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form y separately published work icon Neighbours series - publisher   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Neighbours
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A daily television drama series set in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough, Neighbours chronicles the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street. The series initially revolved around three families: the Ramsays (at number 24 Ramsay Street), the Robinsons (at number 26), and the Clarkes (at number 28). The scope of the series has since broadened to include new Ramsay Street familes.

Notes

  • Award-winning and individually published episodes in this series are included on AustLit.

  • Further Reference:

    • "Interviews: Anthony Morris." The Perfect Blend unofficial Neighbours website (sighted 7/07/10)

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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 5431] Anthony Morris , Australia : Reg Grundy FremantleMedia Australia , 2008 25704353 2008 single work film/TV Australia : Reg Grundy FremantleMedia Australia , 2008
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 5486] Anthony Morris , Australia : Reg Grundy FremantleMedia Australia , 2008 25704432 2008 single work film/TV Australia : Reg Grundy FremantleMedia Australia , 2008
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 6018] Anthony Morris , Melbourne : FremantleMedia Australia , 2010 Z1822221 2010 single work film/TV Melbourne : FremantleMedia Australia , 2010
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 6857] The Shooting : Part Two Stephen Vagg , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2014 7801392 2014 single work film/TV

The second part of a two-part episode in which regular character Kate Ramsay is shot and killed.

Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2014
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 6943] Emma J. Steele , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2014 8924705 2014 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2014
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 6962] Nick King , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2014 8924883 2014 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2014
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 7202] Jason Herbison , Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2015 10270505 2015 single work film/TV Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2015
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 7284] Peter Mattessi , Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2016 10270549 2016 single work film/TV Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2016
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 7414] Sam Meikle , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2016 11395777 2016 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2016
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 7477] Sue Hore , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2017 11395812 2017 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2017
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 7492] Peter Mattessi , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2016 11395872 2016 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2016
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 7776] Sarah Walker , Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 2018 14121445 2018 single work film/TV Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 2018
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8052] Jason Herbison , Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2019 16957926 2019 single work film/TV Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2019
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8328] Jessica Paine , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020 23332466 2020 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8367] Peter Mattessi , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020 23332504 2020 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8498] Jason Herbison , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020 23332568 2020 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8654] Jessica Paine , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2021 25571371 2021 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2021
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8801] Emma J. Steele , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022 25571442 2022 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8867] Sarah Mayberry , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022 27437598 2022 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022
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form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8903] Jason Herbison , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022 27437531 2022 single work film/TV Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1985

Works about this Work

A Future of Uncertainty: School, Class, Ethnicity, Gender and Power in Australian Television’s ‘chalk-operas’ of the 1970s David Nichols , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 20 no. 1 2023; (p. 98-117)

'High school education underwent a radical change in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s, commensurate with the major changes experienced within other institutions and social environments. This article is an exploration of Australian television’s use of the schoolroom within drama during the 1970s, with a focus on three productions: 290 half-hour episodes of Class of ’74/’75, 39 hour-long instalments of Glenview High and a pilot for Jackson High, a one-hour show that was not developed but which proved to be a forerunner for Glenview High. The article demonstrates that such shows provide insight into attitudes to both schooling and to teenage life in Australia in the 1970s, as well as being in themselves important and engaging examples of early Australian television drama.' (Publication abstract)

Neighbours, the Undead Apocalypse : The Soap Opera that Came Back from the Dead Stuart Heritage , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 November 2022;
'We Can't Wait to See You Again' : Neighbours to Be Revived Months After Farewelling Viewers 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2022;
Neighbours Is Coming Back! Here's What We Know about the Show's Return Margaret Paul , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2022;

'Bringing someone back from the dead is, arguably, one of the great soap opera plot twists.'

Amazon’s Resuscitation of Neighbours : Can Aussie TV Become Good Friends with Streaming? Tessa Dwyer , Radha O'Meara , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 November 2022;

'Many were shocked by the announcement last Friday that Australian soap opera Neighbours would return to screens in 2023, courtesy of a new deal between production house Fremantle Australia and multinational digital streamer Amazon. Significantly, this announcement overturns many expectations about television in the age of streaming.'

