Neighbours: Behind The Scenes
Author: James Oram
Pages: 128
Released: 1988
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
ISBN: 0 85543 130 X
Behind the scenes on Ramsay Street - now the most famous street in Australia!
British and Australian TV fans have taken the Ramsays, the Mitchells, the Clarkes and the Robinsons to their hearts in their millions. But just what is the secret of the extraordinary popularity of the inhabitants of Ramsay Street?
Originally billed as a cheap day-time 'filler' - and nearly axed by two networks - 'Neighbours' is now one of the most popular TV series ever screened.
How did it happen? What do the stars think about their success, their gruelling schedules, each other, and the characters they play? And is it true about Kylie and Jason?
James Oram, award-winning Australian journalist and author, is uniquely placed to get behind the scenes to examine the truth behind the 'Neighbours' phenomenon. Punchy, entertaining and revealing, this book is a must for every 'Neighbours' fan.
Pages: 128
Released: 1988
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
ISBN: 0 85543 130 X
Behind the scenes on Ramsay Street - now the most famous street in Australia!
British and Australian TV fans have taken the Ramsays, the Mitchells, the Clarkes and the Robinsons to their hearts in their millions. But just what is the secret of the extraordinary popularity of the inhabitants of Ramsay Street?
Originally billed as a cheap day-time 'filler' - and nearly axed by two networks - 'Neighbours' is now one of the most popular TV series ever screened.
How did it happen? What do the stars think about their success, their gruelling schedules, each other, and the characters they play? And is it true about Kylie and Jason?
James Oram, award-winning Australian journalist and author, is uniquely placed to get behind the scenes to examine the truth behind the 'Neighbours' phenomenon. Punchy, entertaining and revealing, this book is a must for every 'Neighbours' fan.
Private Lives of The Stars Of Neighbours
Author: Christie Eliezer
Pages: 32
Released: 1988
Publisher: Octave View Pty Ltd
Pages: 32
Released: 1988
Publisher: Octave View Pty Ltd
- All new exclusive pictures
- Life stories told by the stars themselves
- Pics from their personal albums plus baby photos
- Their secret thoughts
- The stars at home
The Neighbours Factfile
Author: Neil Wallis & Dave Hogan
Pages: 95
Released: 1989
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
ISBN: 0 207 16382 0
Are you a 'Neighbours' expert?
Do you know what Kylie Minogue's house looks like? Or who's the best saxophone player in the cast? Do you know what Jason Donovan or Craig McLachlan looked like as a baby, or who's going to die in which car crash?
Test your 'Neighbours' knowledge and find out lots more about the stars on and off the set. Everything you always wanted to know about Australia's most successful TV series.
Pages: 95
Released: 1989
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
ISBN: 0 207 16382 0
Are you a 'Neighbours' expert?
Do you know what Kylie Minogue's house looks like? Or who's the best saxophone player in the cast? Do you know what Jason Donovan or Craig McLachlan looked like as a baby, or who's going to die in which car crash?
Test your 'Neighbours' knowledge and find out lots more about the stars on and off the set. Everything you always wanted to know about Australia's most successful TV series.
Neighbours: Annual 1989
Neighbours
Author: John Kercher
Pages: 61
Released: 1989
Publisher: Grandreams Limited
ISBN: 0 7323 0607 8
It seems quiet incredible that the first showing of Neighbours went out on British television in the Autumn of 1986.
Nobody, including the programme planners could have imagined that this Australian soap opera about a group of people consisting of just a few neighbouring families, many of whom were young, would take off in the phenomenal way that it did.
What was even more remarkable was that initially it began in what is termed 'a daytime slot'. Soon fans of the show were so great that it was decided to put the series on twice daily, which brought in even larger audiences to the extent that today the ratings top the twelve million level.
But just what makes the show such a success? especially with young people?
Pages: 61
Released: 1989
Publisher: Grandreams Limited
ISBN: 0 7323 0607 8
- Facts
- Features
- Interviews with your favourite TV stars
It seems quiet incredible that the first showing of Neighbours went out on British television in the Autumn of 1986.
Nobody, including the programme planners could have imagined that this Australian soap opera about a group of people consisting of just a few neighbouring families, many of whom were young, would take off in the phenomenal way that it did.
What was even more remarkable was that initially it began in what is termed 'a daytime slot'. Soon fans of the show were so great that it was decided to put the series on twice daily, which brought in even larger audiences to the extent that today the ratings top the twelve million level.
But just what makes the show such a success? especially with young people?
Neighbours: The Official Annual 1991
Author: John McCready & Nicola Furlong
Pages: 61
Released: 1990
Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd
ISBN: 0 600 57045 2
G'day! Welcome to the world of Neighbours...
