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Speaker 1: Jes and Amanda jam Nason.

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Speaker 2: Back in two thousand and four, you came in and

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Speaker 2: did the show did with me when it was Jonesy's Breakfast.

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Speaker 3: By I did. We had fun men. So that's what

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Speaker 3: a long time young's incredible, given how young we both are.

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Speaker 1: Extraordinary.

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Speaker 2: This lady's been in our living room just about every

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Speaker 2: night for the last twenty three years as the lovable

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Speaker 2: Leah Patterson from Home and Away, and she's with us

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Speaker 2: right now. Aida Nikodimo, Hello.

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Speaker 4: Good morning, Money, Jonesy, Morning Angela. How are you guys going?

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Speaker 3: We are well, so excited I get to talk to

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Speaker 3: you today. You've with her, You've written a book, mate.

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Speaker 4: I have. This is the second one. Yeah, me and

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Speaker 4: Mega Star the Juggling Act. Yeah, and it's it's sort

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Speaker 4: of it's loosely based on my upbringing. I grew up

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Speaker 4: in a little corner store like it was a delicatess

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Speaker 4: and mixed business. You have those stores that we grew

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Speaker 4: up in that you could basically go and get anything

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Speaker 4: from you know, a sandwich to like laundry detergent. It

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Speaker 4: was one of those stores. And you know, it was

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Speaker 4: a real community store. If I knew everyone and we

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Speaker 4: do home deliveries, so mea yeah is loosely based on me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there were you Greek? You know you had the

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Speaker 1: corner shop.

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Speaker 4: It's so Greek, right, It's so great. I knew how

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Speaker 4: to count cash back. I could count change back to

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Speaker 4: customers before I went to school, like I was five,

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Speaker 4: and I knew how to handle cash. Isn't that awesome?

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Speaker 1: Because what was that old Jake?

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Speaker 2: Why the Greeks are no good at soccer because every

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Speaker 2: time they get a corner they put a shop on it.

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Speaker 4: I haven't heard that. I'm going to have to tell

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Speaker 4: Jonas that. He'll love that.

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Speaker 2: He'll appreciate that, because Jonas he loves he loves the soccer.

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Speaker 2: There's been a lot of to do about you and

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Speaker 2: your co star James Stewart now together. Do you find

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Speaker 2: when you're acting on the show when you get home,

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Speaker 2: do you think, can these guys write some lines for

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Speaker 2: us so we don't have to come up with stuff.

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Speaker 4: So we don't have to talk to each other? You mean, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 4: that current conversationion?

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Speaker 1: What's up? When Helen? I help?

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Speaker 2: I have never when we go away, Helen says, I've

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Speaker 2: got to get palm cards. So you know, to think

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Speaker 2: of things to talk to you about. So do you

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Speaker 2: say to you writers at home and a way, let's say,

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Speaker 2: what can we get some stuff you know.

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Speaker 1: To talk about.

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Speaker 4: No, no, we don't. We don't. And you know it's

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Speaker 4: also separate, like our relationship is completely different to you know,

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Speaker 4: what we do on air. We're professionals and we've known

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Speaker 4: each other for such a long time. I've known Jimmy

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Speaker 4: I think twenty five or thirty years, so a long time. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: we worked on another show together years ago called Breakers.

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Speaker 4: Probably no one's seen it.

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Speaker 1: That was weird, and you know that was with and

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Speaker 1: Heath Ledger was in that.

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Speaker 4: No, No, Heath Ledger wasn't. There was a guy that

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Speaker 4: looked like Keith Oh Diamond Munro. I think that's what

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Speaker 4: he had, like bleached blond hair. I think that's what

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Speaker 4: you're thinking of. But it was said in BONDI yeah.

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Speaker 4: And there was a cafe and that's how I actually

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Speaker 4: got home and away because my character on Breakers, her

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Speaker 4: name was Fiona Motson. She was in a cafe and

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Speaker 4: she was, you know, like very likable and chatty and

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Speaker 4: you know, one of those sort of not dizzy but

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Speaker 4: just a bubbly character. And when the show finished, the

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Speaker 4: writer from Breakers went on to write for Home and

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Speaker 4: Away and he's like, I've got an idea to, you know,

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Speaker 4: bring this character on to Home and Away, and they

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Speaker 4: approached me, so they wrote Leah for me from Breakers.

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Speaker 3: And did you ever think you'd still be doing it

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Speaker 3: this many years on?

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Speaker 1: No.

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Speaker 4: I remember when I was asked to do Home and Away.

