Neighbours
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Neighbours is an Australian soap opera. The show started airing in March 1985 on Seven Network, but they cancelled it the same year. Rival network Network Ten decided to start making and broadcasting the show, and have done that since 1986. The show originally had low ratings, and Network Ten did their best to get them higher. They got new characters, two of them were played by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan. These two people's characters became a couple known as "Scott and Charlene", and by the time they got married in 1987, ratings were much higher.
The show is about the lives of people that live in a fictional street called Ramsay Street. Ramsay Street is in a fictional suburb, Erinsborough, which is meant to exist in real-life city Melbourne. Family has always been one of the main themes of the show, the current families on the street are the Timmins family, the Cammeniti family, the Kinski family and the Hoyland family.
[edit] Storylines
Recently, Dylan Timmins found out that his brother Stingray is the father of Sky Mangel's baby girl. Dylan thought the baby was his. He found out that the paternity test that said Stingway was the father was wrong. Dylan is really the father. He wants to be with his daughter, but does not wants to be Sky's boyfriend.
Carmella Cammmeniti used to be a nun. She is in love with Ned Parker but he is dating Katya Kinski. Ned told Carmella that he wanted to be with Katya. That made Carmella very mad. Carmella is now interested in Will Griggs. Her sister, Rosetta, is also interested in him.
Steph Hoyland's husband, Max, has left his family because Elle Robinson made him think he was crazy. Steph is very mad that Max is missing. She is getting closer to Toadie Rebecchi.
Lou Carpenter and Mishka Schneiderova are lying to immigration so that Mishka can stay in Australia and marry Lou. Mishka tried to bribe the immigration official, and was deported.
Paul Robinson has just become engaged to Lyn Scully.
The evil Guy Sykes was blackmailing Katya into stealing things for him, but he accidentally shot her with the gun that she was going to shoot him with. She is now in a coma, and Guy wants to find money that Katya owes him.
[edit] List of actors/characters who appear on the show
| Actor | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Janet Andrewartha | Lyn Scully | 1999-2006 |
| Aaron Aulsebrook-Walker | Charlie Hoyland | 2006- |
| Pippa Black | Elle Robinson | 2005- |
| Natalie Blair | Carmella Cammeniti | 2006-; recurring previously |
| Damien Bodie | Dylan Timmins | 2005-2007 |
| Carla Bonner | Stephanie Hoyland | 1999- |
| Christian Clark | Will Griggs | 2006-2007 |
| Ingo Dammer-Smith | Oscar Scully | 2003-2006 |
| Stefan Dennis | Paul Robinson | 1985-1993, 2004- |
| Nell Feeney | Janelle Timmins | 2005-; recurring previously |
| Alan Fletcher | Dr. Karl Kennedy | 1994- |
| Claudine Henningsen | Kerry Mangel | 2006- |
| Dichen Lachman | Katya Kinski | 2005-2007 |
| Ben Lawson | Frazer Yeats | 2006- |
| Stephen Lovatt | Max Hoyland | 2002-2007 |
| Kyal Marsh | Boyd Hoyland | 2002- |
| Stephanie McIntosh | Sky Mangel (#2) | 2003- |
| Ryan Moloney | Toadfish Rebecchi | 1996-; recurring previously |
| Ben Nicholas | Stingray Timmins | 2004-2007 |
| Daniel O'Connor | Ned Parker | 2005- |
| Tom Oliver | Lou Carpenter | 1988, 1992- |
| Natalie Saleeba | Rosetta Cammeniti | 2006- |
| Sianoa Smit-McPhee | Bree Timmins | 2005- |
| Ian Smith | Harold Bishop | 1987-1991, 1996- |
| Caitlin Stasey | Rachel Kinski | 2005- |
| Eliza Taylor-Cotter | Janae Hoyland | 2005- |
| Matthew Werkmeister | Zeke Kinski | 2005- |
| Nicky Whelan | Pepper Steiger | 2006- |
| Jackie Woodburne | Susan Kinski | 1994- |
