Neighbours axed
 

BREAKING NEWS: Australian soap Neighbours axed after nearly forty years on air. The series will reportedly end this August.

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/neighb...nd-this-summer

Sad isnt it??

Good stuff ends and its usually replaced with crap THEY THINK IS GOOD!!!

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Well in this case, they would be replacing crap ;)

However, you should probably note the update ;

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Won't be on Channel 5 beyond this summer
https://news.sky.com/story/neighbour...drama-12534254

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we can only hope that Coronation Street and Eastenders follow suit.

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I could easily add lots more to that list, but there's probably a 10,000 character limit to forum posts :D

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Best not to say that in front of YOH.;)

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Wishful thinking, sadly.

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Well I did learn one thing from that article, I never knew Margot Robbie was in it.

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Loads have done well after Neighbours

Russel Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, Holly Valance, Delta Goodrum, Natalie Imbruglia, Luke Mitchell to name but a few and not including the obvious ones

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A lot of soaps are like Mousetrap in that they keep going because they've been going so long. People still go to see Mousetrap because it's the longest running play in the world, everyone knows the murderer is .. put down that axe Agatha, and the gun, and the lead pipe ... <click>

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It's not been axed, C5 have just withdrawn their funding. Probably going to spend it on Live Tiddlywinks.
I stopped watching when Bouncer the dog got the sack for taking an unnatural interest in Charlene.

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Without funding, its axed.

Its only hope is someone else funding it, and they have no one atm.

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Used to love Neighbours and Home and Away when I was a kid.


Looking at it now though I cant believe how bad some of the acting is.


Still I guess Neighbours got me through my teenage years.




Nothing can be as bad as when they rebooted Crossroads in the early 2000's. That was terrible!

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I can see Eastenders ending, it's not the show it was that's for sure

Guy Pearce, the girl from The 100, Jason Donovan's Characters dad, that show has spawned some serious stars

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Even the Australians stopped watching it a while back! If no U.K. channels pick it up, it’ll be gone by autumn.

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and might the same happen to Home and Away if Channel 5 decides to drop this series as well?

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Many of us watched them during our teenage years and people of a certain age might remember when Neighbours was only shown during the day and iirc it was Michael Grade's grand-daughter who suggested moving it to a tea time slot, which is what happened at the start of 1988 and it became a huge hit.

Incidentally, the first edition of Neighbours was shown on the day that the BBC launched its daytime television service - 27th October 1986.

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Its ending has been confirmed today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60599579

I wonder what will replace it??

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Let's admit it, everyone had a crush on a Neighbours or Home&Away star once in their lives.

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Oh Kylie, I love her because she's older than me :D

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Thought you'd be a bit more of a Madge fan :shocked:

Natalie Imbruglia for me.

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I used have a crush on Bobby in H&A
Always preferred Dannii over Kylie myself. Also in H&A of course

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Mrs Mangel.......

Some of us hate our neighbours :D

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If I recall correctly Neighbours used to be shown twice a day, once around lunchtime and then again at 5.30pm so you had two chances ot watch it.

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The evening one was added once they realised how popular it was with children

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours#United_Kingdom

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So, who's going to be killed off? I think it will be Paul.

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:eeek:

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Neighbours is back!.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...turn-on-amazon

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Oh wonderful, my life is now complete..... *


*(irony alert.. )

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oh Amazon hahaha this really did make me chuckle

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I think the show had definately had it's day.


I give it a year before the Amazon show gets axed too.

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I imagine it was just a good way to get a massive back catalogue for freevee and write off a few mill in tax write offs. I guess the show is relatively cheap to make with next to no special effects and just cast and crew to pay

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I last watched it when Jane was in there! :romance: :romance: :romance:

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Yep, compared to most of their shows, its will be peanuts.
I wonder how many episodes they will actually make per week.

Excellent,lets hope it does better this time :)

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The story lines and some of the Characters are just to cheesy. I used to watch it after school years ago but stopped when you could tell a story line outcome with your eyes closed.

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2020 then...

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Alot earlier than that, it was on the BBC at 17:35 each day I believe.

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Wasnt she known as Plain Jane ?

A friend I used to visit often in the 1980's always watched it, I remember some nerdy girl called Jane.

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Ha ha yeah good one Paul , a friend used to watch it.:D:D

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Plain Jane Superbrain

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Indeed they did, he loved it. :cool: Sadly he passed away from a heart attack in late 2000. :(
I got married in 1991, and didnt see him as much after that, so 1991 is basically my cut off point for knowing anything about it. :)

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It was shown at 13.30 and repeated at 17.35. This was from the start of January 1988 Previously the repeat was the following morning at 10.05.

Neighbours was first shown on the day that the BBC launched its daytime television service, on Monday 27th October 1986.

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Lets hope they get some better writers and producers or this just wont last.

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It will be good to see old episodes on Amazon Prime. Does anyone know when they might appear or are they likely not to appear until the new episodes start to be released.

There are some old episodes of Home and Away on Prime and those have been there for some time.

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It looks as though old episodes will appear sometime in the new year, hopefully before the brand new episodes as I cab't see them arriving until the second half of 2023.

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I believe that Prime Video will start offering old editions of Neighbours on around 23rd February.

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50 classic episodes along with all of the episodes from 2012 have now appeared on Amazon Prime.

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It's on Amazon FreeVee meaning you don't need a paid Prime account to watch it, you just need to register.

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The axe has apparently fallen again.

Amazon are saying it will be "rested" from the end of the year.
The majority are taking that to mean its not going to come back.

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The show has had it's run and now needs to be laid to rest.