Neighbours - just the facts

Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. It was created by Reg Watson & was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation until the end of 2006. As of 2007, the show has been produced by FremantleMedia. Neighbours has a G classification, signifying that its content is suitable for viewers of any age.

The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a quiet cul-de-sac in the fictional, middle class suburb of Erinsborough. Storylines explore the romances, family problems, domestic squabbles, & other key life events affecting the various residents. More than most serials, Neighbours features a large proportion of children & teenagers amongst its ever-rotating cast.

Neighbours celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2005 with some special episodes which featured appearances from several former members of the cast.

Spoiler warning: Plot & /or ending details follow.

History & popularity
Through its entire run in Australia Neighbours has screened as five 22-minute (excluding commerical breaks) episodes a week, shown each weeknight in an early-evening slot. The 1985 season aired on the Seven Network, at 5.30 p.m. in Sydney & at 6.30 p.m. in Melbourne & other regions. From its second year the series switched to Network Ten. Between 1986 & 1991 the series was screened by Network Ten at 7.00 p.m; since 1992 Network Ten have broadcast the show at 6:30 p.m.

The series originally aired on the Seven Network in 1985, but - unusually for an Australian-produced series - switched networks, moving to Network Ten in 1986 after being cancelled by Network Seven.

In 1985, the Melbourne-produced programme had underperformed in the crucial Sydney market leading to Seven Network cancelling the series at the end of that year. Neighbours was immediately picked up by the rival Network Ten. Network Ten began broadcasting the series 20 January 1986. On Ten, it initially attracted low ratings. The Network worked hard to publicise the series; they revamped the show, adding several new, younger cast members including Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan as Scott & Charlene, while a concerted publicity drive largely focused on these new actors in a star-focused campaign recalling that of the Hollywood star system where stars were packaged to feed into a fan culture. This paid off for the series & by the end of 1987 it was attracting high ratings. Australian audiences waned considerably by the early 1990s, although viewing figures had recovered slightly by the end of the decade.

In the 2000s rival soap opera Home & Away had emerged as more popular in Australia. Home & Away, which airs at 7.00 p.m. Monday to Friday in Australia, averages 1.2 million viewers there a night. As of 2004 Neighbours was regularly attracting just under a million viewers per episode, low for Australian prime time television. Neighbours is more popular in the UK, where it screens on BBC One usually attracting between five & six million viewers. In the UK it outperforms Home & Away.

Broadcast schedule

Australian broadcasts
Through its entire run in Australia it has screened as five 22-minute episodes a week, shown each weeknight in an early-evening slot. The 1985 season aired on the Seven Network, at 5.30 p.m. in Sydney & at 6.30 p.m. in Melbourne & other regions. From its second year the series switched to Network Ten. Between 1986 & 1991 the series was screened by Network Ten at 7.00 p.m., & from 1992 they have aired the show at 6:30 p.m.

United Kingdom broadcasts
The show is popular in the United Kingdom where it quickly gained a cult following after it began airing there on 27 October 1986. BBC One began by screening it at 12.30 p.m.-12.55 p.m. until moving it to 1.50 p.m.-2.10 p.m. before moving it to the current 1.40 p.m.-2.05 p.m. with a repeat the next morning at 10.00am. The repeat episode was later moved to 5.35 p.m.-6.00 p.m. by controller Michael Grade on the advice of his daughter so now it screens just before the BBC news hour at 6:00 p.m.. In the mid 1990s during Wimbledon it was shown at 7.00 p.m.-7.20 p.m.. In the late 1980s it regularly had a UK audience of over eighteen million & was watched by more people than the population of Australia at that time. Originally the UK were eighteen months behind Australia's airings but in recent years they have caught up by screening more episodes each year than are produced in Australia; in Australia the series is not broadcast over summer.

In the UK, episodes are generally shown three months after their original Australian broadcast. Since October 2000 the BBC has frequently removed the show from its schedule during major sports tournaments such as Wimbledon & Bank Holidays to accommodate the programme's four-week summer break in Australia.

