Set in the fictional Australian town of Summer Bay, a small coastal hamlet just north of Sydney, is this long-running soap - it debuted in 1988 - that depicts the sun-drenched residents of a beach-side resort. The programme has served as an acting apprenticeship of sorts for a number of notable former cast members, including Heath Ledger, Isla Fisher, Julian McMahon, Dannii Minogue, Simon Baker, Guy Pearce and Naomi Watts.