My5 Orders Home and Away: Christmas In Summer Bay

Fresh from ordering a spin-off of Neighbours, My5 is taking a similar approach with fellow Australian soap Home and Away. Channel 5’s streaming service has commissioned Home and Away: Christmas in Summer Bay, a run of behind-the-scenes Christmas specials.

The series takes viewers behind the scenes of the soap, following the cast as they spend the festive season with their on-screen families. Each episode offers a rare look at how Home and Away is made, mixing behind-the-scenes footage with plenty of nostalgia as the cast look back on their favourite moments from years gone by.

Presented by former Home and Away star Jason Smith, who played Robbie Hunter on the show, the specials see him chat to cast members at some of Summer Bay’s best-known locations. Among those taking part are long-serving regulars including Ray Meagher, Georgie Parker, Lynne McGranger and Ada Nicodemou.

Produced by Seven Network, the series is designed to fill the Home and Away-shaped gap in Channel 5’s schedule during the soap’s festive hiatus. The first episode is available on My5 now, with the rest following weekly across December.