Accounting for the duplication of viewers across its two UK showings a day, the show rates on average over five million viewers a day, making it the highest rated Commonwealth import on British television & one of the most popular international imports, rating higher than US programmes such as Desperate Housewives & Lost. Rumours are currently circulating that the BBC plans to give 'first-look' Neighbours on the broadcaster's digital channel BBC Three in order to boost that channel's ratings. Most likely, the episode following BBC One's most recent broadcast will be shown after 7 p.m.. However, the episode could even be up-to-date with the Australian episodes.

Other international broadcasts
It also airs every evening on Irish TV station RTÉ Two at 5:30 p.m., & is repeated the following day at around 7.00a.m on RTÉ One. These episodes are also about three months behind the Australian network.

The show has also been sold to television networks in many other countries. Episodes from 1999 were aired for a six-week trial basis on the American channel Oxygen in March of 2004. At first, it was shown in the afternoon opposite higher-rated American soaps such as The Young & the Restless & All My Children, which gave the show anemic ratings from the first airing; the people who would be most interested in the show were watching other, more established serials. After a couple of weeks, the show moved to a late-night time slot & eventually left the air entirely. It was not the first Australian soap opera to be aired in the United States: The Sullivans, Prisoner, Home & Away, The Young Doctors, Paradise Beach, & Pacific Drive had also been previously shown.

The show aired in Canada on regional television channel 47, Toronto-based CFMT (now part of the OMNI network owned by Rogers Communications Inc.), for a period of about five years in the early to mid-1990s, starting in September 1990. The channel started the series right from the beginning & aired two episodes back to back for the first several months. It never achieved the audience that youth-oriented cable network YTV saw at the same time with Home & Away & was dropped.

It has been long aired by Television New Zealand & screens twice daily at 11:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. It was initially aired by TVNZ when Neighbours started showing in New Zealand in 1988, but by 1996 it had been removed from the schedule. Canwest's TV4 (now C4) picked it up & aired it from 1997 to 2000. They dropped it in 2000, & it returned to TV2 in 2002, where it stayed till early 2007, until moving to TVOne in February 2007, & screens at 5:25.

Neighbours is aired in Belgium on the VRT at 5:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday. The show has been broadcast in Belgium since 1988; they are three years behind Australia. In Kenya, Neighbours airs on the KTN network at 12.30 p.m., Monday to Friday with an omnibus on Sunday mornings. They are approximately three years behind Australia. Neighbours is also aired in Barbados on CBC8, Monday to Friday. They are approximately four years behind Australia

Storylines
Storylines of Neighbours
In the beginning, the show mainly focused on two families, the Robinsons & the Ramsays (after whom "Ramsay Street" is named) who were - as the name of the show suggests - neighbours. The show initially gained notoriety for its depiction of the teenage romance of Scott Robinson & Charlene Mitchell (Jason Donovan & Kylie Minogue). Their Romeo & Juliet style romance culminating in a wedding was keenly anticipated by viewers & is still fondly regarded by fans as being one of the high points of the series. Another popular couple in the show's early days was the pairing of Des Clarke (Paul Keane) & Daphne Lawrence (Elaine Smith), a couple who also lived on Ramsay Street alongside the Ramsays & the Robinsons. Daphne's death in 1988 is still considered as one of the most emotional moments on the show. Daphne's final words were the croaked 'I love you, Clarkey'. It was the first death of a main character.

Until recently, both the Ramsays & the Robinsons had been written out of the series, with the sole exception of the Bishop family (who are related to the Ramsays through the marriage of Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) to the late Madge Ramsay (Anne Charleston). However, one of the original characters, Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis), made a return to the show as a regular character in the final episode of 2004. Today the show revolves around the Robinson, Hoyland, Timmins, Bishop, Cammeniti, Brown & Kinski families, along with several other residents who live in Ramsay Street.

