{"id":610865,"date":"2026-04-16T14:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/610865\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:27:18","slug":"home-and-away-reveals-how-ricky-has-changed-as-she-makes-dramatic-soap-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/610865\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and Away reveals how Ricky has changed as she makes dramatic soap return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home and Away spoilers<\/a> follow for UK-pace episodes.<\/p>\n

Home and Away actor Bonnie Sveen has spoken about the long-awaited return of Ricky Sharpe and Darryl ‘Brax’ Braxton<\/a>, which airs in the UK this week as Tane Parata goes on the run<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tane has been framed and makes the drastic decision to flee to Western Australia. He meets up with Brax and Ricky, who aren’t sure whether to help him and risk the life they’ve built.<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2013 including Disney+, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking about how things have changed for Brax and Ricky in their time away from Summer Bay, Sveen said: “Everything has been great. Ricky is in a really good place.<\/p>\n

“She settled, she knows herself, she’s kind of softened round the edges a little bit from where she was when she was last in the show. And her and Brax are in a really solid place.”<\/p>\n

She added: “So with Casey, we kind of feel safe, you know? Then it’s Ricky and Brax, so of course that’s not going to last very long.<\/p>\n

“And the high stakes drama comes back in. But I guess, Ricky’s kind of in this new era 10 years later, being that voice of reason. She’s a mum now, which we never saw, and you want to keep your kids safe.<\/p>\n

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Related: Home and Away casts Wentworth star for mysterious new regular role<\/a> <\/p>\n

“We also don’t want to expose ourselves because Brax has got this murder charge hanging over him but you also want to resolve that. But at what cost?”<\/p>\n

The actor also touched on how living in the Outback specifically has informed how Ricky has changed, and how she brought her own experience of growing up on a farm to her performance.<\/p>\n

Fans will be excited to know that, while Brax and Ricky are re-introduced in this Outback storyline, they will eventually return to Summer Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Home and Away drops new episodes on weekdays at 6am on 5\u2019s streaming service<\/a> with a 6.30pm screening on 5STAR. Selected classic episodes are available via Prime Video<\/a> in the UK.<\/p>\n

Read more Home and Away spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – as Carla and Lisa get married and Charity goes into labour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home and Away spoilers follow for UK-pace episodes. Home and Away actor Bonnie Sveen has spoken about the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,229445,428,296864,430,134,433,429,296863,234898,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-610865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-collection-latest-news","11":"tag-content-type-news","12":"tag-contentid-24f637a4-c5af-4a91-bba7-68690ecca688","13":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-hasproduct-true","16":"tag-locale-gb","17":"tag-shorttitle-home-and-away-reveals-how-ricky-has-changed","18":"tag-subsection-home-and-away","19":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}