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 2014, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the serial's executive producer Lucy Addario. The 27th season of Home and Away began airing from 27 January 2014. The following month saw the characters and introduced. began appearing from April. arrived in June, while made his debut in October. Jolene Anderson was introduced as in November.