"Neighbours" (1985) TV series 1985-????

Creator:

Reg Watson

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

19 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Suddenly 5.30 TV isn't kids stuff anymore!

Plot:

Serial chronicling the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street in the fictional Australian suburb of Erinsborough...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Friendship | Family Relationships | Father Son Relationship | Friend

Awards:

22 wins & 50 nominations

Cast

Stefan Dennis	...	Paul Robinson (882 episodes, 1985-2009)
Alan Fletcher	...	Karl Kennedy / ... (789 episodes, 1987-2009)
Ian Smith	...	Harold Bishop (744 episodes, 1987-2009)
Tom Oliver	...	Lou Carpenter (737 episodes, 1988-2009)
Jackie Woodburne	...	Susan Kennedy / ... (632 episodes, 1994-2009)
Matthew Werkmeister	...	Zeke Kinski / ... (555 episodes, 2005-2009)
Ryan Moloney	...	Toadfish Rebecchi / ... (532 episodes, 1994-2009)
Dan O'Connor	...	Ned Parker (451 episodes, 2005-2008)
Sam Clark	...	Ringo Brown / ... (429 episodes, 2007-2009)
Anne Charleston	...	Madge Bishop / ... (395 episodes, 1986-2001)
Carla Bonner	...	Stephanie Hoyland / ... (390 episodes, 1999-2009)
Kym Valentine	...	Libby Kennedy / ... (387 episodes, 1994-2009)
James Sorensen	...	Declan Napier (384 episodes, 2007-2009)
Pippa Black	...	Elle Robinson / ... (357 episodes, 2005-2009)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U (some episodes) | USA:TV-G | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Grundy Television Australia

Trivia:

Was originally screened on Channel 7 in Australia in 1985 until it was canceled at the end of 1985 (after only eight months) in favor of Channel 7's new one-hour news service. The show was saved by rival network Channel 10 who acquired the rights for the show and, beginning in February 1986, have screened it ever since. The show has since become Australia's most successful drama series, enjoyed by 30 million viewers a day in more than 20 countries.

Quotes:

Karl: Actually... Now might be a good time.
Susan: Oh, dinner's nearly ready.
Karl: No, no - this won't take long.
Susan: Not really what a woman wants to hear Karl.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Have I Got News for You: (#30.7)" (2005)

The greatest soap ever.

Despite the many negative comments here, Neighbours is still an amazing programme. It always manages to get 10 million viewers a day so that must be saying something. Anyway, I admit that the show has depleted in quality since the arrival of the Scully family, but if you want a taste of when it was amazing, try UK Gold at either 12:30 in the afternoon or 4:30 in the early evening. The episodes showing currently are from late 1994, featuring classic characters such as Philip, Julie, Lou, Cheryl, Annalise etc. Neighbours is still an extremely enjoyable show, and although the storylines are corny and it seems there is lack of continuity, this is only because the BBC cut the programme so much. Storylines we have missed out on are excellent ones such as Lucy and Glenn's incest, Libby's rape, part of Cheryl being held hostage, Cheryl's death (we actually missed seeing her role over the car), Julie's attempt to seduce her husband Philip etc. These are all amazing storylines, but we missed out on them. So, you cannot possibly say Neighbours is bad when it hasn't been given a fair chance. If anything, it must be amazing for the BBC to cut inappropriate storylines. Think about it.