In the late 1990s, Neighbours gained the reputation as being a somewhat conservative soap with topics such as sex generally not being included in the storylines due to its early evening timeslot in Australia & the United Kingdom (Earlier storylines involving controversial topics such as incest & teenage sex were often censored by the BBC in the UK, which may account for the reluctance on the part of producers to depict controversial issues). In the past two years this has started to change, with the show now regularly featuring its teenage characters discussing issues such as sex & contraception in a manner which has not been seen on the show since the mid 1990s. Recently, the show has depicted a lesbian storyline involving Sky Mangel (Stephanie McIntosh) & Lana Crawford (Bridget Neval). A relationship has started between the 18-year-old character Stingray Timmins (Ben Nicholas) & 14-year-old Rachel Kinski (Caitlin Stasey), although the two did not actually sleep together. There were also two incest storylines; the first saw Lucy Robinson in a relationship with her half brother Glen - whom her dad had fathered during the Vietnam War - despite both knowing that they were related. They ended things however, as they knew they should act like brother & sister. The second involved Serena Bishop (Lara Sacher) & Luka Dokich (Keelan O'Hehir), who embarked on an intimate relationship, blissfully ignorant of the fact that they were half-siblings, sharing a mother, Liljana Bishop (Marcella Russo). The character of Sindi Watts (Marisa Warrington) has also been involved in storylines involving stripping & prostitution. More recently there have been strong indications that Katya Kinski had been involved in the pornography industry & had taken hard drugs. She was also shown stealing cars for shady associates from her past.

The break up of long time married couple Karl & Susan Kennedy (Alan Fletcher & Jackie Woodburne) & soon after Joe (Shane Connor) & Lyn Scully (Janet Andrewartha) has also been a great source of interest to viewers, especially since it has led to a long running storyline in which Izzy Hoyland (Natalie Bassingthwaighte) duped Karl into believing that he was the father of her unborn child continuing the charade long after she tragically miscarried in November 2004. After over a year of manipulation, Izzy's lies came to light in a spectacular fashion, & despite a last ditch attempt by Izzy to gain Karl's sympathy by falsely claiming that she was raped, Karl finally dumped Izzy for good.

Late in the 2005 season came a highly dramatic storyline where a large contingent of Ramsay Street regulars went on a joyflight on a Douglas DC-3 aircraft over Bass Strait. A time bomb had also been planted in the plane's undercarriage. During the flight Izzy discovered a note in her seat pocket addressed 'To my one & only' which read 'Think about your life & everything you've done.'

The bomb soon went off, sending the plane crashing into the ocean below. David (Kevin Harrington), Liljana & Serena were presumably killed, although only David's body has been recovered. Paul, Elle (Pippa Black), Izzy, & Sky were quickly found & taken to hospital. Susan was missing for a few days but eventually rescued. Dylan (Damien Bodie) & Connor (Patrick Harvey), who believed Dylan was wanted for armed robbery, survived washed up on a desolate beach & decided to fake their own deaths by assuming new identities, but they eventually returned to Erinsborough. Through flashbacks & conversations with his comatose brother Cameron (Adam Hunter), Robert Robinson (also played by Adam Hunter), Paul's son, has been revealed to have been the one who planted the bomb on the plane; a crime which Paul believed to have been committed by Cameron until Robert admitted it when he attempted to kill Paul. Paul was eventually rescued & he vows to get revenge on his son. Robert soon returned & kidnapped Katya, despite being in love with her. Paul & Gail attempted to lure Robert back by staging a fake wedding & he eventually returned. Paul told Robert to show himself & he eventually did & shot Paul. Paul was only wounded & then Robert was arrested.

The Timmins family (l-r): Dylan, Janae, Stingray, Bree, Janelle in the opening credits.In mid-2006 Sky became pregnant with what she believed was Dylan's baby, but was later told that the baby was a product of a one night stand with his brother, Stingray. Sky kept this a secret to have a family with Dylan, however, Elle Robinson who was dating Dylan at the time, faked a life-threatening disease so that Dylan would stay with her. Dylan later found out that Elle was faking it, & went back to Sky. Later on, Cameron was hit by Max's car after chasing Katya to give her her purse back (Max thought it was the escaped Robert). He died soon afterwards.

Elle then made it her personal mission to drive Max insane, & succeeded. Max disappeared leaving behind only a family photo & jacket, distressing Steph & Boyd. Elle has since discovered it was wrong to do what she did & hired a P.I. to find him with no success, as Harold later informed Steph & his mother in law Lyn that Max did not want to be found.

