Home and Away is an Australian soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 2002 by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's Series Producer Julie McGuaran. The 15th season of Home and Away began airing on the Seven Network on 14 January 2002. The first introduction of year was Sebastian Elmaloglou as . Rhett Giles joined the cast as in April. Laurie Foell arrived as Deputy Principal Angie Russell in September and was joined by her son (Brett Hicks-Maitland) in October.