Amazon Freevee Saves ‘Neighbours’ After Channel 5 Axing
deadline.comTurns out it wasn’t a final goodbye from Australia’s Neighbours after all. The iconic soap, about the Ramsay Street residents in the fictional Erinsborough, has been saved from the scrapheap by Amazon’s free streamer Freevee, following a deal with program maker Fremantle.
A new series will begin filming in Australia next year, with the likes of Stefan Dennis, Alan Fletcher, Ryan Moloney and Jackie Woodburne reprising their roles.
A premiere is slated for the second half of the year. Watch a teaser for the new run here. The daily series had bowed out on Network 10 in Australia and long-time British home Channel 5 in June after 37 years, after the Paramount-owned UK network pulled its funding from the show.
Due to the costs of running a daily drama, Network 10 and Fremantle relied on a British co-funder to keep it going. Alumni such as Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce returned for an emotional finale, which scored the show’s best ratings since 2009.
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