Neighbours cast and crew last week gave actress Eve Morey a standing ovation at a screening of her final episode, attended by Fremantle Global CEO Jennifer Mullin.
It must be such a huge occasion that the global boss of production company attended the screening.
It says a lot about how “off the radar” this show is for most viewers that the death of a major character has barely made a ripple. The deaths of Molly and Shirley in A Country Practice, Daphne and Jim in Neighbours, Shane, Bobby and Ailsa Home and Away, Maggie in Blue Heelers, and Mel in Packed to the Rafters were all lapped up by viewers and received widespread media attention- magazine covers and features, column inches in the news section of newspapers, mourners calling talkback radio.
I think the treatment of drama shows by the networks- inconsistent, haphazard scheduling, lack of promotion, relegating them to secondary channels- has guaranteed the days of huge ratings and viewers being consumed by the death of characters is over
They actually do shoot a lot of the scenes outside a real hospital in Melbourne. It must have just been that particular scene that was shot outsude the studio and made to look like another part of the hospital.
I remember Beverly Mitchell, her relationship with Jim was up and down and eventually she left him, but what is the point of bringing her back? Apart from Paul her connection to the street is non existence. Jane has a connection with Paul, but again I question why bring all these old characters back (no reference to age). See this is where it is a good idea where to have old Neighbours classics on again, or at least Ten ALL Access, so new Neighbours fans can get acquainted with these old characters and what made Neighbours great at the time.
Oh yeah you are right, i confused her with Beverly Mitchell from 7th heaven! my brain is dead…
Nostaligia doesn’t really work with the current Neighbours cast does it. Same with Jane’s return. Unless they do a Chloe (when H&A returned her character and then killed her off, I am pretty sure it was a character named Chloe)
Thats cool that she still has a connection with the show and well not really relevant to my point but is somewhat cool to know.