Neighbours

Back in the 1990's, Neighbours was my staple teatime viewing (along with Home & Away). I can't remember the exact reasons why, but I stopped watching both for several years and only really got back into them when they moved to Channel 5. Picking things up wasn't as easy as I'd expected as the show had changed quite a bit since I'd last seen it. These days, there is a strong focus on the younger residents of Ramsay Street - in particular the teen gang, which is currently made up of Donna, Zeke, Ringo, Declan and Sunny (but also used to contain Rachel and Bridget until not long ago). A lot of the storylines revolving around these characters can be quite ...  Read the complete review

I still remember the first ever episode of Neighbours with Charlene climbing in through Madge's front room window, and Scott wrestling her to the ground....that was back in 1988 when I was just 7 years old and I must admit I have hardly missed an episode since! Neighbours is an Austrlian soap set on Ramsey Street, a fictious street with only a handful of houses. The soap centres around a few main characters that change quite frequently. Ramsey Street must be the most unlucky place to live (other than Summer Bay of course!). Since the start of the show they have had burglaries, fires, car accidents, murders, suicides, abortions, plane crashes, ...  Read the complete review

The 1990s saw mw, sat at lunchtimes, watching Neighbours, then Home and Away. Occasionally, you'd get a crossover and miss the start of H&A, but this was always the preferable way round. You'd never miss the end of Neighbours! This was a routine at school every day for me, which then continued at Uni, and despite the fact that some extremely inconsiderate lecturers would schedule their classes when Neighbours was on, I pretty much managed to catch it most days. Neighbours is a long running Australian soap, one that us here in the UK have almost adopted to champion. For years, it has ruled the roost in terms of daytime viewing, and many a person has grown ...  Read the complete review

A staple part of the daily life for students, unemployed, housewives and pensioners, Neighbours gets sillier and sillier with every episode but you know what...I still love it! All soap operas push the boundaries of reality to the extreme, Neighbours just ignores the boundary and casually walks over it. Only in Ramsey Street could a dog (Bouncer) call for an ambulance, could every single emergency involve the same doctor (Dr Kennedy) and could so much happen in a small cul-de-sac in a City suberb. Despite the ever constant changing cast, Neighbours manages to create a very warm feel around its character - so much so that I would love to ...  Read the complete review

Neighbours is one of the first tv programmes I can distinctly remember watching in around 1988, and I have been watching it ever since, mainly very regularly. It is generally a great feel good show, unlike alternatives such as Eastenders where everyone always seems to be shouting at each others every time I happen to see a bit of it. Neighbours is only filmed when it isn't raining, although it does rain quite a lot in Melbourne, which adds to the 'Australian Idyl', life is always good theme. Of course they do have sad and serious storylines, such as the recent death of Bridget and Susan's ME but generally the storylines are trivial and often amusing. The ...  Read the complete review