Question: The Australian Soap in which Jansen Spencer played Paul McClain was first broadcast in what year?

Context articles: Stefan Dennis
List of Neighbours characters (1997)
Paul McClain
Holy Soap
List of Home and Away characters (2006)
Elmore Spencer
Neighbours
Jansen Spencer
List of Home and Away characters (1999)
List of Home and Away characters (1990)

Stefan Dennis (born 30 October 1958) is an Australian actor, best known for playing the role of cold-hearted and ruthless businessman Paul Robinson in the soap opera "Neighbours" from its first episode in March 1985 to the present day.
 He departed "Neighbours" in 1993, but returned in 2004 and has played Paul ever since.
 During his time away from "Neighbours" he was a cast member of Scottish soap opera "River City".
 He is also known for his 1989 hit single "Don't It Make You Feel Good", which reached Number 16 in the Irish and UK Singles Chart.
"Neighbours" is an Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson.
 It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985.
 The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1997, by order of first appearance.
 All characters were introduced by the show's executive producer Stanley Walsh.
 The 13th season of "Neighbours" began airing from 20 January 1997.
 Lisa Elliot was introduced in the same month.
 February saw the arrival of student Tim Buckley.
 Ben Atkins debuted in April, while Amy Greenwood made her first appearance in July.
 Matt Compton and Ben's sister Caitlin Atkins were introduced in September.
 November saw the first appearance of Paul McClain.
Paul McClain is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera "Neighbours", played by Jansen Spencer.
 Paul made his first appearance on 4 November 1997.
 Paul departed on 11 December 2001.
 In 2005, Paul made a cameo in Annalise Hartman's documentary about Ramsay Street.
Holy Soap is a UK television and entertainment website founded in June 2009 by the British television company Channel 5.
 The website is the official UK home of the Australian soap operas "Home and Away" and "Neighbours", which are broadcast on the channel.
 The site allows users to watch full episodes of the soaps on the day they are broadcast, as well as providing additional information about the cast and characters.
 Holy Soap also includes news and features from four British soap operas that are not broadcast on Channel 5.
 On 30 June 2011, Holy Soap announced that it was closing.
"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 the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" in 2006, by order of first appearance.
 They were all introduced by the show's series producer Julie McGuaran.
 The 19th season of "Home and Away" began airing on the Seven Network on 16 January 2006 and concluded on 1 December 2006.
 The first introduction of year was Amy Mathews as Rachel Armstrong in the year's premiere.
 Jessica Tovey joined the cast as Belle Taylor in February.
 Sam North began portraying Dom Moran in April.
 Rodger Corser began playing Doctor Hugh Sullivan and Trent Baines arrived as Macca MacKenzie in the same month.
 In July, Bobby Morley and Chris Sadrinna arrived as Drew Curtis and Rachel’s brother Brad, respectively.
 In October Jessica Chapnik joined the cast as Sam Tolhurst and her son Rory joined her, and the same month the Cooper brothers Rocco, played by Ian Meadows and Johnny, played by Callan Mulvey were introduced.
Elmore Spencer (born December 6, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft.
 Spencer played for the Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Seattle SuperSonics in 5 NBA seasons.
 His best year as a pro came during the 1993-94 season as a Clipper when he appeared in 76 games and averaged 8.9 ppg.
 Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he played collegiately at the University of Georgia, Connors State College (where he led the team to the NJCAA National title his sophomore year) and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera.
 It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985.
 It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems together.
 Seven decided to commission the show following the success of Watson's "Sons and Daughters", which aired on the network.
 Although successful in Melbourne, "Neighbours" underperformed in the Sydney market and struggled for months before Seven cancelled it.
 The show was immediately bought by rival network Ten.
 After taking over production of the show, the new network had to build replica sets because Seven destroyed the originals to prevent its rival from obtaining them.
 Ten began screening "Neighbours" on 20 January 1986, taking off where the previous series left off and commencing with episode 171.
 "Neighbours" has since become the longest running drama series in Australian television and in 2005, it was inducted collectively into the Logie Hall of Fame.
 On 11 January 2011, "Neighbours" moved to Ten's digital channel, Eleven.
Jansen Spencer (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian actor best known for his part in the worldwide Australian Soap, "Neighbours".
 Jansen Spencer played Paul McClain between the years of 1997 to 2001.
 Originally slated for only a few guest appearances, he proved so popular they kept him on as a regular.
"Home and Away" is an Australian soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988.
 The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1999, by order of first appearance.
 They were all introduced by the show's then executive producer John Holmes.
 The 12th season of "Home and Away" began airing on 11 January 1999 The first introduction of the year was Nick Smith, played by Matt Juarez in March.
 Nick's father Ken, played by Anthony Phelan debuted in April.
 Aleetza Wood began playing Peta Janossi in May.
 Cameron Welsh arrived as Mitch McColl in July.
 Lifeguard Shauna Bradley, played by Kylie Watson was introduced in August and Science Teacher Harry Reynolds, played by Justin Melvey arrived in September.
 Anna Hruby and Stephen James King joined the cast as acting principal Judith Ackroyd and her son, Edward Dunglass, respectively in October.
"Home and Away" is an Australian soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988.
 The 3rd season of "Home and Away" began airing from 8 January 1990.
 The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1990, by order of first appearance.
 They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Des Monaghan.
 In January, Rebekah Elmaloglou began appearing as Sophie Simpson.
 The following month Craig McLachlan and Julian McMahon took on the respective roles of school teacher Grant Mitchell and soldier Ben Lucini.
 March saw the introduction of Jaiman Paget Bayly as recurring character Murray "Mullet" Jensen.
 Beach House landlord Ernie Jacobs (David Weatherley) made his debut in April, while Craig Black began his second role in the serial as student Paul Jensen in May.
 Josephine Mitchell joined the cast as policewoman Jane Holland.
 Les Hill and Belinda Jarrett joined the show in July as the Dean siblings, Blake and Karen.
 Kate Raison arrived in September playing the role of Jennifer Atkinson, a love interest for Steven Matheson (Adam Willits).
 October saw the arrival of divorcee Michael Ross, played by Dennis Coard, Debra Lawrence's real-life husband.
 The following week, he was joined by his teenage son Haydn, played by Andrew Hill.
 In November, Rachael Beck joined the cast as guest character Kim, the sister of established character, Grant.