Melissa George arrived in March playing Angel Brooks, while Imogen Miller was introduced in April.
[2] In 1994, Adam was axed along with the characters of Sarah Thompson (Laura Vasquez), Tug O'Neale (Tristan Bancks) and Roxanne Miller (Lisa Lackey).
Luke offers saxophone lessons to Sam Marshall (Ryan Clark) and helps Damian Roberts (Matt Doran) with his training.
The musical is a disaster when Shane Parrish (Dieter Brummer) and Tug O'Neale come to blows, forcing the show to be cancelled.
Luke and Bobby Marshall (Nicolle Dickson) accept a boat ride from Adam Cameron (Mat Stevenson) at the Bay's carnival.
Luke suffers cracked ribs while Bobby sustains a head injury which leaves her comatose and she is later declared brain dead.
Bobby's widower Greg (Ross Newton) then leaves Summer Bay and rents the Beach House to Luke and Roxy, who inherit Tug as a fellow boarder.
He is exonerated when Nathan is arrested for stealing from the school but Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) tells him he will have to reapply.
Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger) buys the house and lets Luke and Tug stay as her tenants.
Although Rebecca ultimately forgives him, Donald is furious that she has been humiliated and begins making life difficult for Luke.
Upon learning his mother has fallen ill, Luke resigns to go and take care of Bill in the city but clears the air with Donald before leaving.
[7] But a writer from TV Week claimed that Vasquez discovered that Sarah was being written out after they published the story in their magazine.
George and a friend, Cara Mitchinson both acted in a mock episode of Home and Away with a video camera playing Bobby and Sophie Simpson respectively.
When the offer of a role on the serial came, George's parents convinced her to relocate from her native Perth to Sydney and she began lodging with families.
She arrived in Summer Bay with "a chip on her shoulder the size of Ayers Rock" due to living in the shadow of her more successful sister.
[17] He felt it was "about time", explaining that Australian soaps are shown all around the world, and viewers think Australia is "a white middle class suburb.
"[17] Home and Away also marked the first time Patten had been cast as "a well written, fully rounded character", following a guest appearance in A Country Practice.
[17] Kevin and his brother Lenny Baker (Michael Watson) rescue Roxanne Miller (Lisa Lackey) and Sarah Thompson (Laura Vasquez) when their car breaks down and they become stranded.
On his first day, Kevin is involved in argument with Shane Parrish (Dieter Brummer) and there is ill-feeling between the two which culminates in a series of dares; one of which is to abseil down the local lighthouse.
Nathan lures Sarah into the back of his car and seduces her in scenes which served as Dixon's first on-screen kiss.
"[20] Dixon remained in the role for a period of three months and when he finished filming he spoke of resuming his career in music.
[20] In 2012, Lynne McGranger who plays Irene Roberts, told a writer from What's on TV that she would "love" her on-screen son Nathan return to the serial.
The following year it is revealed Nathan paid his cellmate Brian "Dodge" Forbes (Kelly Dingwall) to kill his estranged father, Murdoch (Tom Richards).
Nathan is paroled in 2002 and returns to Summer Bay to live with Irene after his sister, Finlay (Tina Thomsen) throws him out.
Irene finds him a job as a waiter at the Beachside Diner but after Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood) informs locals about Nathan's time in prison and customers boycott the restaurant.
He steals Alf's Ute and but notices a bus carrying a group of Year 10s, which Nick is among, has crashed and helps rescue them before the vehicle explodes.
[23] In December 1993, Alex Cramb from Inside Soap reported that executive producer Andrew Howie was impressed with Healy's work in the guest role and wanted to sign him up for a long-term basis.
The writer added that James would become romantically involved with Roxanne Miller (Lisa Lackey) following her break-up with Luke Cunningham (John Adam).
[24] In his book Super Aussie Soaps, Andrew Mercado notes that Roxy and Luke's relationship was "left on shaky ground thanks to her growing friendship with James".
[25] The situation between James and Roxy soon becomes intimate and Lackey told a reporter from Soap that "even I was shocked how quickly that happened".