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Speaker 4: Back then, I said because Breakers was quite a hard

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Speaker 4: show to work on for many different reasons. So when

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Speaker 4: I got asked to do Home and Away, I thought,

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Speaker 4: oh god, it's another So I said, I'll just do

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Speaker 4: thirteen epps and that's it, Like I won't do any more.

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Speaker 4: They wanted to sign me for three years and I'm like, not,

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Speaker 4: not not doing it. And I think it's like twenty

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Speaker 4: four years later, I'm still there.

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Speaker 3: So obviously the storylines, obviously, everything that's happens kept you interested,

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Speaker 3: kept you wanting to be there.

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Speaker 4: It's such a great show to work on, Like it's

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Speaker 4: just and I'm sure you guys hear it all the time,

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Speaker 4: like it's just beautiful cast, beautiful crew. You don't feel

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Speaker 4: like you're working most of the time. Look long hours

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Speaker 4: and you have your days. But the majority of the time,

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Speaker 4: it's just such a great place to work. So yeah,

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Speaker 4: and I'm forever interested. And You're right, the storylines are

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Speaker 4: always changing and I'm always challenged, and you get to

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Speaker 4: have downtime sometimes as well, Like they're working with our schedules,

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Speaker 4: they let us do other stuff to keep us interested

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Speaker 4: as well. I make sure and break at the moment,

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Speaker 4: which is nice. So yeah, So it's a good show

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Speaker 4: to work on.

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Speaker 3: Speaking of long and long days, we've got the logis

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Speaker 3: coming out. That's one of the longest days. Yeah, we

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Speaker 3: all work each year. Am I going to? Am I

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Speaker 3: going to see you on the But are you going

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Speaker 3: for frock things as we speak?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? I am. I missed out last year because I

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Speaker 4: was in Europe. Oh I was an upset about that. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: but I am, Yes, I am going this year. I

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Speaker 4: love the logies. I love getting dressed up. I mean

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Speaker 4: what girl doesn't, right, So yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

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Speaker 4: Had my first fitting the other day. I've got another

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Speaker 4: fitting next week, so yeah, getting ready for it. Are

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Speaker 4: you guys going?

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Speaker 3: Um No, I don't think they might have sent it

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Speaker 3: to you to your hot mail account.

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Speaker 2: The invitation my hot mail account to the legies a

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Speaker 2: few times, but it's always I like it because it's

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Speaker 2: all care, no responsibility.

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Speaker 1: For me, you know there, yeah, you know, and that's

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Speaker 1: kind of good.

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Speaker 3: Do you know for a girl, but for like, you know,

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Speaker 3: getting into the whole frock and everything. We sometimes start

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Speaker 3: as early as like eight and nine o'clock in the

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Speaker 3: morning and the whole thing doesn't finish till around midnight.

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Speaker 3: That you know. And I'm not asking for sympathy here,

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Speaker 3: but it's it's a long time.

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Speaker 1: We're going to start it a it.

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Speaker 4: Is a wrong day. But Angela like, I actually I

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Speaker 4: love it, like I don't. I mean, I don't say

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Speaker 4: that early, but I just I love the whole process,

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Speaker 4: and you know, we take our time and it's such

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Speaker 4: a lovely day and you know we're dancing in the

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Speaker 4: room and you know, may have a glass of shampers

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Speaker 4: as well. Well, I'm getting ready and it's just fun.

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Speaker 4: Why do you get there and you sat down? That's

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Speaker 4: me Like, Okay, now it's a long day, but little

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Speaker 4: lead up to the red carpet I think is a

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Speaker 4: lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I do too. I got to get there before

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Speaker 3: all of you guys, so I'm there to talk to

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Speaker 3: you on the way in.

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Speaker 2: The scoop, So if you can wear some sort of backless,

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Speaker 2: frontless evening dress, that would.

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Speaker 3: Be I'm not allowed to ask what they're wearing anymore

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Speaker 3: because you really remember that there was Oscars because Kate

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Speaker 3: Blanchett said, let's not talk about designer Kate Blanchett double

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Speaker 3: oscar when a legend. We listened to Kate agent.

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Speaker 2: And I'm having a slagger off, but like, honestly, who

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Speaker 2: cares if if you're dressed by if you're dressed by Miller's,

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Speaker 2: then you should be able to say it.

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Speaker 4: By Millers need a plug. I totally agree with you.

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Speaker 1: In my Loves outfit, I'll be wearing that well.

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Speaker 2: Ada, it's always good to talk to You can get

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Speaker 2: your hands on me and Megasta the Juggling Act now

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Speaker 2: at all the bookstores.

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Speaker 1: Aida Nicodemi, thank you for joining us.

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much. Have a great day lived