Through its entire run in Australia, Neighbours is currently airs on Network 10 at 4:00pm from Mondays to Thursdays and replayed again on 10 Peach at 6:30pm Mondays to Thursdays. Until 2018, Neighbours was broadcast from early January to early December, The show is on air for approximately 48–49 weeks each year, before going off air for around four to five weeks during the Christmas and New Year period. [108] From 2018 until 2020, the show aired all year round, [44] although a three-week Christmas break occurred in 2021–2022. [109] All aired episodes shown during the week are available to watch on Network 10's 10Play app, as part of their catch up TV service. 10 Peach also broadcast the last four aired episodes shown in an omnibus edition each Sunday. [110] a b Rollo, Sarah (25 November 2009). " 'Neighbours' for 25th Anniversary Facelift". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009 . Retrieved 14 December 2009. Neighbours was immediately bought by Seven's rival Network Ten. [7] The new network had to build replica sets when it took over production after Seven destroyed the original sets to prevent the rival network obtaining them. [13] [14] [15] Ten began screening the series with episode 171 on 20 January 1986. [15] In 1986, the series was bought by the BBC as part of their new daytime schedule in the United Kingdom. Neighbours made its debut on BBC1 on 27 October 1986 starting with the pilot episode. [15] It soon gained a loyal audience and the show became particularly popular with younger viewers, and before long was watched by up to 16million viewers– more than the entire population of Australia at the time. [7] [15] In 1988, Neighbours became the only television show to have its entire cast flown over to the UK to make an appearance at the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen. [16] Neighbours has since become the longest running drama series in Australian television and the seventh longest running serial drama still on the air in the world. [16] [17] In 2005, Neighbours celebrated its 20th anniversary and over twenty former cast members returned for a special episode, which saw the characters sitting down to watch a documentary about Ramsay Street and its residents. [18] At the Logie Award ceremony that year, the show was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. [19] Of course, having allowed Neighbours to slip from my weekly planner a good while ago, I can’t pretend that I had a clue who half the cast in the finale were, or what the hell was going on. a b Dainty, Sophie (5 December 2014). "Neighbours: First look at several of the returnees in exciting promo". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015.

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Lee, Jess (9 March 2020). "Neighbours axes Ireland filming and live 35th anniversary event due to coronavirus fears". Digital Spy . Retrieved 9 March 2020. The finale, which aired on Network 10 on 28 July 2022, was watched by a total of 1.2 million viewers (live viewers in Australia alone), making it the most-watched program of the evening. [200] These figures were the highest the program had received since 2009. a b c Chessell, James (13 January 2011). "Eleventh heaven as Ten Network hails debut". The Australian. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011 . Retrieved 12 January 2011. Five Wins Neighbours Soap Fight". BBC News. 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017 . Retrieved 17 December 2009. Please note the full series plus extra episodes will come complete on an hard dri ve which is compataible with smart tv / DVD player / laptop / PCa b Killkelly, Daniel (8 December 2014). "Neighbours pictures: First look at the new opening titles for 2015". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014 . Retrieved 9 December 2014. Entertainment, RTÉ (1 August 2023). "First trailer released as date for Neighbours TV revival confirmed". RTÉ.ie . Retrieved 8 August 2023. a b c d Kilkelly, Daniel (6 February 2022). "Neighbours to end on Channel 5 this summer, statement confirms". Digital Spy . Retrieved 6 February 2022.

Neighbours axed after 37 years as Australian soap fails to find new broadcaster". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 3 March 2022 . Retrieved 19 May 2022. a b Carroll Harris, Lauren (20 February 2018). "Neighbours is Australia's grandest, trashiest soapie export. So why did it fail in the US?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018 . Retrieved 22 April 2018. Clarke, David; Samuelson, Steve (2006). 50 Years: Celebrating a Half-Century of Australian Television. Random House. ISBN 978-1-74166-024-1.Capper's inglorious career". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015 . Retrieved 8 April 2015. On 18 March 2010, Neighbours celebrated its 25th anniversary. [26] In April, Channel 5 in the UK launched a search to find a female actress to play the part of Poppy Rogers. The search was similar to the Dolly magazine competition in Australia. [27] August saw Neighbours air its 6,000th episode. Digital Spy revealed that the week-long 6,000th episode celebrations would see the wedding of regular characters, Donna Freedman ( Margot Robbie) and Ringo Brown ( Sam Clark). [28] It was later announced that an attempt on the life of long term regular, Paul Robinson ( Stefan Dennis) would be the focus of the actual 6,000th episode. Bower said "Last week I saw episode 6,000. This marks Australian television history. The 6,000th episode falls on a Friday so the whole week is a special one. As Stefan Dennis– Paul Robinson– was in the first episode 25 years ago, it was decided that his character play a most important role in this very special event". [29]

On 15 July 2021, David Knox of TV Tonight confirmed that from 26 July Neighbours would begin airing four times a week. This marked the first time in the show's history that it had not aired five episodes per week. [120] Knox said the new schedule was likely an attempt at getting the Australian episodes to synchronise with the UK broadcast, which had fallen behind due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [120] The move caused some viewers to speculate that the soap was on the verge of being cancelled, but April Rose Pengilly (who plays Chloe Brennan) confirmed that the rumours were not true. [121] On 23 November 2021, a spokesperson from Channel 5 confirmed that Neighbours episodes would continue airing five times a week in 2022, while 10 Peach would be keeping the episodes at four, putting the UK ahead of Australia. [122] Great news! I've only seen the very first episode from 1985, which I really didn't like. It has a dark, sleazy, almost sci-fi vibe to it, but from what I've read, it gets better. Stefan Dennis (Neighbours' Paul Robinson) Interview". Last Broadcast. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 . Retrieved 26 May 2010. Scott, Elizabeth (19 April 2010). "Neighbours Searching For British Star". Sky News. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010 . Retrieved 19 April 2010. Susan Kinski: Cast: Neighbours: Holy Soap". United Kingdom: Holy Soap. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009 . Retrieved 23 December 2009.a b Warner, Sam (10 February 2022). "Neighbours theme hits number one on iTunes chart after passionate fan campaign". Digital Spy . Retrieved 13 February 2022. As for Neighbours, you can’t say Channel 5 didn’t give it a fitting send-off – which was very generous when you consider the show’s 20 million viewer heyday was actually on BBC1. Characters– Susan Kennedy". Neighbours.com. Network Ten. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009 . Retrieved 18 December 2009. Johnston, Tony (2005). Neighbours: 20 years of Ramsay Street. News Custom Publishing. ISBN 978-1-876176-78-5.