February 23, 2025 • 8 mins
Home and Away's Lynne McGranger joins Jonesy & Amanda to chat about her departure from the soap.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nation.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well this is hard words to say. After thirty three years,
lima granger who's been a constant on our screens is
Irene on Home and Away is heading off for greener pastures.
What could be greener?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Lynn? Hi, guys, it's so lovely to be here.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
It's great to have you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
This is a tough decision to make.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Yeah, well, actually I've been meaning to tell you it's
all a fake so I could come in and talk.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Let me check, let me text the date.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
It is not April first, now, Yeah, it's it's exciting
and it's terrifying, and I'm happy and sad and grateful
and all of those things. It's been a ride.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
You've done it for a long time, and I just
found your first episode on Home and Away. This is
you in nineteen ninety three when we meet the character Irene.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Remember, mate, Irene, Hi, you coming out? I come on
a damn hospital. I'm run in circles, fifteen down deep
and I'm coming on fine blust. I don't know why
they didn shoot me years ago. I know I shouldn't
be smoking in.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
You walked into the diner with a cigarette a blaze.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Terrifying, absolutely terrifying. I was. I think I shook in
terror for the first six months.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Did you know it was going to be a long
term gear No.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Not at all. Love I I was hired for three
months to replace Jackie Phillips, who was the very original,
original oge Irene, and then they said to me, would
you come back for maybe six months or a year?
In six months time, I went hell, yeah, so there
(01:47):
was another Irene. Yes, you knew that. I don't know.
I didn't know Jackie Phillips played the very original.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Irene because I know they changed pippers.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, no, they changed Irene. She tried to push her
kids down the stairs, tried to throttle them. Yeah. So
Irene was a bit of a mess when I when
she landed in my lap. And then, of course, as
we know, she struggled with alcoholism over the years, but
she gave up the fags. If you haven't seen the
bit where Kate Ritchie, who was beautiful Little Sally, caught
(02:20):
Irene smoking at the caravan park between the sheets hanging
on the line, you should you should check it out.
She's like, Irene, you shouldn't smoke, it's bad for you.
It was just lovely and because as all people who
stay on the show who eventually become goodies as opposed
(02:41):
to is you have to give up your nasty hair?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
And did you you gave up smoking though, didn't you?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Len or Irene Lyn has Actually the twenty year anniversary
was five days ago. Congratulation, Yeah, very happy.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
But these are things that happened to Irene battle with alcoholism,
as you say, breast cancer, lost some sinking fairies explosions.
What was your favorite slash ludicrous storyline?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Ah, man, Look, this was this is ludicrous. They decided
to make Irene a clairvoyant for a while, and oh
she fell in love with the priest who was going
to give up the order, but she said, no, I
can't do that to you. That I wouldn't say ludicrous.
(03:32):
I mean, both of those are ludicrous. But there's been
so many faves over the years. But I think the
one that sticks in my head, aside from the breast
cancer storyline, which meant a lot to me because my
best friend in York in the UK's daughter was I
was paralleling her story. Sadly, she didn't make it, and
(03:54):
in fact her the anniversary of her passing was about
three days ago. She died before fifty of breast cancer.
Irene survived. That was very important to me, and I'd
like to think that we did it justice. And also
the storyline where Ada Leah had to slap Irene across
(04:15):
the face because and I'll try and truncate this for you,
but Irene was abused when she was fourteen and had
a child as a result of that Mick, and Mick
was out of Irene's life and then came back into
Irene's life and he was a bit of a loose
cannon anyway. He attacked, he attacked Billy, who was engaged
(04:39):
to VJ. And a child ensued from that, and so
Irene was biologically the child's grandmother, but Leah was morally
the child's grandmother. So there was a huge barney ensued
and and that came to a head on the pier
(05:03):
and Leah slapt iron across the face and you and
Ada a great friend. Was a hilarious day, it was,
but it was terrifying. I can remember thinking I'm not
going to be able to do this. I can't do this,
and and Aida was the same, and it was of
course it had to be outside, but luckily it was
a night, but it was still a crowd gathering because
we're screaming at each other and then whack across the
(05:25):
mush and then of course we had to hug afterwards.
