Neighbours AXED after 37 years (now saved and returning to screens in 2023)

[AndyB2008]

Verbotene Liebe ended after 20 years, if we are talking European soaps.

Not bad considering the show it was based on only lasted 6 years in Australia.

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

The tabloids are reporting that Fremantle has failed to find a new production partner and the show will definitely end for good this summer. An official announcement will reportedly be made tomorrow (Thursday).

 

[Mel O'Drama]

An official announcement will reportedly be made tomorrow (Thursday).

Sadly, that's now happened...

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

Sadly, that's now happened...

I haven't watched it in years but it'll be interesting to see who they bring back to mark the show's final months. I've read that Harold Bishop and Shane Ramsay have already been confirmed.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

I haven't watched it in years but it'll be interesting to see who they bring back to mark the show's final months.

Same here. I'm already curious about how it will end and I'm hoping it will come full-circle somehow.

I've read that Harold Bishop and Shane Ramsay have already been confirmed.

Interesting. I'd read about Harold but Shane's a nice, less obvious choice (if he does come back, it would be nice to think he'd somehow have Danny in tow).

I wonder who else is on the producers' radar.

 

[Monzo]

I'm always torn about how long-running series should end. On the one hand, I like nostalgia, but it's meant to bring back these viewers who left years ago and caused the show to be canceled. Those who are still watching the show are probably more interested in the characters who are currently on air and want to know what happens to them.

Since Neighbors always honored the past, I assume they will do the same in the finale.

 

[James from London]

I'm always torn about how long-running series should end. On the one hand, I like nostalgia, but it's meant to bring back these viewers who left years ago and caused the show to be canceled. Those who are still watching the show are probably more interested in the characters who are currently on air and want to know what happens to them.

ER got a nice balance by spreading various cast returns over its final season while continuing to develop new and ongoing stories and characters - so there's a flashback episode to before the show began which establishes a new character's back story by showing them interact with characters who died during the series' run, another old favourite returns as a regular towards the end, while a few more show up for a mini-reunion, etc., so you get little nostalgia fixes along the way without completely drowning in the past. But maybe a hospital setting lends itself more easily to people coming and going than the more domestic world of a soap does.

In the meantime, I expect there'll be a lot of these:

Neighbours: the 10 best memories, from Scott and Charlene to Madge’s ghost

With the Aussie soap finally confirmed to end, we celebrate the best moments from 37 years on Ramsay Street – including plenty of twists, weddings and a tornado

www.theguardian.com

 

[Julia's Spooky Nun]

I'd like Bouncer to wake up on Victoria Principal's bed and the last 30 years had just been a dream...

 

[James from London]

This is nice:

‘Everybody needs good Neighbours!’ How Ramsay Street changed my life

The Australian soap has kept me hooked since 1986, becoming a major part of my daily existence – even when I didn’t have a TV signal. Ramsay Street, you will be missed

www.theguardian.com

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I'd like Bouncer to wake up on Victoria Principal's bed and the last 30 years had just been a dream...

I remember that idiotic episode!

It'll be sad to see Neighbours finish.

However it might come back in a few years time.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

The Neighbours superfan who owns both the Robinsons' home and the house where Terri shot Paul is campaigning for the street to be given heritage status.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to the street when filming stops. Will it affect the value of the houses? Will it become more or less desirable to live there? I remember Brookside Close ended up derelict and unkempt until it was purchased by a developer and renovated to its former glory (albeit that was a different situation with those houses being used solely for filming inside and out for the run of that series).

 

[Alison Carr]

enjoy guys and gals!

 

[soapfan]

I just hope Home And Away is able to sort itself out, otherwise it could end up going the same way as Neighbours. The fact Alf Stewart is the Ken Barlow longest serving character says it all really, a character over 70, the truth is, Home And Away hasn't been the same since Sally Fletcher/Kate Ritchie left around 2009.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

Big news about special guests returning for the final episode.

Quite spoiler-ish, but I doubt this one can be avoided.

 

[James from London]

Aw, that's lovely.

 

[Ollie james]

Great way to sign off fair play to them❤

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Scott and Charlene back on the show.

Awesome.

I am going to cry buckets when Neighbours ends.

 

[Pamela_E]

Big news about special guests returning for the final episode.

Quite spoiler-ish, but I doubt this one can be avoided.

This is amazing news. What a lovely thing for them to do, the perfect ending. They just need Bouncer now.

 

[Englishboy]

I’ve not seen Neighbours in years since it used to pull in 20 million viewers on the BBC but, following this announcement, will now tune in for the finale.

Production on the serial ends on 10th June with the final ever episode scheduled to air on 1st August.

 

[James from London]

Big news about special guests returning for the final episode.

And there's more:

Neighbours unveils 23 returnees for last episodes

Getting the Ramsay Street band back together.

www.digitalspy.com