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Friends For Twenty Years
"Friends for Twenty Years" is the 4773rd episode of the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours''. The episode was written by Ben Marshall, directed by Jovita O'Shaughnessy, and executively produced by Ric Pellizzeri. It first aired on 27 July 2005 on Network Ten in Australia, as part of the soap's 20th anniversary. Planning for the episode began in March 2004, twelve months before the anniversary. Producers decided to celebrate the 20th anniversary on-screen in July, as winter ratings are usually higher. Many former ''Neighbours'' cast members were invited back for the episode. Producer Peter Dodds said the biggest challenge was getting the returning characters and the anniversary episodes to relate to what was going on in the show at the time, but he believed he had found a good way to combine both the past and the present. "Friends for Twenty Years" was shot in early 2005. Most of the returning actors filmed their scenes at the show's studios in Nunawading, while the othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and Daughters''. Although successful in Melbourne, ''Neighbours'' underperformed in the Sydney market and was cancelled by Seven four months after it began airing. It was immediately commissioned by rival Network Ten for a second production season, which began screening on 20 January 1986. ''Neighbours'' became the longest-running drama series in Australian television history. In 2005, it was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. The storylines concern the lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series centres on the residents of Ramsay Street, a dead end street, and its neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, café, police station, lawyers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Neighbours Characters (2005)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2005, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Ric Pellizzeri. The 21st season of ''Neighbours'' began airing on 10 January 2005. Four members of the Timmins family were introduced across the year, beginning with Dylan Timmins in February. His sisters Janae and Bree followed in April and their father began appearing from October. Genevieve Doyle, a love interest for Toadfish Rebecchi, made her first appearance in March. Linda Hartley-Clark returned to the show in April as new character Gabrielle Walker and Max and Izzy Hoyland's father Bobby made his debut in May. Former Australian Idol contestant, Daniel O'Connor, joined the cast as Ned Parker in August, along with three members of the Kinski family. Paul Robinson's youngest daughter, Elle began appearing from September and the final member of the Kinski family, Katya, arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Pearson
Melanie Pearson (also Mangel) is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Lucinda Cowden. She made her first appearance as Melanie during the episode broadcast on 30 July 1987. Cowden originally appeared in a guest role, with Melanie being introduced as a love interest of Henry Ramsay (Craig McLachlan). Cowden returned as a regular cast member and the character was made a secretary working for Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis). Melanie is characterised as having a zany personality and wears wacky outfits. She also has a unique sounding laugh, which Cowden likened to sounds made by a seal or a donkey. Melanie's laugh became one of her defining features and television critics have discussed it in reviews. In 1990, writers explored Melanie's romance with Kelvin Stubbs (Michael Fletcher). They later paired her in a relationship with Joe Mangel ( Mark Little), which developed into a marriage. The character departed on 24 October 1991 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucinda Cowden
Lucinda Cowden (born 24 April 1965) is an Australian actress, known for her role as Melanie Pearson in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1987 until 1991. She also appeared in '' The Power, The Passion'', presented children's television series ''Parallel 9'' and was a voice actress on the '' The Koala Brothers''. She reprised her role as Melanie in ''Neighbours'' in 2021 and remained until 2024. Early life Cowden was born in Ballarat, Victoria. She has a sister. Cowden knew she wanted to be an actor from a young age and appeared on stage when she was five years old. Career Cowden had a small guest role as Melanie Pearson in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 1987. She went on to play Danielle Edmonds in the short-lived 1989 soap '' The Power, The Passion''. Two years after her guest appearance, Cowden was asked to return to ''Neighbours'' and was signed up for an initial six-month stint. She remained with ''Neighbours'' until 1991, with a cameo appearance in the 20th anniversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Robinson (Neighbours)
Gail Lewis (also Robinson) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Fiona Corke. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 11 March 1987. Corke left the role in 1989, but made appearances in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She reprised the role in 2019, as Gail returns to Erinsborough to meet her granddaughter. Casting Corke first appeared in ''Neighbours'' in 1987. She described her time on the show as "an amazing experience" and added "It was so full on and so huge you didn't know if you were an actor or in a pop group half the time." In 1988, Corke became one of ten actors from the show who were flown to London to perform in front of the Elizabeth II, Queen at the Royal Variety Performance. Development Introduction and marriage Gail was introduced alongside her father Rob Lewis (Neighbours), Rob Lewis (Ernie Bourne). They move to Erinsborough and Gail becomes reacquainted with Paul Robinson (Neighbours), Paul Robinson ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Corke
Fiona Corke (born 24 September 1961) is an Australian actress best known for her role as Gail Robinson (Neighbours), Gail Robinson on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. Early life Corke grew up in Chewton, Victoria, Chewton near Castlemaine, Victoria, in Australia. She lived in Melbourne from the age of 18. At the age of 20, Corke began her acting career with New Theatre Day Time, a theatre-in-education group. She auditioned for her role as Gail in ''Neighbours'' a week before leaving on a holiday to New York. While away, she received the news from her manager that she had scored the role, and had to come back to Australia several weeks early. Career Corke began her career with a minor role in the 1985 TV film ''I Live with Me Dad''. That same year, she appeared as a guest star in ''Zoo Family''. In 1986, she then had a role in ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner: Cell Block H'' as Alison Mills, who dated derided prison officer Rodney Adams. The role was intended to be ong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Ramsay
