In addition, a catalogue consisting of thousands of past “Neighbours” episodes will launch on Freevee sometime before the new season premieres. Created by television executive Reg Watson, “Neighbours” premiered in 1985 and ran for over 9,000 episodes of seemingly as many plot twists, marriages, and family rivalries on Ramsey Street, a cul-de-sac in the fictional Melbourne suburb Erinsborough. The news comes after the show was forced to end its 37-year run this July, after U.K. production partner and Channel 5 pulled its funding from the series and the show’s production company Fremantle Australia failed to find a new partner. Stars that first rose to prominence in their native Australia through stints on “Neighbours” — among them Margot Robbie, Guy Pearce, and Kylie Minogue — returned for the show’s finale, which was watched by 1.2 million people in Australia and over 4 million in the United Kingdom. It was the highest-rated episode of “Neighbours” since 2009.
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