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 first appeared or will appear in 2013, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the soap's executive producer, Lucy Addario. The 26th season of Home and Away began airing from 21 January 2013. The first introduction of the year was then followed by , , and who all made their debuts in the same month. and arrived in April. , and debuted in August, while Zac's family – , and – began appearing from September, as did . Jade Montgomery and arrived in October, while debuted in November.