Danny Ramsay is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by David Clencie. He made his first appearance during the serial's debut episode broadcast on 18 March 1985. Danny was the first character to speak in the show. Danny's storylines focused on his troubled relationship with his father Max and his subsequent discovery that Tim Duncan is his real father, his friendship with Scott Robinson and his job as a bank teller. Danny moved away from Ramsay Street on 31 July 1986. In 2005, Clencie reprised his role as Danny for a cameo in Annalise Hartman's documentary on Ramsay Street. Casting Danny is one of the twelve original characters conceived by the creator and then executive producer of ''Neighbours'', Reg Watson. Actor David Clencie was 20 years old when he was cast as teenage, high school student Danny. He was initially signed for six months, with a six month option. Clencie commented: "Beyond that I haven't made any plans. I neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Beaumont
Sarah Beaumont (also Hannay) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Nicola Charles. Shortly after Charles moved to Australia, she was encouraged to try out for a part in the serial by a drama coach. The actress received the role of Sarah and made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 25 September 1996. In January 1999, it was announced that Charles had decided to quit ''Neighbours'' to move to London with her then fiancé. She filmed her final scenes in April 1999 and Sarah departed on-screen on 13 July 1999. Charles later appeared in the show's 20th anniversary episode, which was broadcast in July 2005. Charles reprised the role in 2012 and Sarah made a six-week return from 4 February 2013. She returned again from 5 April 2016. Sarah is Bess O'Brien's ( Diana McLean) daughter and Catherine O'Brien's (Radha Mitchell) half-sister. She returned to Australia shortly after she jilted her British fiancé. Charles' British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Charles
Nicola Charles (born 22 December 1969) is a British-Australian actress, author, and conspiracy theorist. She is known for her role as Sarah Beaumont in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. Early life Nicola Charles was born and raised in Worcestershire, England, around 1970, to a microbiologist and professional racer. She moved to London in 1987. Acting career Charles started her career in British television commercials, having been chosen as the face to launch Coca-Cola's new flagship brand Sprite. She continued in commercials and modelling work. After moving to Australia in the mid-1990s with then boyfriend Scott Michaelson, she landed her first acting role. Having turned up at Grundy Television studios auditioning for game show ''The Price is Right'', Charles was noticed by casting director Jan Russ and invited to read for a part on ''Neighbours'', and was offered the role of Sarah Beaumont. Charles left ''Neighbours'' in 1999. After having little success in fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Stark
Brett Stark is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Brett Blewitt. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 30 November 1993, along with his sister, Danni Stark, and remained as a regular in the show until 8 March 1996. Blewitt returned as Brett for five weeks after the death of his on-screen mother, Cheryl. He departed along with Danni on 13 November 1996 and made a further cameo appearance in 2005 during Annalise Hartman's documentary about Ramsay Street, as part of ''Neighbours'' twenty-fifth anniversary. Blewitt again reprised his role from 4 December 2023. During his period in the serial he was portrayed as a "geek", a word that defined the character throughout his casting, storylines and perception among other characters. He had close friendly relationships with older women, including Susan Kennedy and Helen Daniels; he developed a crush on the latter, which generated bad reception from some. He went on to have an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Blewitt
Brett Blewitt (born 17 November 1975) is an Australian actor who played Brett Stark on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1993 to 1996. Brett briefly returned to the show in 2005, when his character made a cameo appearance. He made a further cameo in the 2023 Amazon Freevee revival as part of the Erinsborough High School closure protest story. Prior to appearing in ''Neighbours'', Brett starred in the Gary Reilly created Australian Sitcom My Two Wives alongside Kym Valentine who would be his co-star several years later on ''Neighbours''. Since leaving Neighbours, Brett has worked as a guest on television shows and starred alongside the Olsen twins in '' Our Lips Are Sealed''. Brett has been writing for production companies and is in collaboration writing with former co-star Jesse Spencer in Los Angeles. Brett created an tour company called Great Race showing off his home city of Sydney. Career * GP (TV series) ABC * My Two Wives * Home and Away * Neighbours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaby Willis
Gaby Willis is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Rachel Blakely. The show's casting director spotted Blakely on the cover of a magazine and asked her to audition for the role of Gaby. Blakely received the part and she was introduced to the show during a period of roller-coaster ratings. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 12 August 1991. Gaby was introduced as the eldest daughter of Doug ( Terence Donovan) and Pam Willis ( Sue Jones). She comes to Erinsborough after taking a business course in Japan. Gaby is characterised as beautiful, intelligent and the apple of her father's eye. She also has a temper, leading Blakely to call her fiery. Gaby opens her own fashion boutique, with the help and support from her boyfriend, and later fiancé, Glen Donnelly ( Richard Huggett). Gaby and Glen's engagement ends when he flees Erinsborough following an accident. Gaby's business burns down and she becomes a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
