The End Of Neighbours
 

Long-running Australian soap Neighbours came to an end last night with a double-length finale. The end came about after UK broadcaster Channel 5, which had been funding the programme, decided to pull the budget and spend it on other things.

The show was largely responsible for launching the careers of Margot Robbie, Guy Ritchie, Jason Donavan and Kylie Minogue, all of whom returned for the finale

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62314556

I don't think I've watched Neigbours or Home and Away since... somewhere in my teens, but I was still surprised to see this, it's been running for so many years.

It's a shame it's ending. I used to watch it a lot when it was on BBC 1 but when it got moved to channel 5, I kept forgetting to watch it and ended up losing track.

I 've been watching it for the last couple of weeks, so I will definitely watch tonight.

I bet Home and Away could be on the chopping block next, as that's on Channel 5 too.

Home and Away isn't bankrolled by Channel 5, even if C5 dumped it, it wouldn't end in Australia and likely would jump to another UK channel. Neighbours was entirely dependent on Channel 5's backing to stay in production.

Watched the finale last night at 9 PM on Channel 5 even though it'd been up on Youtube all day. It was very good. Wasn't expecting Mike and Jane to have the lion's share of the screentime but I guess they had to do as good a job as they could in rebuilding their relationship in time for their happy ending.

Use to love to watch this after school in the 80s and 90s, upsetting to see it end, but a sign of the times.:ohwell:

Amazon Prime are bringing it back

https://news.sky.com/story/neighbour...turns-12749449