Is anybody else watching the death throes of Neighbours?

LadyGracie

I’ve watched Neighbours from the beginning and loved it despite some of the storylines being unbelievable and recently even more unbelievable.

I also loved Sons and Daughters and The Sullivans, I can’t remember the name of the one with the vets.

I think it was A Country Practice

Don’t know why they had to kill off Hendrix when everyone else lived happily ever after!

I agree atqui. Pointless when the programme was ending.

Definitely feel that that 'final' episode should have had the final tag line ....'To Be Continued....' Happy endings for many, but all still staying in Ramsey Street.
So pleased they did bring Therese and Paul back together.
I enjoyed many of the flashbacks.
Thanks, Neighbours, for the many hours of genuine light entertainment you have brought us all.

Thanks, Neighbours, for the many hours of genuine light entertainment you have brought us all.

said with a lump in my throat.

Sad that there`ll be no more.........................unless...................?

Thank you suep1953, yes it was A Country Practice.

I keep remembering other series I liked to watch, Take the High Road, Knots Landing and Brookside.

Why don’t they make new series anymore?

I haven’t watched it since dds were at home and still at school. Which is an awful long time ago now.

One ‘Neighbours’ association’ does stick in my head, though. Dds both attended a very selective senior school - selection was by exam, followed by an interview, if you reached a certain standard in the exam, but being asked to attend an interview did not guarantee a place.

I knew that some of the other girls at school were rigorously coached in what to say at the interview - one was told to say that she watched only documentaries and certain children’s programmes such as Blue Peter. Which was very possibly true, given what I knew of her mother.

I told dd just to be herself, and if they didn’t want her it was their loss.
So at the interview, when the (excellent) head asked, ‘Now, what about the box?’ she said, ‘Well, actually my favourite programme’s Neighbours.’

She got a place - the restricted-TV one didn’t.

I really enjoyed Neighbours last night but it was fairly evident that Guy Pearce didn’t film on the same day as Jason and Kylie, and none of them filmed on the same day as the wedding! It was all great fun though and lovely to see them all.
Australian soaps are fab. I’m currently watching the Heart Guy. I’d love to watch A Country Practice again.

Filming the entire cast on the same day would be impossible,
Filming one 25 minute episode in a day would be impossible

I watched the grand finale and enjoyed it. Sad it is no more. At least we got another glimpse of Hendrix. As others have posted, 'Thanks for the great entertainment', and the issues explored which gave voice to a great many teenage debates in my classroom.

I really enjoyed the finale and, unexpectedly, shed a tear, especially at the "ghosts", especially at ghost Finn.

I thought it affectionately done.

nadateturbe

I just don't understand how a programme that is so popular that it has featured on the news today, is being scrapped.
Home and Away is being shown in its place.
However it was ended in a way that it could be resurrected. ?

They are destroying the set so it will never be resurrected.

Channel Five says it is not doing Classic Neighbours so I will try Drama channel and ITV3 who are both showing classic soaps. You never know....

Chestnut

And what about Paul and Therese?

I predict they will come back together in the final episode, kiss passionately and then gaze deeply into each other's eyes. In the background stands Glen watching. He knows now he will never be more than second best.

Ha ha! I was nearly right, except that Glen knew he would never be more than second best a couple of days earlier.

It’s funny that where it was filmed, Vermont, is the most boring suburb. Very dull area, nothing lively about it. Solid middle class. We used to laugh when they took tourists there.

nadateturbe

I just don't understand how a programme that is so popular that it has featured on the news today, is being scrapped.
Home and Away is being shown in its place.
However it was ended in a way that it could be resurrected. ?

It was predominantly funded by Channel 5, and it ran at a £5 million loss year on year. C5 warned Fremantle that it couldn't sustain that loss but they didn't lower their costs.

C5 only pay to show Home and Away, they don't pay th cost of making it.

I've enjoyed Neighbours from the beginning, and I'll miss it. Mildly. Never did understand why it wasn't popular in its home country.

Thanks for the information Ailidh.
And Chestnut.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/neighbours-stars-where-are-they-now
Interesting

Thanks Chardy

I've watched it from the start, homework had to always be finished before I was allowed to turn the TV on. I'll miss it, so many characters through the years, it was great to see a lot of them again. I'd a crush on Mike back in the day so it was great to see him return for the finale. I'd of gladly jumped on the back of his motorbike.

I will be shot down in ? ? but “death throes”: is all too apt - and I couldn’t wait for it to be put out of its misery.
To be fair I haven’t watched Neighbours for about 30 years so I spent most of the final episode trying to work out who was who (Carl Kennedy - really?) but sadly found myself caring even less.
The set looked more cardboard than Crossroads and the tenuous storyline held nothing together.
Oh dear.

If you haven’t watched it for 30 years Maw how can you
criticise the story lines ?

Maw not sure what you meant by writing Karl Kennedy - Really? Yes, it really was same actor as always, Sadly, he has been stricken by a sudden illness earlier this year that has caused him to lose ALL his body hair (in real life). They covered this with a story line at the time,but he bravely decided to continue in the role to the bitter end

As for the other story lines being tenuous - what on earth do you mean. You admit you have not watched for many years - thougt the scriptwriters did an excellent job, giving all their faithful viewers a good ending AND space for a (maybe) continuation sometime in the future.,

Not worth a reply really.