‘Neighbours’ Sets September Return With Addition of LGBTQIA+ Family – Global Bulletin
variety.comNaman Ramachandran The return of long-running Australian soap “Neighbours” will see a new family, the Varga-Murphys, featuring mums, Remi (Naomi Rukavina) and Cara (Sara West) and teenage sons, JJ (Riley Bryant) and Dex (Marley Williams), moving to the iconic Ramsay Street.
West said: “Cara has a bold, impassioned love for her family and I love that her intentions have, so far, always been good. I hope having the Varga-Murphys on telly will help better reflect the beautiful LGBTQIA+ community that I’m proud to be a part of and I can’t wait to share the family with you.” Rukavina added: “As a stalwart of Australian drama television, the show is on the front foot of showcasing diverse and real representations of Australian families, not in a tokenistic way.” “Neighbours,” produced by Fremantle, will premiere for free, exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the U.K.
and U.S. in Setember. The series will also stream on Prime Video in Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Australia’s Network 10 will retain first-run rights in Australia for the new chapter of the series. *** Production is underway on Disney+ limited series “Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.” Set immediately after the London bombings in 2005, the U.K.
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