Carmella Cammeniti's (Natalie Blair) cousin Teresa Cammeniti (Hannah Greenwood) threw a pot of boiling water on Carmella & set fire to Erinsborough Hospital just as Sky was giving birth to a baby girl. As they evacuated, the baby was stolen by Stingray Timmins (Ben Nicholas), who later passed out in bushes with her because of intoxication. Dylan found the baby & kept her for the three days that followed, without contacting anybody. Kerry was later anonymously returned to Sky by Elle, & Carmella was left with permanent facial burns, although these healed after she saw a skin specialist.

Dylan stated that the baby was his, he said he new this to be fact as baby kerry had a rare form of aids which dylan also has. so the baby "Kerry", Stingray & Dylan got a blood test. It turned out that Dr. Karl Kennedy had made a mistake & that the real father of the baby was the aids infected Dylan.

In the final week of 2006, after seven years living on the street, Lyn Scully married Paul Robinson (as it had been brewing for months). Paul in the lead up to the wedding, decided to break up with Lyn & go on with Rosetta Cammeniti (Natalie Saleeba), leaving innocent Lyn's life fall down around her. She then went to the Maldives for her honeymoon with her son Oscar, but did not want to face Paul on her return, so she went to live with her mother Valda in Shelley Bay.

Starting in late 2006 was a long-running storyline in which Boyd Hoyland (Kyal Marsh) had an affair with a girl named Glenn Forrest (Cleopatra Coleman) while he was in Tasmania searching for his father Max. When Janae first found out, she became very upset, however she forgave Boyd eventually, as she thought that Boyd only kissed Glenn, not knowing about their actual affair. In February 2007, Glenn arrived in Erinsborough to visit her best friend Elle, not knowing that Boyd lived in the same street as her. Glenn told Janae about their affair, & Janae broke up with Boyd after finding out that he still loves her. Boyd & Glenn decided to officially become a couple. After Janae (Eliza Taylor-Cotter) confessed to her family about the breakup, Stingray & Dylan (Damien Bodie) beat up Boyd. Glenn called the police & the police officer who came, Allan Steiger (Joe Clements) (Janelle Timmins' (Nell Feeney) boyfriend) is very unsympathetic & claims he will make sure the report makes it way down to the bottom of the list.

Paul Robinson, who lost his leg falling off of a cliff, will be reunited with his missing limb after Karl & Susan Kennedy discover it on a romantic camping trip. On the same trip they decide to get matching tattoos of their children Billy, Libby & Malcolm, derived from the painting in their living room.

Current cast members
Actor Role Status
Aaron Aulsebrook-Walker Charlie Hoyland 2006-
Pippa Black Elle Robinson 2005-
Natalie Blair Carmella Cammeniti 2003-2005 (recurring); 2006-
Damien Bodie Dylan Timmins 2005-2007
Carla Bonner Stephanie Hoyland 1999-
Sam Clark Ringo Brown 2007-
Stefan Dennis Paul Robinson 1985-1993, 2004-
Nell Feeney Janelle Timmins 2004 (guest); 2005-2007
Alan Fletcher Karl Kennedy 1994-
Claudine Henningsen Kerry Mangel 2006-2007
David Hoflin Oliver Barnes 2007-
Adelaide Kane Lolly Allen (#3) 2007
Ben Lawson Frazer Yeats 2006-
Kyal Marsh Boyd Hoyland 2002-2007
Stephanie McIntosh Sky Mangel (#2) 2003-2007
Ryan Moloney Toadfish Rebecchi 1995 (recurring); 1996-
Daniel O'Connor Ned Parker 2005-
Tom Oliver Lou Carpenter 1988 (guest); 1992-
Natalie Saleeba Rosetta Cammeniti 2006-
Sianoa Smit-McPhee Bree Timmins 2005-2007
Ian Smith Harold Bishop 1987-1991, 1996-
Caitlin Stasey Rachel Kinski 2005-
Eliza Taylor-Cotter Janae Hoyland 2005-
Matthew Werkmeister Zeke Kinski 2005-
Nicky Whelan Pepper Steiger 2006-
Jackie Woodburne Susan Kinski 1994-

