CLASSIC HOME AND AWAY - "Irene" vs Pippa (1992)

[Monkeyballmania]

Could you please upload the scene where Pippa changed actress? My mum says that one moment it was the first Pippa and then in the next scene, it was a different person!

[TheGmgirl77]

@Monkeyballmania No. I watched H&A from its first episode in 1988. When they changed Pippa's it happened at the beginning of an episode. The new Pippa was hanging washing on the line when one of the kids (either Sally or Carly or someone) came to ask her a question, and at the time i remember thinking "what? who is this? is this a new Pippa? I dont like this!!!!" LOL! Vanessa Downing will always be THE one and only Pippa for me :-)

[pufferfishish]

@TheGmgirl77 Haha, God I remember when that happened too; my sister was off school sick and had spent the whole day watching TV. When I got in from school she told me there was a 'new Pippa' on Home And Away. I didn't believe her because I couldn't imagine anyone else playing the part of Pippa- and then I realised she was telling the truth watching the beginning of H&A expecting it to say: 'Pippa- Vanessa Downing' and it was some woman called Debra Lawrance who looked completely different :/

[rosebankross]

I think Jacqui Phillips would've been good in Prisoner.

[TheMugfaker]

So look what happened to Damien... He went home with Irene and ended up in the Matrix.

[pufferfishish]

Pippa looks like she's wearing a duvet cover and the original Irene looks like a scrawny vulture

[danw1374]

@pufferfishish LOL

[pufferfishish]

@danw1374 Seriously man, my sister had a bean bag with the exact same design on it as that dress Pippa's wearing :)

[danw1374]

@pufferfishish Looking back, the fashions were a bit dodgy but at the time we thought nothing of it ! lol

[Striplights1980]

Its incredible to imagine that Irene is now a super nice lady. She was venomous back then. I remember everyone wanted to kill her.

[Homeandawayguy]

@Striplights1980

Morag has change too!

[Homeandawayguy]

Find it hard to belive thats Irene.I much perfer bolde Pippa as she better actress

[rhiannon650]

bogan ville

[Rob23]

I fancied the hell out of Phinlay (Damiens sister) when I was little, I'm 27 now, and still think she looks as cute as hell. that white hat suits her too.

[shaun180381]

@Rob23 yeah you're not the only one, i'm nearly 30 now and it makes me feel like a dirty old man watching her in these clips (even though she's about 3-4 years older then me).

[vixter2006]

hi guys in the uk , ive got a fun facebook group. its called " home and away used to be good before it moved to channel 5"

[ivangrozny27]

the original Irene...fuck me what a stone cold psycho

[bentzenko]

there all so fucking lame lol

[chrcoluk]

much better then new home and away, I dont watch new regurly but tried it for a few days and is way worse.

[alslevie1986]

The first one was Nathan and he was Irene's favourite,and he was banged up.

[Losagirl1980]

Irene Roberts have 3 kids... One son not know what his name? 2nd is Fin (Daughter) 3rd Damien (Son)

[Losagirl1980]

1st Irene then replace 2nd Irene.

[Brac1]

Finlay (drool). Always loved her in that strawberry shortcake hat. Whatever happened to Tina Thomson? These were epic years at the bay.

[antonjon1]

jeez when i used to watch this they were the same age as me, but they just look like kids now.

[Homeandawayguy]

How funny it been if this Irene was other character and got in fight with nice good Irene.

[welshyrocksursox]

aww I love the newer Irene

[OJK86]

I love that Irene!! shes brill! home and away has too many soft ass cheesy characters these days!! i want Irene to be more like her.....hard as nails

[ciarantledgewood]

Yeah like old PCBH characters would be good like Frankie Doyle

[Homeandawayguy]

How cool whould it been if that Irene come into show now and Nice Irene vs Evil Irene.

[tinkerzzz]

ooooooooooooooomg i remember this i hated that irene

[XaVi3rzbab3]

Wow Irean's tip was a right tip !

[BrandiBroke2195]

finlay was so pretty

[CanberraUser]

She's fruity

[VinnyMonster1]

@BrandiBroke2195 She got better looking as she got older too.  I think she was the best looking girl in the show back then!

[captainwackyman]

westy as  !

[Homeandawayguy]

No one likes old Irene.

But when comes to two Pippa they seem to both have big fan base.

I love Debra but Vanessa Favourite.

[MrYoshiDan]

I like old Irene! They should bleach her hair and turn her into an evil alco again

[ddbd]

...rack off bouncer!

