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Why can one character define a soap.

In long-running soaps, it’s often not the storylines we remember most, but the characters who c...

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16.20 3 Feb 2026


Why can one character define a soap.


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16.20 3 Feb 2026


In long-running soaps, it’s often not the storylines we remember most, but the characters who carry them. In Home and Away, few characters sparked as much debate, devotion, and disruption as the Braxton brothers. Love them or loathe them, they didn’t just stir up Summer Bay — they changed it. The right characters can make a series thrive… while the wrong ones can risk breaking it.

Joining Sean to discuss why certain characters can be the foundations of a certain soup was Jessica Shine, Media Communications Department of MTU Munster Technological University...


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