Neighbours: From the Beginning Volume 1 [DVD]

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Reporters from the Herald Sun said that Watson took his idea to the Nine Network in 1982, but it was rejected. He added "We moved too far into event-driven stories rather than the character-driven stories that made Neighbours what it is". Not only is it something people have been wanting for years, but it's a great new way to get people INTO Neighbours or catch up from the beginning.

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.

It was later announced that the finale would air on 28 July at 7:30pm on Network 10 and 10 Peach simultaneously in Australia as a one-and-half-hour-long episode. The show's finale was broadcast as a 90-minute episode in Australia on 28 July 2022 on Network 10 and 10 Peach, while the finale in the United Kingdom aired on 29 July 2022 as a normal 30-minute episode in the regular daytime schedule followed by an hour-long prime-time episode. The episodes are in their original format as broadcast in Australia, including break bumpers and full credits with sponsors. The titles go throughout Erinsborough and Melbourne to examine the state in which the soap opera is set.

Kylie and Guy Pearce – who went on to star in films including LA Confidential and The Hurt Locker – might have left the world of soap behind them but Stefan isn’t the only original face who was a regular again on Ramsay Street. Dennis said of the cancellation, "Simply put, it is all about the quickly changing landscape in the way we view our favourite TV shows.

The opening title sequence was updated in April 2017, following the arrival of the new Rebecchi family.