Home and Away to reunite Brax and Ricky for WA one-off event

Two long-anticipated figures from Home and Away are set to return for a landmark one-off event filmed in Western Australia, ten years after they last appeared in Summer Bay. Stephen Peacocke’s Darryl “Brax” Braxton and Bonnie Sveen’s Erica “Ricky” Sharpe will reprise their roles in episodes produced in partnership with Tourism Western Australia, with filming starting in October across multiple WA locations. The special is planned to air in 2026, with Australian audiences set to see it on Seven and 7plus, and a Channel 5 broadcast slated for the UK.

Brax, the charismatic River Boys leader, and Ricky drove into Australian television memory as one of the soap’s most enduring couples. Their on-screen romance culminated in a farewell in 2016 when they left Summer Bay with their son Casey, after Brax staged his own death to evade imprisonment. Since then, both actors have accumulated acclaim and awards, enhancing their status as beloved figures in the show’s history. Producers describe the upcoming event as a chance to reveal what life has looked like for Brax and Ricky since their departure, promising high-stakes drama and emotional payoffs set against the stark beauty of Western...