Recurring characters of Neighbours
Natalie Bassingthwaighte Isabelle Hoyland
Joe Clements Sen. Sgt. Allan Steiger
Cleopatra Coleman Glenn Forrest
Louise Crawford Abby Stafford
Trudy Hellier Christine Rodd
Kristie Jandric Milly Hallsworth
Daniel Schutzmann Pete Gartside

Coming & going cast members

Actor Role Status
Brett Swain Kim Timmins Temp. Returns 29 March 2007
Rachel Gordon Charlotte Stone Debuts 12 April 2007
Andrew Larkins Tom Scully Returns 12 April 2007
Scott Johnson Terrence Debuts April 2007
Rowena Wallace Mary Debuts April 2007
Penny Cook Prue Brown Debuts June 2007
Fiona Corke Gail Robinson Returns 2007
Jane Hall Unknown Debuts 2007
Benjamin Hart Adam Rhodes Debuts 2007
Fletcher O'Leary Mickey Debuts 2007

Going

Actor Role Status
Damien Bodie Dylan Timmins Exits 30 March 2007
Adelaide Kane Lolly Allen Exits April/May 2007
Nell Feeney Janelle Timmins Exits July 2007
Sianoa Smit-McPhee Bree Timmins Exits July 2007
Kyal Marsh Boyd Hoyland Exits August 2007
Stephanie McIntosh Sky Mangel Exits August 2007
Claudine Henningsen Kerry Mangel Exits August 2007

Before they were stars
The following actors from Neighbours went on to achieve fame in various fields such as music & film.

Actor Role Duration
Alan Dale Jim Robinson 1985-1993
Kylie Minogue Charlene Robinson 1986-1988
Jason Donovan Scott Robinson (#2) 1986-1989
Guy Pearce Mike Young 1986-1989
Russell Crowe Kenny Larkin 1987
Craig McLachlan Henry Ramsay 1987-1989
Natalie Imbruglia Beth Willis 1992-1993, 1994
Jesse Spencer Billy Kennedy 1994-2000, 2005
Radha Mitchell Catherine O'Brien 1996-1997
Nathan Phillips John 'Teabag' Teasdale 1999
Holly Valance Felicity Scully 1999-2002, 2005
Delta Goodrem Nina Tucker 2002-2003, 2004, 2005
Stephanie McIntosh Sky Mangel (#2) 2003-2007
Natalie Bassingthwaighte Isabelle Hoyland 2003-2006, 2007

Deceased cast members
Actor Role Duration Date of death
Myra De Groot Eileen Clarke 1985-1988 1988-04-04
Francis Bell Max Ramsay 1985-1986 May 1994
Anne Haddy Helen Daniels 1985-1997 1999-06-06
June Salter Bess Robinson 1985 (guest) 2001-09-15
Olivia Hamnett Hilary Grant 1998 (guest) November 2001
Esme Melville Mrs. York
Jean Halliday
Moina Beresford
Rose Belker 1986 (guest)
1992 (guest)
1994 (guest)
2002-2006 (recurring) 2006-09-14
Richard Morgan Damon Gaffney 2000 (guest) 2006-12-23

Shane Connor's sacking
After being fired from the series in 2003, former cast member Shane Connor (who played character Joe Scully) filed for wrongful dismissal. Evidence presented in court in October 2005 described alleged on-set problems such as arguments with the cast & crew, lateness & absenteeism. This behaviour has been connected to the actor's period of drug use, after the death of his brother. Connor admitted that he'd had problems in that period, prior to receiving a final warning in April 2003, but contested Grundy's claims that he had acted unprofessionally immediately before his dismissal in September 2003. He won the case & was awarded AUD $196,709 plus interest & costs. Connor is now living in the UK, where he is appearing in commercials & makes appearances at university students' unions.

