Before the final episode of #Neighbours, actor Jason Donovan (@JDonOfficial) explains what the show means to him 👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/neighb…
This week is the final episode of #Neighbours after nearly 37 years.
✍️ I’ve been asked over the past couple of months about my thoughts on the series coming to an end. In my head it’s like the passing of a beloved family member after a long and full life, writes Donovan
✍️ I’ve been asked over the past couple of months about my thoughts on the series coming to an end. In my head it’s like the passing of a beloved family member after a long and full life, writes Donovan
Publicly, my response is that it’s sad but it’s time to celebrate.
I owe a lot to those years I spent on Ramsay Street. Most days I am reminded of my time there. A shout-out from a London cabbie, “How’s Kylie?”
I owe a lot to those years I spent on Ramsay Street. Most days I am reminded of my time there. A shout-out from a London cabbie, “How’s Kylie?”
Or, most recently, at the Platinum Jubilee, a royal recounting her favourite Neighbours memories. 👑
It seems from mullets to Mrs Mangel, affection for Neighbours is never far away. It was massive and it still resonates
It seems from mullets to Mrs Mangel, affection for Neighbours is never far away. It was massive and it still resonates
🇦🇺 Now with its imminent departure I reflect on how this little Aussie soap meant so much more than any other Australian television show in history.
More importantly, how before it we nearly didn’t have an Australian film and TV industry
thetimes.co.uk/article/barry-…
More importantly, how before it we nearly didn’t have an Australian film and TV industry
thetimes.co.uk/article/barry-…
Channel 7 launched Neighbours to much fanfare in 1985, but the show was axed after four months.
Just as I was completing my final year of school I got a call saying Channel 10 had picked up the series and would I come and audition for the character of Scott Robinson
Just as I was completing my final year of school I got a call saying Channel 10 had picked up the series and would I come and audition for the character of Scott Robinson
I did nearly four years in the series and that time would shape my life.
While acting was at the centre of my love affair with the show, and fame the by-product, it was the relationships in it that really shaped the success
While acting was at the centre of my love affair with the show, and fame the by-product, it was the relationships in it that really shaped the success
To be honest, Neighbours had a rocky beginning, but started to break through big time in the summer of 1987.
It was becoming an international hit, particularly in the UK 🇬🇧
thetimes.co.uk/article/hugo-r…
It was becoming an international hit, particularly in the UK 🇬🇧
thetimes.co.uk/article/hugo-r…
Working five episodes a week, 27 TV minutes a day — Neighbours is the most prolific producer of TV drama content in the world — is intense and requires focus and discipline.
You grow up quick. It’s an apprenticeship like nothing else
You grow up quick. It’s an apprenticeship like nothing else
While I can rave about the history, the landscape and the reasons I think #Neighbours became what it did, the real stars of the show are those that have kept this cul-de-sac of Aussie life buzzing over the past 37 years — the fans
I messaged Guy Pearce on WhatsApp: “Should we be doing something for the last ep?”
His response (joking): “Wouldn’t it be funny if Kylie, you and me came back to the street and saved the day? Or at least have an OJ at Des’s house!”
His response (joking): “Wouldn’t it be funny if Kylie, you and me came back to the street and saved the day? Or at least have an OJ at Des’s house!”
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