UK marks 30 Years of Neighbours broadcasts
UK Neighbours fans get a chance to win a trip to Australia.
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Britain’s Channel 5 is celebrating 30 years of Neighbours broadcasts, where it began on the BBC in 1986.
Since 2008 the show has screened on Channel 5, where it has been running same day as Australia since January.
To mark the occasion a “super-special episode” is airing as part of a contest offering a trip for 2 to Australia, asking fans to count the number of Union Jacks they spy on screen.
Channel 5 Commissioner Greg Barnett said: “The UK has a special affection for Neighbours, and the opportunity to mark the 30th birthday of its first transmission with an exclusive competition, feels like a really special thing to do.
“The prize is as great as the storylines are currently, so I very much hope those people taking part in the competition have fun and become avid fans!”
Neighbours Executive Producer Jason Herbison added: “We couldn’t allow the 30th anniversary of our first transmission in the UK to pass by without some sort of celebration.
“We hope all our viewers on Channel 5 will join in the fun and enter the competition. We certainly had a great time planting the Union Jacks throughout the episode – how many can you find?”
Source: Digital Spy
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Turns out they plastered random Union Jacks over everyone and everything in this episode which was actually really distracting from the storylines. Very cheesy.
I didn’t mind Aaron (Matt Wilson) walking out to collect his mail in his union jack boxers much at all…
I was wondering why last night’s episode had a whole lot of Union Jacks!
Is the super special episode one that is actually watched and rates more than a blip on the ratings? 🙂
Unfortunately for them, it had the opposite effect in the ratings.
What’s the super special episode? Is it something Australia doesn’t see?
Thanks for the story. Most of the Australian media seem to ignore Neighbours, the longest running scripted series in Aussie history.
Neighbours began on the BBC in 2006? Wha-?