Neighbours is the television success story of the eighties. A year into the new decade, it seems likely that it will maintain this prestigious position for a long time to come. Nearly every British household has at least one devoted Neighbours addict. It's not uncommon for whole families to be glued to the screen for each and every showing of this Australian soap phenomenon. In Britain, where the same episode is shown twice as day, some avid viewers make time for both screenings!
The series began in Australia on 18 March 1985. the ups and downs of life in and around Ramsay Street reached Britain on 27 October 1986. The series was already a resounding success on its home turf. Nobody could have predicted the massive popularity the series has achieved to date. It has made major stars of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan who have taken the world's pop charts by storm. Where once British soaps like Coronation Street and Eastenders topped the television ratings, the friends and families of Erinsborough almost seemed to barge their way to the front of the ratings queue. A side effect of the programme's remarkable success is the fact that the cliched view of Australians as larger-swilling, cork-brimmed, koala-hugging, degenerates is now completely out of date. Instead Neighbours shows out friends down under as caring, sharing human beings with their fair share of life's joys and disappointments. In common with the new breed of English soap operas like Brookside and Eastenders, the characters and events here are true to life as television ever gets.
This is not to say that Neighbours doesn't have its fair share of comic moments. Who can forget the antics of accident prone Henry (Craig McLachlan) and devilsome duo Todd and Katie (Kristian Schmid and Sally Jensen) who always seem to end up in another fine mess.
To many viewers the inhabitants of Erinsborough seem as familiar as our real neighbours. It's doutful that you'd mind Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) or Jane Harris (Annie Jones) popping next door to borrow a cup of sugar from you. The next best thing is tuning in every day to catch up on the latest adventures of the colourful characters that live on Ramsay Street. Drama! Romance! Comedy! Spray-painted cars called Bertha! Welcome to the wonderful world of Neighbours. G'day!
Pages: 61
Released: 1990
Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd
ISBN: 0 600 57045 2
G'day! Welcome to the world of Neighbours...
Neighbours is the television success story of the eighties. A year into the new decade, it seems likely that it will maintain this prestigious position for a long time to come. Nearly every British household has at least one devoted Neighbours addict. It's not uncommon for whole families to be glued to the screen for each and every showing of this Australian soap phenomenon. In Britain, where the same episode is shown twice as day, some avid viewers make time for both screenings!
The series began in Australia on 18 March 1985. the ups and downs of life in and around Ramsay Street reached Britain on 27 October 1986. The series was already a resounding success on its home turf. Nobody could have predicted the massive popularity the series has achieved to date. It has made major stars of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan who have taken the world's pop charts by storm. Where once British soaps like Coronation Street and Eastenders topped the television ratings, the friends and families of Erinsborough almost seemed to barge their way to the front of the ratings queue. A side effect of the programme's remarkable success is the fact that the cliched view of Australians as larger-swilling, cork-brimmed, koala-hugging, degenerates is now completely out of date. Instead Neighbours shows out friends down under as caring, sharing human beings with their fair share of life's joys and disappointments. In common with the new breed of English soap operas like Brookside and Eastenders, the characters and events here are true to life as television ever gets.
This is not to say that Neighbours doesn't have its fair share of comic moments. Who can forget the antics of accident prone Henry (Craig McLachlan) and devilsome duo Todd and Katie (Kristian Schmid and Sally Jensen) who always seem to end up in another fine mess.
To many viewers the inhabitants of Erinsborough seem as familiar as our real neighbours. It's doutful that you'd mind Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) or Jane Harris (Annie Jones) popping next door to borrow a cup of sugar from you. The next best thing is tuning in every day to catch up on the latest adventures of the colourful characters that live on Ramsay Street. Drama! Romance! Comedy! Spray-painted cars called Bertha! Welcome to the wonderful world of Neighbours. G'day!
Neighbours: The Playscripts
Author: Alan Hopgood
Pages: 102
Released: 1990
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group Australia
ISBN: 0 85859 556 7
The phenomenal popularity of the Neighbours series is undoubtedly due to the way it homes in on the problems of families, and especially of teenagers, the world over.
In the television serial young people see their own problems, anxieties and hopes dramatised and externalised in a way that helps them confront these concerns. The Neighbours situations bring the preoccupations of young people out into the open, often as they watch the serial together with their parents.
For the first time, Neighbours: The Playscripts presents some of the Neighbours stories in written form, rather than in the transient world of the television serial. Teenagers can read scripts like those performed by their favourite actors: they can 'be' Scott quarreling with Charlene or Danny working out his values about drugs and friendship the hard way.