Celebrity guest appearances

Andrew G guest starsWarwick Capper as himself (1986)
Molly Meldrum as himself (1986)
Derek Nimmo as Lord Ledgerwood (1990)
Chris Lowe of The Pet Shop Boys (1995)
Clive James as a postman (1996)
Barry Sheene as himself (1997)
Dave Graney as himself (1998)
Peter Chapman as himself (1999)
Human Nature as themselves (2000)
The Wiggles (2001)
Glenn Wheatley as himself (2002)
Jude Bolton as himself (2002)
Brett Kirk as himself (2002)
Karl Kruszelnicki as himself (2004)
Shane Warne as himself (2006)
Rove McManus as himself (2006)
Brodie Holland as himself (2006)
Andrew G as himself (2007)
Emma Bunton as herself (2007)
Michael Parkinson (2007)
Julian Clary (2007)
Neil Morrissey (2007)
Terry Nutkins (2007)
Jo Whiley (2007)
Matt Lucas (2007)
David Walliams (2007)
Spoilers end here.

Theme
The Neighbours theme music was written by Tony Hatch with lyrics by his then wife, Jackie Trent. Since 1985 there have been five distinctly different renditions of the theme broadcast on television. They were sung by the following artists:

Version One: Barry Crocker (1985-1989)
Version Two: Barry Crocker (1989-1992)
Version Three: Greg Hind (1992-1998)
Version Four: Paul Norton & Wendy Stapleton (1999-2001)
Version Five: Janine Maunder (2002-present)
Each version has received during its stint some minor changes to keep it fresh. For example, version one received a few edits following the "day", "away", "blend" & "friends" climaxes during its run on Channel Seven in 1985. The following years on Network TEN used an unedited version.

The opening theme of version two changed frequently: for part of 1990 there was a full length song, however, mid-way through 1990 this changed to a 10-second instrumental piece used in episode 1 for a few weeks, before being replaced by a vocal version of the same short piece until version three debuted in mid-1992.

Version three used a funky 23 second opening song until 1994 when a slightly longer piece was implemented. This piece was used as a closing theme for United Kingdom broadcasts from 1995 onwards, despite the original full version being retained elsewhere.

Version four debuted in 1999, again with a shortened theme for UK transmission. The only changes made to the full-length closing theme during this era was the removal of the backing line "that's when good" from mid-2000 onwards, although this remained outside of Australia.

Version five again used a shorter piece of closing music for the UK market, with the rest of the world using the same 76 second variant.

During 2005, producers of the programme suggested there would be a new theme tune the following year with new opening titles to match. New titles, & a slightly remixed theme tune debuted the following year. All markets began transmitting the same 45 second edited version of the closing theme (UK broadcasts retained the previous 35 second arrangement for a few weeks). However, by mid-2006, the UK had received a slightly edited version of the new closing bringing it back in line with the 35 seconds allowed by the BBC, whilst Australia had gone back to a near-full length track, albeit with minor edits at various sections to keep running time to a minimum. The opening theme has remained unchanged throughout this run.

Neighbours is taped in Melbourne. Interior scenes are taped at the Global Television studios in Nunawading, Victoria in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. These studios were previously the Network Ten studios; Ten moved to South Yarra selling their previous studios but continued to tape some of their programmes there, leasing the facilities from the new owners. Pin Oak Court in nearby Vermont South has been used for outdoor taping to represent the fictional Ramsay Street through the programme's entire run, including the episodes produced by the Seven Network.

In the story Ramsay Street is situated in the fictional suburb of Erinsborough. Though it is not strongly emphasised, Erinsborough is a suburb of Melbourne. Erinsborough is often contrasted with the neighbouring, & equally fictitious, suburb of Eden Hills. Other locations often mentioned (and sometimes seen) in the show include West Waratah, Waratah Heights, Elliot Park, Colac & Anson's Corner.

Misspellings, - Contrary to some's views, neighbours is not spelt naybours, neighburs, naybourrs, naibours, Naghbours,. Neiybours, or Naighbours,

Filming in the United Kingdom
Natalie Bassingthwaighte who plays Izzy Hoyland exclusively revealed on the 'Behind the scenes' show about the National Television Awards that certain cast members were in the UK filming special scenes for upcoming episodes, which will revolve around Izzy, Susan & Karl. She claimed the episodes will be dramatic. On Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 programme (broadcast on 2nd November 2006), the actors stated in an interview that the events in the episodes will surround Susan & Karl's holiday to the UK, & randomly meeting Izzy, who moved there after leaving Ramsay Street.

These episodes were shown on Channel Ten during the weeks commencing 19 & 26 March 2007.

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