channel 7 ones but at top of scene on the normal end credits background.


Yes - when Seven changed the style of their split-screen/ ECP credits in February, the format of the 'real' credits also changed to mirror the new style (where the credits are seen as a strip at the bottom of the screen underneath the ECP). On the real credits (not normally shown in Oz) the squashed up credits look rather untidy. I guess they changed the format of these to make it easier for those who make up the 'mock' credits; maintaining the same amount of credits to a frame, etc.
FL
Flava
And said credits debuted in the UK tonight... this would have been the episode that screened in Australia on February 7th, as this was the date Seven revamped its ECPs.

I think it would have looked fine had they altered the background accordingly or included a "next episode" trailer on the International credits.
FL
Flava
It also turns out that Five cut THREE MINUTES of footage from tonight's episode.

Details at: http://backtothebay.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=7010&st=0

The treatment of the show on Five's part over the last year has nothing short of disgusted me. ITV cut episodes, yes, but only on one occasion did they remove 3 minutes of footage (The 1996 Season Finale, which was the late Chloe Richard's rape)

In the last six months Five have:

1. Shunted the show to mid-afternoon on multiple occasions
2. Pulled an entire episode (Episode 3878) from the schedules
3. Made numerous nanny-state cuts to the programme
4. Removed over 10% of tonight's episode

It's about time Five treated Home & Away with some respect, or they should give it to somebody who will.

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