Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera that was first
broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV
executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that
focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who
talk openly and solve their problems together. Seven decided to
commission the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap
Sons and Daughters, which aired on the network. Although successful in
Melbourne, Neighbours underperformed in the Sydney market and
struggled for months before Seven cancelled it. The show was
immediately bought by rival network Ten. After taking over production
of the show, the new network had to build replica sets because Seven
destroyed the originals to prevent its rival from obtaining them. Ten
began screening Neighbours on 20 January 1986, beginning where the
previous series left off and commencing with episode 171. Neighbours
has since become the longest-running drama series in Australian
television and in 2005, it was inducted collectively into the Logie
Hall of Fame.The show's storylines concern the domestic and
professional lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a
fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series primarily centres
on the residents of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac, and its
neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel,
café, police station, lawyers' office and park. Neighbours began with
three families created by Watson â€" the Ramsays, the Robinsons and
the Clarkes. Watson said that he wanted to show three families who are
friends living in a small street. The Robinsons and the Ramsays had a
long history and were involved in an ongoing rivalry. Pin Oak Court,
in Vermont South, is the real cul-de-sac that has doubled for Ramsay
Street since 1985. All of the houses featured are real and the
residents allow the production to shoot external scenes in their
yards. The interior scenes are filmed at the Global Television studios
in Forest Hill.Through its entire run in Australia, Neighbours has
been screened as a twenty-two-minute episode each weeknight in an
early-evening slot. Neighbours moved to Ten's digital channel, Eleven
(later rebranded 10 Peach) on 11 January 2011, and it is currently
broadcast each weeknight at 6:30 pm. The show is produced by Fremantle
Australia and has been sold to over sixty countries around the world,
making it one of Australia's most successful media exports. Neighbours
has been especially successful in the United Kingdom, where it was
first screened on 27 October 1986 on BBC One, and achieved huge
popularity among British audiences in the late 1980s and 1990s. In
2008, it moved to the UK's Channel 5. From 2018, the show became the
first Australian drama to air all year round after securing a new deal
with Channel 5.
broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV
executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that
focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who
talk openly and solve their problems together. Seven decided to
commission the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap
Sons and Daughters, which aired on the network. Although successful in
Melbourne, Neighbours underperformed in the Sydney market and
struggled for months before Seven cancelled it. The show was
immediately bought by rival network Ten. After taking over production
of the show, the new network had to build replica sets because Seven
destroyed the originals to prevent its rival from obtaining them. Ten
began screening Neighbours on 20 January 1986, beginning where the
previous series left off and commencing with episode 171. Neighbours
has since become the longest-running drama series in Australian
television and in 2005, it was inducted collectively into the Logie
Hall of Fame.The show's storylines concern the domestic and
professional lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a
fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series primarily centres
on the residents of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac, and its
neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel,
café, police station, lawyers' office and park. Neighbours began with
three families created by Watson â€" the Ramsays, the Robinsons and
the Clarkes. Watson said that he wanted to show three families who are
friends living in a small street. The Robinsons and the Ramsays had a
long history and were involved in an ongoing rivalry. Pin Oak Court,
in Vermont South, is the real cul-de-sac that has doubled for Ramsay
Street since 1985. All of the houses featured are real and the
residents allow the production to shoot external scenes in their
yards. The interior scenes are filmed at the Global Television studios
in Forest Hill.Through its entire run in Australia, Neighbours has
been screened as a twenty-two-minute episode each weeknight in an
early-evening slot. Neighbours moved to Ten's digital channel, Eleven
(later rebranded 10 Peach) on 11 January 2011, and it is currently
broadcast each weeknight at 6:30 pm. The show is produced by Fremantle
Australia and has been sold to over sixty countries around the world,
making it one of Australia's most successful media exports. Neighbours
has been especially successful in the United Kingdom, where it was
first screened on 27 October 1986 on BBC One, and achieved huge
popularity among British audiences in the late 1980s and 1990s. In
2008, it moved to the UK's Channel 5. From 2018, the show became the
first Australian drama to air all year round after securing a new deal
with Channel 5.
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