aired for the final time in its 10.30pm slot, ratings ranged from 313,000 to 395,000. However, once it debuted in its weekly Sunday night slot, ratings started to drop, ranging from 170,000 to 306,000. Since the move to Sundays, there have also been frequent schedule changes, with one episode airing after midnight, and the show's airings alternating from 30-minute and 60-minute slots. Later developments Broadcasters in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway also acquired the rights to the series. The head of acquisitions for Norway's TV 2 channel stated that he was confident the show would "share the same success that Home and Away has received in Norway as well as generating the results that our advertisers seek". In October 2008, Five acquired the repeat rights to all 130 episodes from Southern Star Entertainment, with the intent to show them on Fiver from 2009. This was described as a possible 'lifeline' for the show's future. Five already owns the UK broadcast rights to fellow Australian soaps Neighbours and Home and Away. At the time of the deal, Out of the Blue's BBC Two ratings had increased to 142,000 viewers daily, though this was still down 42% from the average viewers its timeslot had in 2007. It began screening in New Zealand on 29 September 2009 at 5:30pm-6pm, it had a 2-3week break starting from 18 December before returning in a new timeslot at 1:30pm–2:30pm on 29 December. Its screens on Tv2. Repeats of the show's first series began on Fiver on 2 February 2009. Following enquiries from fans, the broadcaster stated that it had no plans to commission a second series. Awards and recognition Theme song "Out of the Blue" (composer: Todd Hunter) The theme is actually two separate musical pieces; the instrumental piece which plays over the intro is "Clocks" by Coldplay, which then merges into the vocals from Todd Hunter's composition, which is only 30 secs long for the actual opening credits and logo. The vocals were written by Mark & Todd Hunter (of Dragon fame) and Joanne Piggot. This was written especially for the show and never released as a single. Cast Main Sophie Katinis (Gabby West) Clayton Watson (Jarrod O'Donnell) Charlotte Gregg (Tracy O'Donnell) Renai Caruso (Rebecca 'Bec' Quilter) Ryan Johnson (Ian 'Stavva' Jones) Katherine Hicks (Poppy Hammond) Dylan Landre (Philip 'Philby' McManus) Tom Oakley (Jason Conners) Daniel Henshall (Adam 'Addo' O'Donnell) John Atkinson (Stephen Mulroney)