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List of Home and Away characters introduced in 2001

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ16153409
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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 2001, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's then executive producer John Holmes. The 14th season of Home and Away began airing on 15 January 2001. The first introduction of the year was Alex Poulos in February. Sam Atwell joined the cast as Kane Phillips on 9 April, Kane's brother Scott debuted in the following episode. June saw the respective arrivals of Seb Miller and Flynn Saunders. Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen began playing doctor Charlotte Adams in September, while Jim Tyler appeared at the end of the month. November saw Daniel Collopy join the cast as Josh West and two births occurred; VJ Patterson and Lily Smith.

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Alex Poulos

Alexi "Alex" Poulos', portrayed by Danny Raco, made his first on screen appearance on 26 February 2001 and departed in 2004.

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