Clip: Out of the Blue's airport shooting

Another day, another memorable clip for you to relive from our Youtube channel.

This one shows a dramatic shooting at the airport as Tess tries to escape with the diamonds. It was a great way to bring the diamonds/threatening emails story to a climax and probably the biggest cliffhanger that we'd seen at that point in the show.

Enjoy the clip, and don't forget to pass the links to all of our clips on to your friends if you want them to become Out of the Blue fanatics too.

Kate Ritchie praises Charlie-Rose MacLennan

Charlie-Rose MacLennan, who played Zoe O'Donnell in Out of the Blue, has received praise from an Aussie soap legend this week.

Kate Ritchie - who played Home and Away's Sally Fletcher for 20 years - worked with Charlie-Rose on the new series of Underbelly, playing her mother.

In an interview with Australia's TV Week magazine, Kate said: "The young actors who play my character's kids, Charlie-Rose MacLennan and little Harry Ikimis Healy, are so sweet and they were incredible, considering the stories we were filming."

Charlie-Rose spoke about her role in a recent interview with The Soap Show website. You can read it here.

The ratings for Underbelly, which also stars Diane Craig (Deborah McManus) are still well over the elusive 2 million mark in Australia.

Another media mention for Out of the Blue

The Out of the Blue Second Series Petition gets a mention in the UK's top soap magazine Inside Soap this week. Check out the mention on Page 95 of the current issue (it's in the Request Spot section of the letters page).

The number of signatures on the petition has been boosted thanks to the mention, rising from 89 to 123 in just two days. The original Save Out of the Blue petition currently has 234.

In other news, the new series of Underbelly, featuring Diane Craig, is continuing to be a smash-hit in Australia. An impressive 2,465,000 people tuned in for episode three on Monday night.

Charlotte Gregg gossip

It's not often that you see the Out of the Blue cast in the gossip pages, but ever since her partner Wes Carr won Australian Idol last year, Charlotte Gregg (Tracy O'Donnell) has been the exception.

Yesterday, the Courier Mail newspaper found time to tell its readers that Charlotte and Wes are hunting for a new home. Apparently they were spotted looking at a one-bedroom flat worth $450,000. Sadly, the newspaper forgot to put a plug for Out of the Blue alongside its gossip.

Meanwhile, the newspaper is also reporting that the ratings success of Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities (which has Diane Craig among its cast) and Packed To The Rafters shows that Aussies are turning back to home-produced drama rather than reality TV.

With its talented cast and compelling scripts, it's a shame that Out of the Blue hasn't yet been given a proper chance to be one of the success stories...

Aidan Gillett and Diane Craig news

Attention all fans of Aidan Gillett!

The man known best to us as Daniel McManus will be seen in Home and Away on Five from Friday, 27th February. His storyline involves the characters of Aden and Joey, played by Todd Lasance and Kate Bell respectively.

Thanks to Sarah on the Facebook group for the info.

Speaking of the McManuses, it seems that Diane Craig (Deborah McManus) is currently appearing in Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities on Nine in Australia. She's playing the character of Barbara Mackay (who almost sounds like Deborah living under a half-hearted pseudonym). The show is a massive hit over there, debuting with a massive 2,584,000 viewers last night (Monday) and easily becoming the most watched programme of the day.

Charlie Rose MacLennan, who played Zoe O'Donnell on Out of the Blue, also has a role in Underbelly, but as we can't watch the new series here in the UK yet we're not sure when she'll pop up - if she hasn't already!

We'll keep you posted with any other news we find on Out of the Blue's talented cast members.