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 in 2011, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the shows series producer Cameron Welsh. The 24th season of Home and Away began airing on 24 January 2011. The following month, the Braxton brothers; Darryl, Heath and were introduced. and made their debuts in April. made his debut in June and arrived the following month. Fletcher Humphrys joined the cast in July as Gang Member . August saw the introductions of , , and . Shane Emmett made his debut as in September and lawyer began appearing from October.