At the end of each script a 'what do you think?' section offers thoughtful questions about the issues dramatised in the play.
Alan Hopgood, author of the immensely popular 'And The Big Men Fly', has been an established playwright for twenty-five years and an actor for thirty. He once played in Neighbours as Jack Lassiter, the craggy millionaire from the outback.
Pages: 102
Released: 1990
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group Australia
ISBN: 0 85859 556 7
The phenomenal popularity of the Neighbours series is undoubtedly due to the way it homes in on the problems of families, and especially of teenagers, the world over.
In the television serial young people see their own problems, anxieties and hopes dramatised and externalised in a way that helps them confront these concerns. The Neighbours situations bring the preoccupations of young people out into the open, often as they watch the serial together with their parents.
For the first time, Neighbours: The Playscripts presents some of the Neighbours stories in written form, rather than in the transient world of the television serial. Teenagers can read scripts like those performed by their favourite actors: they can 'be' Scott quarreling with Charlene or Danny working out his values about drugs and friendship the hard way.
At the end of each script a 'what do you think?' section offers thoughtful questions about the issues dramatised in the play.
Alan Hopgood, author of the immensely popular 'And The Big Men Fly', has been an established playwright for twenty-five years and an actor for thirty. He once played in Neighbours as Jack Lassiter, the craggy millionaire from the outback.
Neighbours: The First 10 Years
Author: Josephine Monroe
Pages: 126
Released: 1996
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0 7181 4212 8
It is ten years since Neighbours first appeared on our television screens and over the years the lives, loved and dramas of the residents of Ramsay Street have become real and part of the daily experience of millions of viewers around the world.
This official tenth anniversary book highlights the memorable characters and events from Ramsay Street. From the originals to the latest, all you favourite characters are here, arranged in a house-by-house tour of the street showing who lived where, with whom and for how long.
Special features focus on the weddings, the births, the deaths, the feuds, the issues, the boys and the babes that have all contributed to the show's enduring popularity. Behind-the-scenes information reveals unknown facts to even the most ardent fan.
The romance of Scott and Charlene's wedding, the tragedy of Todd's death, the explosive love triangle between Brad, Beth and Lauren are all remembered, together with the minutiae of everyday life that have enthralled so many people over the past ten years.
For anyone who have ever been a Neighbours fan, this definitive book is a fascinating souvenir of the characters and the events that have made Neighbours such as huge global success.
Pages: 126
Released: 1996
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0 7181 4212 8
It is ten years since Neighbours first appeared on our television screens and over the years the lives, loved and dramas of the residents of Ramsay Street have become real and part of the daily experience of millions of viewers around the world.
This official tenth anniversary book highlights the memorable characters and events from Ramsay Street. From the originals to the latest, all you favourite characters are here, arranged in a house-by-house tour of the street showing who lived where, with whom and for how long.
Special features focus on the weddings, the births, the deaths, the feuds, the issues, the boys and the babes that have all contributed to the show's enduring popularity. Behind-the-scenes information reveals unknown facts to even the most ardent fan.
The romance of Scott and Charlene's wedding, the tragedy of Todd's death, the explosive love triangle between Brad, Beth and Lauren are all remembered, together with the minutiae of everyday life that have enthralled so many people over the past ten years.
For anyone who have ever been a Neighbours fan, this definitive book is a fascinating souvenir of the characters and the events that have made Neighbours such as huge global success.
Neighbours: 20 Years Of Ramsay Street
Author: Finn Bradshaw
Pages: 224
Released: 2005
Publisher: News Custom Publishing
ISBN: 1 876176 78 4
Twenty years, 25 weddings, 4775 episodes, countless funny moments and endless dramas along the way: Welcome to Ramsay Street, Erinsborough.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Neighbours, Australia's favourite soap, here's the inside story on all you favourite characters, great moments, controversial plot-lines, and the actors who went on to become household names.
Discover the true history of Neighbours and enjoy Ramsay Street for what it truly is: more than a fictional street in suburban Melbourne, but a way of life for millions of fans worldwide.
Pages: 224
Released: 2005
Publisher: News Custom Publishing
ISBN: 1 876176 78 4
Twenty years, 25 weddings, 4775 episodes, countless funny moments and endless dramas along the way: Welcome to Ramsay Street, Erinsborough.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Neighbours, Australia's favourite soap, here's the inside story on all you favourite characters, great moments, controversial plot-lines, and the actors who went on to become household names.
Discover the true history of Neighbours and enjoy Ramsay Street for what it truly is: more than a fictional street in suburban Melbourne, but a way of life for millions of fans worldwide.