''Home'' is an Australian

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series first broadcast on the

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on 11 April 1983. It follows the stories and adventures of children living at the fictional Westmere

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. The series featured a revolving cast with story arcs running across two to six episodes, although some characters appeared in more than one story arc.

Production

''Home'' was written by Graeme Farmer and directed by Richard Sarell, Walter Boston, Noel Price and Douglas Sharp. It was the biggest production to come from the network's children's unit at the time, and featured more than 400 young actors in the cast. The series is set in a community of welfare cottages and centres on the children who come to live there.

Broadcast

The series aired on ABC Monday to Friday in a 6:00 pm timeslot. The last episode aired on 24 May 1983. In the United Kingdom, the series was first screened in 1983 on

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in the

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segment and then repeated in 1985. It was also screened in a number of European countries.

Reception

Jacqueline Lee Lewis of ''

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'' praised the series, calling it "wonderful". She wrote "The concept is an interesting one, it's believable (thank goodness, after all those soapies) and it's well acted." Lewis said that with such a large cast it was hard to name everyone who deserved "a gold medal" for their performances, but mentioned Lea Steventon, Darren Sole, Paul Spano, Lisa Potasz, Ian Turnnidge and Cindy Unkauf. She also praised the older actors Bill Garner,

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and Robert Meldrum. Brian Courtis from ''

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'' called ''Home'' a "realistic, well-scripted ABC drama".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0085683
''Home''
at the Australian Television Information Archive 1983 Australian television series debuts 1983 Australian television series endings Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian children's television series English-language television shows Television series produced by The Reg Grundy Organisation