"Neighbours" (1985) TV series 1985-????

Creator:

Reg Watson

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

19 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Suddenly 5.30 TV isn't kids stuff anymore!

Plot:

Serial chronicling the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street in the fictional Australian suburb of Erinsborough...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Friendship | Family Relationships | Father Son Relationship | Friend

Awards:

22 wins & 50 nominations

Cast

Stefan Dennis	...	Paul Robinson (894 episodes, 1985-2009)
Alan Fletcher	...	Karl Kennedy / ... (791 episodes, 1987-2009)
Ian Smith	...	Harold Bishop (753 episodes, 1986-2009)
Tom Oliver	...	Lou Carpenter (740 episodes, 1988-2009)
Jackie Woodburne	...	Susan Kennedy / ... (633 episodes, 1994-2009)
Matthew Werkmeister	...	Zeke Kinski / ... (556 episodes, 2005-2009)
Ryan Moloney	...	Toadfish Rebecchi / ... (532 episodes, 1994-2009)
Dan O'Connor	...	Ned Parker (452 episodes, 2005-2008)
Sam Clark	...	Ringo Brown / ... (432 episodes, 2007-2009)
Anne Charleston	...	Madge Bishop / ... (404 episodes, 1986-2001)
Carla Bonner	...	Stephanie Hoyland / ... (390 episodes, 1999-2009)
Kym Valentine	...	Libby Kennedy / ... (388 episodes, 1994-2009)
James Sorensen	...	Declan Napier (384 episodes, 2007-2009)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U (some episodes) | USA:TV-G | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Grundy Television Australia

Trivia:

"Stuart", played by Blair McDonough, is asked to participate in a reality show set in Ramsary Street, but he rejects the offer, saying he doesn't believe in reality TV. Blair McDonough was the runner-up of the first Australian "Big Brother" (2001/V) season in 2001, on the same network.

Quotes:

[Bobby and Lyn have spent the morning together in bed]
[later, Lyn enters her house, surrounded by the Timmons family]
Stingray: You haven't been in much recently, where have you been?
Lyn Scully: You know, in and out. Taking of advantage of the time Oscar is with his Dad.
[Janelle enters]
Janelle Timmins: Ah, Lynny, where have you been?
Stingray: In and out apparently.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "F.C. De Kampioenen: Café op stelten (#14.1)" (2003)

didn't mind it at first... now it's just crap!

Firstly, I'll give an outline of the show in a few words (spoilers: maybe). A bunch of people live on fictional Ramsay street who all suffer a whole bunch of of tragedies from breakups to deaths. There... that's it.

When I first started watching it I didn't mind it at all, it wasn't to bad, then it started getting crap. How many times can you come up with the same storyline? To demonstrate... I'll just show some of the story lines that are repeated a couple of billion times a year. Consequently, this can also give a general outline of the plots for several years to come from now. If you wanted to know what happens with neighbours next year, this is it!

1.someone accidentally gets pregnant.

2.a young teenaged couple get together generally followed by a messy and horrible breakup (as an example, Goodrem/ and that black haired dude whose name I can't remember).

3.someone gets married... followed by some tragedy and/ or death.

4.or... my favorite... someone dies!

Still... occasionally there are some original story lines that pop up in the show, none of which made me continue watching. You can only do the same story so many times.

I agree with one of the reviewers when they said that the most interesting characters are the pets. I think my favorite at the moment is the scully dog (if he is still there). They are more interesting than the actors, most of which are not very good (there are a few exceptions) and make me want to laugh at the show every time I accidentally come across it.

well... just to finish off and to put it in a nutshell, the show would be more interesting if it weren't shown 364 out of 365 days of the year. (I might be over exaggerating that number, but I'm sure it comes pretty close).