BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 25 years of Neighbours in the UK. My mum still watches it. How popular is/was it in Australia? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW8mrUVs2iA&feature=related Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 We only watch British documentaries:- The Bill Heartbeat Trinny & Suzzana etc. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 when i was a kid an australian teacher came to our school for a month or so (in lossiemouth, the NE of scotland - lucky him! must have felt like those giraffes in the wildlife park half way up mount fuji). On his last day he brought in a video of neighbors he had specially sent over from australia because we were all bugging the shit out of him to do it since he arrived. He genuiely didnt understand that it was massive for us since it was just a crap soap that no one really watched. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 pretty crappy TV if you ask me... Although I know a few old and young women, and the odd male who can't live without it. Never understood the popularity in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I remember fancying Plain Jane. We all knew she wasnt really plain, didnt we. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 pretty crappy TV if you ask me...Although I know a few old and young women, and the odd male who can't live without it. Never understood the popularity in the UK. It took on a kind of cult following quite early on, Mamabear. Students would gather to watch at uni at lunchtimes. Very curious phenom it was. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 when I was in Oz, LOADSA people were watching it.......it wasn't just a British thing Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Last time I watched it was when Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue were still in it which would have been what around the mid 80's or something? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Late 80's. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I watched it for a while when i was normal. you know, married, living in the suburbs, going to work. that sort of thing. now i dont know nobody in it except paul robinson.. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 This thread.... I guess Neighbors didn't make it across the pond. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 i've never watched it. i didn't even know it was still on. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Mrs Mangel. Good name that. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Is Home and Away still going as well? Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 i saw home and away a couple of times in new zealand. i guess its still going in oz.. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Wow I used to sometimes watch Neighbours and home and away, I used to like Natalie Embrugio, or however you spell her name, she used to be in neighbours before she started singing. Also when Kylie minogues sister Danni was in it, I used to like watching it because she was in it. There used to be another Australian show, oh though I cant remember the name, it was like a soap come drama, which ended by the entire village being burnt down and destroyed, with half of the characters dying or something like that. It went on for a year or two, before it was ended. It started with this supposed villian coming from another part of Australia and setting up home in this quiet rural village, he eventually got accpeted as one of the villagers, I think fell in love with one of them and was good at fighting and sorting out people. I can not for the life of me remember what it was called?? May be someone here can remember, it was on back in the 80's I think or early 90's. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Both are on Channel 5 in the UK. Watched Home and Away on and off, but I was a hardcore Neighbours fanatic Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 fab theme song ain't it, neibs. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I can not for the life of me remember what it was called?? May be someone here can remember, it was on back in the 80's I think or early 90's. A Country Practise??? Does anyone in the UK get Bondi Rescue yet? It's a show about the Bondi beach surf rescue crew. Bondi, for those that don't know, is a busy Sydney city beach. It's astounding how many rescues they do. Sometimes 30 a day. Mostly asians and middle eastern people also a lot of backpackers. Some of them would have surely died without help. There's lots of buffed boys and girls running around in swimwear, lots of city freaks and the odd shark. I thought it might be a ratings winner in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I just missed Shortland Street. that is the New Zealand Neighbours.. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I can not for the life of me remember what it was called?? May be someone here can remember, it was on back in the 80's I think or early 90's. A Country Practise??? Does anyone in the UK get Bondi Rescue yet? It's a show about the Bondi beach surf rescue crew. Bondi, for those that don't know, is a busy Sydney city beach. It's astounding how many rescues they do. Sometimes 30 a day. Mostly asians and middle eastern people also a lot of backpackers. Some of them would have surely died without help. There's lots of buffed boys and girls running around in swimwear, lots of city freaks and the odd shark. I thought it might be a ratings winner in the UK. It seems like a Baywatch rip off. Link to post Share on other sites
Fonty 1 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I can not for the life of me remember what it was called?? May be someone here can remember, it was on back in the 80's I think or early 90's. A Country Practise??? Does anyone in the UK get Bondi Rescue yet? It's a show about the Bondi beach surf rescue crew. Bondi, for those that don't know, is a busy Sydney city beach. It's astounding how many rescues they do. Sometimes 30 a day. Mostly asians and middle eastern people also a lot of backpackers. Some of them would have surely died without help. There's lots of buffed boys and girls running around in swimwear, lots of city freaks and the odd shark. I thought it might be a ratings winner in the UK. It seems like a Baywatch rip off. Nah....... it is a reality show.....not a story. Thank goodness for that, you can only deal with one show like Baywatch in a life time!! The life guards are filmed doing their every day jobs. Some of those rescues can be hardcore and we have seen them on the news prior to them being on the show. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Whats Plain Jane doing now? Thats the important question. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 i think i saw Bondi rescue on tv in argentina... my memory sometimes gets a bit dodgy but.. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 No it's not A country practice. I just watched an episode on the net, I remember watching A country practice too, but I'm sure what I watched was another program too. I will try and see if I can find it. Link to post Share on other sites
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