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 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the soap's executive producer, Lucy Addario. The 29th season of Home and Away began airing on 1 February 2016. was introduced during the same episode. and arrived in March. May saw the arrivals of and . Her brothers – , and – were introduced in June. The following month, arrived. and made their debuts in September, while made her first appearance in November.