Neighbors (TV Series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | neighbours |
| Original title | Neighbors |
 | |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 1985 |
| Production company |
Grundy Television Productions |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 8349+ in 36 seasons |
| genre | Soap opera |
| idea | Reg Watson |
| music | Tony Hatch , German theme music: Quirin Amper Jr. , sung by Tommy Steiner |
| First broadcast | March 18, 1985 (Australia) on Seven Network |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 9, 1989 on Sat.1 |
Neighbors (original title: Neighbors ) is an Australian soap opera that has been filmed since 1985. The television series is particularly successful and popular in her native Australia and in Great Britain . In Germany, Neighbors was broadcast on Sat.1 from 1989 to 1995 and ran there for 844 episodes. On June 30, 2006, the 5,000th episode aired in Australia.
Some of the actors in the soap opera also became internationally famous beyond the series. Examples include Kylie Minogue , Jason Donovan , Guy Pearce , Craig McLachlan , Alan Dale , Russell Crowe , Natalie Imbruglia , Radha Mitchell , Jesse Spencer , Holly Valance , Margot Robbie , Delta Goodrem , Liam Hemsworth and Peter André .
The action of the series takes place in the Ramsay Street in Erinsborough (a pseudo anagram of words Our Neighbors ), a fictional suburb of Melbourne . The outdoor shooting takes place in the Pinoak Court. This street is in the Melbourne suburb of Vermont South.
In Australia, Neighbors was initially a flop and was discontinued by the station Seven Network after 170 episodes. The station Network Ten bought the rights and 1986 led the series continued with a younger cast as Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue and Guy Pearce. The series opened up to a wide audience among teenagers and became a hit in Australia, and later also in the UK. After Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan made international careers as pop singers, the series was sold in over 50 countries.
In addition to Australia, Neighbors are very popular in the UK. The TV station BBC 1 first broadcast the series in 1986. In 2008 BBC 1 lost the rights to broadcast the Australian series to the private broadcaster Five, which was then part of the RTL Group .
Main actor of the episodes broadcast in Germany
| role | actor | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Bishop | Ian Smith | 1987–1991, 1996–2009, 2011, 2015 |
| Clarke's | Paul Keane | 1985–1990, 2015, 2020 |
| Eileen Clarke | Myra De Groot | 1985-1989 |
| Jamie Clarke | Sarah Jane Dey | 1987-1988 |
| Malcolm Clarke | Noel Trevarthen | 1988 |
| Susan Cole | Gloria Ajenstat | 1986-1987 |
| Helen Daniels | Anne Haddy | 1985-1997 |
| Rosemary Daniels | Joy Chambers | 1985-1998, 2005, 2010 |
| Bronwyn Davies | Rachel Friend | 1988-1990 |
| Sharon Davies | Jessica Muschamp | 1988-1990 |
| Zoe Davis | Alexandra Fowler | 1986 |
| Nikki Dennison | Charlene Fenn | 1986-1987 |
| Clive Gibbons | Geoff Paine | 1986–1987, 1989, 2017– |
| Jane Harris | Annie Jones | 1986–1989, 2005, 2018–2019, 2020 |
| Terry Inglis / Robinson | Maxine Klibingaitis | 1985 |
| Katie Landers | Sally Jensen | 1987-1989 |
| Todd Landers | Kristian Schmid | 1987-1992 |
| Daphne Lawrence / Clarke | Elaine Smith | 1985-1987, 1988 |
| Gail Lewis / Robinson | Fiona Corke | 1987–1989, 2005–2007, 2019 |
| Rob Lewis | Ernie Bourne | 1987-1989 |
| Joe lack | Mark Little | 1988-1991, 2005 |
| Nell lack | Vivean Gray | 1986-1988 |
| Beverly Marshall | Lisa Armytage | 1987-1989 |
| Charlene Mitchell / Robinson | Kylie Minogue | 1986-1988 |
| Henry Mitchell / Ramsay | Craig McLachlan | 1987-1989 |
| Nick Page | Mark Stevens | 1988-1990 |
| Melanie Pearson | Lucinda Cowden | 1987, 1988, 1989-1991, 2005 |
| Danny Ramsay | David Clencie | 1985-1986, 2005 |
| Madge Ramsay / Mitchell / Bishop | Anne Charleston | 1986–1992, 1996–2001, 2015 |
| Maria Ramsay | Dasha Blahova | 1985 |
| Max Ramsay | Francis Bell | 1985-1986 |
| Shane Ramsay | Peter O'Brien | 1985-1988 |
| Hilary Robinson | Anne Scott-Pendlebury | 1987, 1988, 1989–1990, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
| Jim Robinson | Alan Dale | 1985–1993, 2018, 2019 |
| Julie Robinson | Vikki Blanche | 1985 |
| Lucy Robinson |
Kylie Flinker Sasha Close |
1985-1987 1987-1989 |
| Paul Robinson | Stefan Dennis | 1985–1993, 2004 – today |
| Scott Robinson |
Darius Perkins Jason Donovan |
1985 1986-1989 |
| Tony Romeo | Nick Carrafa | 1987-1988 |
| Sally Wells | Rowena Mohr | 1987-1988 |
| Mike Young | Guy Pearce | 1986-1989 |
International charisma (selection)
- Australia : Seven Network (1985), Network Ten (1986-2010), Ten Peach (since 2011)
- Barbados : CBC8
- Belgium : Eén (since October 31, 1988)
- Denmark : DR1
- Germany : SAT.1 (October 9, 1989 - December 31, 1991, June 24, 1992 - July 28, 1995), Sunset (December 1, 2000 - April 30, 2002)
- Finland : AVA
- France : Antenna 2 (1989–1990)
- Ireland : BBC One (October 27, 1986-2000), RTÉ Two (since 2000)
- Iceland : Stöð 2
- Canada : CFMT-TV (1991–1995), OUTtv (2017–2019)
- Kenya : KTN
- Netherlands : KRO , VARA
- New Zealand : Television New Zealand (1988–1997), TV4 (1997–2000), Television New Zealand (since 2002)
- Norway : TV3 (1990-2008), NRK3 (2008-2009), TV 2 (2014)
- Sweden : TV3 , TV4 Plus , TV4
- United States : KCOP-TV (June 3, 1991 - August 30, 1991), WWOR-TV (June 17, 1991 - September 17, 1991), Oxygen (2004), Hulu (2014)
- United Kingdom : BBC One (October 27, 1986 - February 8, 2008), Channel 5 (since February 11, 2008)
Web links
- Neighbors in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ^ Neighbors: broadcast dates for the TV series on Sat.1 on fernsehserien.de