But that that's really stood out in my head because
it was it's such a hard thing to do a
real slight. I don't think so. I think we pulled
it like I said, you know, train on one side
of the face and the head goes the other way. No,
it wasn't quite that, but it was that's that stood out.
(05:50):
And also a recent one where a scamer Bronti came
into the bay and was taking eye in for all
all her worse and of course Iron being you know,
as green as Truss trusting, just accepted her and you
know that that was a terrific story.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
I like that one where you the tea, your tea
was poisoned, remember you, someone was trying to get your
back on the on the booze.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
That tastes like something out of the sewer, make your
fresh one was done something to this. Come on, somebody
has put something in there.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Someone's poisoned me tea.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
With a sewer.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
By the sound of the gold being chased around the beach,
house with a cricket bat crazy crazy dame. I loved
it with cricket, you know I love that cricket.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
How's your what's your demise is going to be? How
do you leave the show?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.
Do it? Do it? Do it? Look. All I can
tell you is that I came up with this idea.
I'm very proud of it, and I approach them, Lucy
and Julie, our lovely producers, and Louise, our beautiful writer,
and and they loved it and have embraced it. And
(07:10):
it is very revelan relevant, reverent, It's very relevant, it's
very it's very fitting in this day and age. And
I like to think that we will do it great
justice and take the audience on a terrifict you It'll
be yeah. And I'm actually in the middle of filming
(07:34):
it all now.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
So if we see you getting chased around by a giant,
well then it's great to talk to you. It's great
to see you. Congratulations. What a career, what a stellar
career can you give us? You watch out, Girley, Oh.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yeah, you park your bum Girley right now? Or so
help me. I'm going to wallop you. I'm going to
give you a thicky.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
A minute, believe it to Thanks Liddy, thank
Speaker 1 (08:02):
You, love you guys,
And Amanda jam Nation.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well this is hard words to say. After thirty three years,
lima granger who's been a constant on our screens is
Irene on Home and Away is heading off for greener pastures.
What could be greener?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Lynn? Hi, guys, it's so lovely to be here.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
It's great to have you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
This is a tough decision to make.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Yeah, well, actually I've been meaning to tell you it's
all a fake so I could come in and talk.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Let me check, let me text the date.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
It is not April first, now, Yeah, it's it's exciting
and it's terrifying, and I'm happy and sad and grateful
and all of those things. It's been a ride.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
You've done it for a long time, and I just
found your first episode on Home and Away. This is
you in nineteen ninety three when we meet the character Irene.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Remember, mate, Irene, Hi, you coming out? I come on
a damn hospital. I'm run in circles, fifteen down deep
and I'm coming on fine blust. I don't know why
they didn shoot me years ago. I know I shouldn't
be smoking in.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
You walked into the diner with a cigarette a blaze.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Terrifying, absolutely terrifying. I was. I think I shook in
terror for the first six months.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Did you know it was going to be a long
term gear No.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Not at all. Love I I was hired for three
months to replace Jackie Phillips, who was the very original,
original oge Irene, and then they said to me, would
you come back for maybe six months or a year?
In six months time, I went hell, yeah, so there
(01:47):
was another Irene. Yes, you knew that. I don't know.
I didn't know Jackie Phillips played the very original.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Irene because I know they changed pippers.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, no, they changed Irene. She tried to push her
kids down the stairs, tried to throttle them. Yeah. So
Irene was a bit of a mess when I when
she landed in my lap. And then, of course, as
we know, she struggled with alcoholism over the years, but
she gave up the fags. If you haven't seen the
bit where Kate Ritchie, who was beautiful Little Sally, caught
(02:20):
Irene smoking at the caravan park between the sheets hanging
on the line, you should you should check it out.