Critic's View Emily Dunn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 2011; (p. 22)

— Review of Neighbours John Hanlon , Reg Watson , Jeff Truman , Ray Kolle , Katrina Foster , John Upton , Anthony Morris , Philippa Burne , Sarah Mayberry , Ian Coughlan , Helen MacWhirter , Elizabeth Packett , Judith Colquhoun , Jenny Lewis , Lois Booton , Lyn Ogilvy , Emma J. Steele , Peter Dick , David Allen , Scott Taylor , Betty Quin , Louise Le Nay , Jason Herbison , Roger Moulton , Marieke Hardy , David Hannam , Ysabelle Dean , Don Battye , Linda Stainton , Sarah Dollard , Wayne Doyle , Hugh Stuckey , Stuart Page , Christopher Gist , Christine McCourt , Martin McKenna , Barbara Angell , Jason Daniel , Margaret Wilson , Sam Meikle , Chris McTrustry , Ginny Lowndes , Alan Hopgood , Chris Corbett , Ray Harding , Sally Webb , David Phillips , Jon Stephens , Piers Hobson , Kit Oldfield , Drew Proffitt , Jane Allen , Eloise Healey , Rick Maier , Gavin Strawhan , Cath Roden , Victoria Osbourne , Jo Watson , Craig Wilkins , Bert Deling , Fiona Wood , Bill Searle , Christine Schofield , Kate Langbroek , Boaz Stark , Christine Madafferi , Michael Joshua , Alix Beane , Rick Held , Roger Dunn , Jo Horsburgh , Susan Bower , Glenda Hambly , Adam Bowen , Clare Mendes , Sue Hore , Lesley Lewis , Chris Phillips , Greg Stevens , Luke Devenish , Kelly Lefever , Mia Tolhurst , Greg Millin , David Worthington , Malcolm Frawley , Serge Lazareff , Deborah Sheldon , Samuel Genocchio , Patrick Edgeworth , Elizabeth Huntley , Graham Hartley , Judy Nunn , Nicholas Langton , Philip Ryall , Timothy Daly , Steve J. Spears , Michaeley O'Brien , Fiona Kelly , Steven Vidler , Hamilton Budd , Chelsea Cassio , John Smythe , Maureen Ann Moran , Kier Shorey , Shaun Charles , Chris Milne , Mark Shirrefs , Graeme Farmer , Sabour Bradley , Chris Hawkshaw , David O'Brien , Don Linke , Sheila Sibley , Coral Drouyn , Tony Cavanaugh , Patrea Smallacombe , Melanie Sano , 1985 series - publisher film/TV
More of Less the Same Neighbourhood Ben Pobjie , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 February 2014; (p. 33) The Age , 14 February 2014; (p. 39)

— Review of Neighbours John Hanlon , Reg Watson , Jeff Truman , Ray Kolle , Katrina Foster , John Upton , Anthony Morris , Philippa Burne , Sarah Mayberry , Ian Coughlan , Helen MacWhirter , Elizabeth Packett , Judith Colquhoun , Jenny Lewis , Lois Booton , Lyn Ogilvy , Emma J. Steele , Peter Dick , David Allen , Scott Taylor , Betty Quin , Louise Le Nay , Jason Herbison , Roger Moulton , Marieke Hardy , David Hannam , Ysabelle Dean , Don Battye , Linda Stainton , Sarah Dollard , Wayne Doyle , Hugh Stuckey , Stuart Page , Christopher Gist , Christine McCourt , Martin McKenna , Barbara Angell , Jason Daniel , Margaret Wilson , Sam Meikle , Chris McTrustry , Ginny Lowndes , Alan Hopgood , Chris Corbett , Ray Harding , Sally Webb , David Phillips , Jon Stephens , Piers Hobson , Kit Oldfield , Drew Proffitt , Jane Allen , Eloise Healey , Rick Maier , Gavin Strawhan , Cath Roden , Victoria Osbourne , Jo Watson , Craig Wilkins , Bert Deling , Fiona Wood , Bill Searle , Christine Schofield , Kate Langbroek , Boaz Stark , Christine Madafferi , Michael Joshua , Alix Beane , Rick Held , Roger Dunn , Jo Horsburgh , Susan Bower , Glenda Hambly , Adam Bowen , Clare Mendes , Sue Hore , Lesley Lewis , Chris Phillips , Greg Stevens , Luke Devenish , Kelly Lefever , Mia Tolhurst , Greg Millin , David Worthington , Malcolm Frawley , Serge Lazareff , Deborah Sheldon , Samuel Genocchio , Patrick Edgeworth , Elizabeth Huntley , Graham Hartley , Judy Nunn , Nicholas Langton , Philip Ryall , Timothy Daly , Steve J. Spears , Michaeley O'Brien , Fiona Kelly , Steven Vidler , Hamilton Budd , Chelsea Cassio , John Smythe , Maureen Ann Moran , Kier Shorey , Shaun Charles , Chris Milne , Mark Shirrefs , Graeme Farmer , Sabour Bradley , Chris Hawkshaw , David O'Brien , Don Linke , Sheila Sibley , Coral Drouyn , Tony Cavanaugh , Patrea Smallacombe , Melanie Sano , 1985 series - publisher film/TV
Familiar Faces Pop in to Ramsay Street Ben Pobjie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 April 2016; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 April 2016; (p. 30)

