Neighbours is an Australian soap which was first broadcast on Channel 7 in March 1985. It underperformed in the ratings, so it was cancelled after four months. The show was picked up by rival Network 10 and its fortunes began to change. Soon, audiences in Australia and abroad (especially in the UK) were glued to their TV sets as they followed the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough. The success of Neighbours led to Channel 7 having another go at making a soap. This time, it involved a small seaside town somewhere near Sydney, a nice beach, a foster family... Its heyday was in the late 1980s As with Home and Away, thousands of actors, writers, directors etc. have worked on the show. Some household names whose careers got started on Neighbours include Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Guy Pearce, Alan Dale, Margot Robbie, Jesse Spencer, Liam Hemsworth, Natalie Imbruglia, Holly Vallance and Delta Goodrem. Many actors who worked on Home and Away also spent time on Ramsay Street. In March 2022, it was announced that the soap would cease production[1]. Its final episode was broadcast in Australia on 28th July 2022 and in the UK the following night. Many of the show's better known former stars returned for the finale [2]
In a twist worthy of the show itself, it was announced in November 2022 that Amazon had bought the rights to Neighbours[3]. In addition to making new episodes of Neighbours which began to air in September 2023, the streaming giant bought the rights to all its past episodes and made those available.
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- ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/the-end-of-neighbours-the-numbers-don-t-quite-add-up-20220207-p59ug0.html
- ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/neighbours-finale-live-updates-star-studded-cast-returns-to-ramsay-street-as-iconic-australian-tv-show-says-goodbye-after-37-years-20220728-p5b5c2.html
- ↑ https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/neighbours-amazon-freevee-new-season-2023-1235435335/
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