She's like, Irene, you shouldn't smoke, it's bad for you.
It was just lovely and because as all people who
stay on the show who eventually become goodies as opposed
(02:41):
to is you have to give up your nasty hair?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
And did you you gave up smoking though, didn't you?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Len or Irene Lyn has Actually the twenty year anniversary
was five days ago. Congratulation, Yeah, very happy.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
But these are things that happened to Irene battle with alcoholism,
as you say, breast cancer, lost some sinking fairies explosions.
What was your favorite slash ludicrous storyline?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Ah, man, Look, this was this is ludicrous. They decided
to make Irene a clairvoyant for a while, and oh
she fell in love with the priest who was going
to give up the order, but she said, no, I
can't do that to you. That I wouldn't say ludicrous.
(03:32):
I mean, both of those are ludicrous. But there's been
so many faves over the years. But I think the
one that sticks in my head, aside from the breast
cancer storyline, which meant a lot to me because my
best friend in York in the UK's daughter was I
was paralleling her story. Sadly, she didn't make it, and
(03:54):
in fact her the anniversary of her passing was about
three days ago. She died before fifty of breast cancer.
Irene survived. That was very important to me, and I'd
like to think that we did it justice. And also
the storyline where Ada Leah had to slap Irene across
(04:15):
the face because and I'll try and truncate this for you,
but Irene was abused when she was fourteen and had
a child as a result of that Mick, and Mick
was out of Irene's life and then came back into
Irene's life and he was a bit of a loose
cannon anyway. He attacked, he attacked Billy, who was engaged
(04:39):
to VJ. And a child ensued from that, and so
Irene was biologically the child's grandmother, but Leah was morally
the child's grandmother. So there was a huge barney ensued
and and that came to a head on the pier
(05:03):
and Leah slapt iron across the face and you and
Ada a great friend. Was a hilarious day, it was,
but it was terrifying. I can remember thinking I'm not
going to be able to do this. I can't do this,
and and Aida was the same, and it was of
course it had to be outside, but luckily it was
a night, but it was still a crowd gathering because
we're screaming at each other and then whack across the
(05:25):
mush and then of course we had to hug afterwards.
But that that's really stood out in my head because
it was it's such a hard thing to do a
real slight. I don't think so. I think we pulled
it like I said, you know, train on one side
of the face and the head goes the other way. No,
it wasn't quite that, but it was that's that stood out.
(05:50):
And also a recent one where a scamer Bronti came
into the bay and was taking eye in for all
all her worse and of course Iron being you know,
as green as Truss trusting, just accepted her and you
know that that was a terrific story.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
I like that one where you the tea, your tea
was poisoned, remember you, someone was trying to get your
back on the on the booze.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
That tastes like something out of the sewer, make your
fresh one was done something to this. Come on, somebody
has put something in there.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Someone's poisoned me tea.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
With a sewer.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
By the sound of the gold being chased around the beach,
house with a cricket bat crazy crazy dame. I loved
it with cricket, you know I love that cricket.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
How's your what's your demise is going to be? How
do you leave the show?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.
Do it? Do it? Do it? Look. All I can
tell you is that I came up with this idea.
I'm very proud of it, and I approach them, Lucy
and Julie, our lovely producers, and Louise, our beautiful writer,
and and they loved it and have embraced it. And
(07:10):
it is very revelan relevant, reverent, It's very relevant, it's
very it's very fitting in this day and age. And
I like to think that we will do it great
justice and take the audience on a terrifict you It'll
be yeah. And I'm actually in the middle of filming
(07:34):
it all now.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
So if we see you getting chased around by a giant,
well then it's great to talk to you. It's great
to see you. Congratulations. What a career, what a stellar
career can you give us? You watch out, Girley, Oh.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yeah, you park your bum Girley right now? Or so
help me. I'm going to wallop you. I'm going to
give you a thicky.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
A minute, believe it to Thanks Liddy, thank
Speaker 1 (08:02):
You, love you guys,
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