— Review of Neighbours John Hanlon , Reg Watson , Jeff Truman , Ray Kolle , Katrina Foster , John Upton , Anthony Morris , Philippa Burne , Sarah Mayberry , Ian Coughlan , Helen MacWhirter , Elizabeth Packett , Judith Colquhoun , Jenny Lewis , Lois Booton , Lyn Ogilvy , Emma J. Steele , Peter Dick , David Allen , Scott Taylor , Betty Quin , Louise Le Nay , Jason Herbison , Roger Moulton , Marieke Hardy , David Hannam , Ysabelle Dean , Don Battye , Linda Stainton , Sarah Dollard , Wayne Doyle , Hugh Stuckey , Stuart Page , Christopher Gist , Christine McCourt , Martin McKenna , Barbara Angell , Jason Daniel , Margaret Wilson , Sam Meikle , Chris McTrustry , Ginny Lowndes , Alan Hopgood , Chris Corbett , Ray Harding , Sally Webb , David Phillips , Jon Stephens , Piers Hobson , Kit Oldfield , Drew Proffitt , Jane Allen , Eloise Healey , Rick Maier , Gavin Strawhan , Cath Roden , Victoria Osbourne , Jo Watson , Craig Wilkins , Bert Deling , Fiona Wood , Bill Searle , Christine Schofield , Kate Langbroek , Boaz Stark , Christine Madafferi , Michael Joshua , Alix Beane , Rick Held , Roger Dunn , Jo Horsburgh , Susan Bower , Glenda Hambly , Adam Bowen , Clare Mendes , Sue Hore , Lesley Lewis , Chris Phillips , Greg Stevens , Luke Devenish , Kelly Lefever , Mia Tolhurst , Greg Millin , David Worthington , Malcolm Frawley , Serge Lazareff , Deborah Sheldon , Samuel Genocchio , Patrick Edgeworth , Elizabeth Huntley , Graham Hartley , Judy Nunn , Nicholas Langton , Philip Ryall , Timothy Daly , Steve J. Spears , Michaeley O'Brien , Fiona Kelly , Steven Vidler , Hamilton Budd , Chelsea Cassio , John Smythe , Maureen Ann Moran , Kier Shorey , Shaun Charles , Chris Milne , Mark Shirrefs , Graeme Farmer , Sabour Bradley , Chris Hawkshaw , David O'Brien , Don Linke , Sheila Sibley , Coral Drouyn , Tony Cavanaugh , Patrea Smallacombe , Melanie Sano , 1985 series - publisher film/TV

'Neighbours (Eleven, 6.30pm) is really wheeling out the big guns with its guest stars these days...' (Ben Podjie).

Cultural Studies Guy Rundle , 2007 single work drama satire
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 August 2007; (p. 12)
y separately published work icon Super Aussie Soaps : Behind the Scenes of Australia's Best Loved TV Shows Andrew Mercado , North Melbourne : Pluto Press , 2004 Z1511282 2004 single work criticism

The definitive history of Australian TV soaps, Super Aussie Soaps examines Australian television serials, in chronological order from 1958 to the early 2000s. Among the series presented are Bellbird, Number 96, The Sullivans, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters, Neighbours and Home and Away.

y separately published work icon Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series Albert Moran , Peter Pinne , North Ryde : Australian Film Television and Radio School , 1993 Z1511317 1993 single work criticism An in-depth history of Australian television series from 1956-1993.
y separately published work icon Australian Television : A Geneology of Great Moments Alan McKee , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 2001 Z1632922 2001 single work criticism (taught in 1 units)

Alan McKee examines some key moments in Australian television history, drawing on extensive contemporary evidence as well as presenting detailed analysis of the programs themselves.


Loving Thy Neighbours Karl Quinn , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 August 2010; (p. 7) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 August 2010; (p. 3)
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