Former Home and Away star Debra Lawrence returns to the show as Pippa Fletcher next week, in a one off guest appearance.Talking about her return she admitted that she misses the more family orientated storylines of the shows yester year.

“I do get a little bit nostalgic,” she said. “I miss the old, simpler and more family-orientated storylines. Things have certainly changed since I started back in the ’90s! There’s a little bit more violence and there’s definitely more alcohol being drunk now than when I was there!”

When asked about the kick up over the current lesbian storyline, Lawrence said: “I’ve been reading that people have had a few issues with the lesbian storyline, but what they forget is that Isla Fisher’s character, Shannon, left the show with another woman.

“We did this 12 years ago – it’s already been done. It’s probably just a case of a new generation of parents coming through, I guess.”