[loukelly1]

she loves the old irene

[wickmay]

finlay always wore funny hats!! lol!!!

[Homeandawayguy]

I wish Vanessa Pippa was having go at evil Irene.

[MarkieMcQueen33]

Yeah get it right

[JohannaSallstromfan]

The Irene who is now is so much better then the first one

[mike20021969]

pippa: "irene, what d'you think you're doing?".

irene: "getting out of this crummy joint, you got a problem with that??"

god it was good back then.

shine, wasn't irene as rough as a bears ar*e lol

[robertdotennis20680]

the Fake Irene and the Fake Pippa have an arguement CLASSIC

[kittykat1111111111]

i agree when you say fake irene but dont say this pippa is fake its not right

[beardsman]

irenes just like a fine wine... just gets better with age :P

[sugardwippedcream123]

the old irene has like the same voice as the one now

[mark0776829]

OMG i remember the old Irene ...its like her character had a complete personality transplant .

[xTHATgirl1]

I just realized that was a different woman playing Irene, :P

Still sounds a little bit like the Irene now. Just a little bit, (:

[xTHATgirl1]

I can't believe that's Irene! Lol. She sounds like she's on helium as well, aaah haha.

[julie4aden]

home and away had must better story lines wen dani, will and gypsy were in it!!!too many un believable story lines at da mo!! hotter men men tho!!!

[jonboysliberty]

This isn't Lynne McGranger though she was the second actress to play the role after the original actress quit. Think she was called Jackie 'something or other'. Why don't we ever hear of Finlay or Damien anymore they should come back for a few episodes. Finlay was a good character.

[Crispysmith123]

I think we always hear of Finlay but nobody ever talks about Damien.

[nik2829]

i remember it as irene was walking towards summer bay.with a short denim mini skirt on with blond hair. (she looked nice from the back) and she was hitching.and when a bloke pulled over she walked to get in.and he saw the front and the state of IT and drove off FAST lol

[jlenaghan]

HA HA HA HA HA! I remember that too, I was like 8 years old!

[nenehcherry2]

LOL!

[nenehcherry2]

...and hopefully she's given up in her attempt to be taken seriously as a credible 'actress'.

[tempestgopherit]

Great scene from a good era of the show. Anyone else think that tina thomsen looked a bit like Baby Spice??!

[lyverbird]

Yes!

[johnny3306]

home and away is gr8.  Irene is awesome

[fagmallion]

At least the 2 Irene's looked fairly similar, the very first Pippa was blonde and petite, then miraculously over night she turned into a brunette heffer!

[fred84399]

This is not Lynne McGranger. I looked on Wikipedia.

"Irene Roberts is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by actress Jacqui Phillips from 1991 and by Lynne McGranger from 1992 to the present".

Check yourself if you have any doubts - I knew I didn't recognise her face or voice!

[kierain92]

irene rocks 1992-2007

[nenehcherry2]

She's had her stale patches though; especially during the last couple of years.

[AwesomeEagle]

I remember the old Irene very well.I don't suppose you have that clip where she tells Damien to get in the car.That had me cracking up when i was younger!

[nenehcherry2]

Yes I do actually; will post very soon!

[TVGIRL5]

@nenehcherry2 What happened to the clip with Damien that you promised th other poster 2 years ago?

[shazeroon]

yeah irene was a rough madam when she arrived. Its hard to imagine she has turned into such a lovely woman now!! Its a shame her kids didn't stay with her tho!

[nenehcherry2]

Yes but it was realistic; would you stay with a parent who abused you for years on end?

[esraif]

Great!! Brings back good memories.

[nenehcherry2]

No, this isn't Lynne McGranger. This is Jacqui Phillips. She played Irene in three guest stints in 1991/1992. Lynne did not take over the role until 1993. I have her first episode, if anyone is interested....

[OcFriendsRox4eva]

Oh that would be awesome!! :D

[nenehcherry2]

The first scene is in the 1993 section of Summer Bay Journal.

[kierain92]

yes please

[nenehcherry2]

What?

[charmedreturnz]

Aww I remember Finn she was hot lol

[SummerBayJournal]

She is a lot like Shirley in EastEnders, I thought that too.

[loverob]

This version of Irene looks like EastEnders' Shirley lol.

[CANDYANGEL2006]

OOh yeah spitting Image

[kwlguy]

yh lol

[vmcerlean]

yes fantasic keep those classic episodes coming