Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2018, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the soap's executive producer, Lucy Addario. The 31st season of Home and Away began airing from 29 January 2018. and were introduced during February. April saw the first appearances of and , while made his debut in May. September saw the arrival of . Dean's mother was introduced in October. and began appearing from November.