Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera that has been broadcast on Channel Seven since 1988. This list documents the current cast of actors and characters, both regular and recurring, as well as debuting, returning and departing cast members. It is organised in order of the character's first on-screen appearance. If a character has been portrayed by different actors, the most recent portrayer is listed first. It is followed by an alphabetical list of all former characters that have been credited as regulars, with the actors who played them. The durations indicate that the character made at least one appearance in every year in that period, not necessarily that they were a main character throughout.