EXCLUSIVE:
To have a good time Neighbours fortieth Anniversary right now because the longest working Australian drama, TV Tonight has requested business -including rival networks- to ship solid & crew a particular message.
What they’ve despatched reiterates the distinctive contribution the present has made throughout 4 a long time, to business, and in exporting Australian suburbia to the world.
Pleased Birthday, Neighbours!
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Beverley McGarvey, President Community 10 & Head of Streaming, Paramount ANZ:
“Congratulations to Neighbours on celebrating 40 years on our screens. This exceptional achievement is a testomony to the present’s significance in tv historical past. It has been a staple of Australian tv drama, and Australian cultural exports.
“Ramsay Road, Erinsborough, is a cul-de-sac recognised everywhere in the world and has been house to Scott and Charlene, Des and Daphne, Dr Karl and Susan, Dee and Toadie, Aaron and David and lots of, many extra neighbours.
“Having carved a particular place in viewers’ hearts worldwide for 4 a long time, we have a good time and congratulate the solid and crew who’ve introduced the proper mix of cleaning soap and sunshine to audiences. Pleased fortieth Birthday Neighbours!”
Amazon Prime Video spokesperson:
“Neighbours has introduced a lot pleasure over the past 40 years to its fanbase globally and within the UK. Forty years is an unimaginable milestone and we’re proud that Amazon MGM Studios was capable of have a small a part of bringing additional episodes to Freevee and Prime Video prospects over the past two years, spanning over 400 episodes.”
Julie McGauran, Director of Content material, Script at Seven:
“From all of us in Summer time Bay, we want our pals in Ramsay Road a really completely satisfied fortieth anniversary. What an unimaginable achievement for Australian tv that deserves to be celebrated.”
Andy Ryan, Head of Drama, 9Network:
“Pleased fortieth, Neighbours! Everybody working in Australian tv right now owes you a debt of gratitude. You’ve been a coaching floor for generations of expertise, a pioneer for worldwide gross sales, a mirror to our tradition, and an all-round bedrock of our business. Most of all, you’ve saved us entertained for over 9000 episodes. To you and the numerous proficient professionals who’ve been a part of your journey, congratulations and thanks.”
Nakul Legha, SBS Head of Scripted:
“Neighbours is a uncommon achievement in Australian tv. Sustaining a manufacturing for 40 years takes extra than simply familiarity, and its longevity is a credit score to the expert writers, actors, and crew who saved Ramsay Road evolving and fascinating over the a long time.”
Peter Mattessi, Australian Writers’ Guild President:
“Neighbours is really one of many biggest tv reveals this nation has produced. For forty years it has earned the privilege of being welcomed nightly into Australian lounge rooms and kitchens, and has embodied the form of lengthy kind storytelling that’s solely attainable for a cleaning soap opera. It’s an iconic a part of our tradition that has employed tons of of Australian writers over time, in addition to actors, creatives and crew, lots of whom have gone on to glittering nationwide and worldwide careers. It nonetheless employs tons of, together with dozens of writers, all of whom have now misplaced their jobs. It’s a enormous loss to our business and our tradition.”
Michael Balk, Federal President of Media Enterainment & Arts Alliance:
“We pay tribute to these among the many Neighbours solid and crew who’ve welcomed and mentored generations of technicians, creatives and actors which have gone on to contribute to the Australian and world display screen business. Everybody who cares concerning the Australian business recognises simply how invaluable reveals like Neighbours are, and why we want to ensure we hold Australian tales on our screens for the longer term.”
Matt Deaner, CEO Display screen Producers Australia:
“Neighbours has been a cornerstone of Australian tv for 4 unimaginable a long time, showcasing our expertise, tales, and tradition to audiences worldwide. Whereas it’s bittersweet to have a good time this milestone, realizing it was discontinued this 12 months, we recognise its extraordinary influence on our display screen business.
“The cancellation of a world hit has dropped at mild the cracks within the foundations of Australia’s display screen business, and policymakers ought to be aware of the pressing have to modernise an outdated display screen business framework. Neighbours has launched numerous careers and created a legacy that may endure for years.”
Sophie Harper, Government Director, Australian Administrators Guild:
“The legacy of Neighbours is about alternative, longevity, and influence. It’s been a cornerstone of Australian popular culture and a significant a part of our business throughout generations. Neighbours has been a useful coaching floor for administrators, providing many their early profession break and the uncommon alternative to refine their craft within the fast-paced world of serial tv. Additionally, importantly, it’s been a supply of regular work. The present’s demanding schedule required a steadiness of effectivity, creativity, and consistency—important to hold on for a protracted and profitable profession.”
VicScreen CEO Caroline Pitcher:
“Neighbours is a multi-generation success story for Victoria’s tv business. Watched by hundreds of thousands of followers right here and everywhere in the world for 40 years, the sequence has related audiences to our Australian tradition, our characters, and our neighborhood. So many Victorians have contributed to the 1000’s of episodes written and produced from the Nunawading studios, together with writers, producers, administrators, actors, and crew all honing their craft in a splendidly collaborative and fast-paced manufacturing surroundings.
“VicScreen has enormously valued the partnerships it has had with Neighbours over current years, which have targeted on supporting Victorians to study and acquire sensible expertise by means of on the job coaching throughout inventive and technical roles. These expertise improvement packages have helped create a stronger expertise pool from which Victoria’s broader display screen business has benefited.
“Just like the devoted Neighbours viewers, we’re unhappy to listen to that the sequence is coming to an finish, and we congratulate your entire manufacturing group on the unimaginable success of this iconic Victorian tv sequence. Victoria’s display screen business is robust and resilient, and VicScreen will proceed its help of rising and mid-career display screen practitioners to grasp their profession aspirations.”
Bridget Honest, FreeTV Australia:
“For 40 years, Neighbours has been a beloved fixture of Australian tv, capturing the guts of suburban life with heat, humour, and authenticity. When it first arrived on our screens, it introduced a contemporary, relatable tackle storytelling, championed younger expertise, and proved that native content material might resonate not simply at house however world wide. From launching the careers of a few of Australia’s greatest stars to creating an everlasting reference to audiences, Neighbours has left an indelible mark on our business and tradition. Free TV Australia congratulates the solid, crew, and followers on this unimaginable milestone.”
Rick Maier Inventive Advisor Drama, 10 / Paramount:
“It has all the time been a privilege to work alongside many, many others on this outrageously profitable Australian drama. Reg Watson drafted the blue-print and we solely needed to observe his lead. ‘What would Reg do?’ was the one query we requested and the reply normally labored out simply positive. In a typically cynical world, this legendary place the place households bonded, generations developed, and heightened story-telling was all the time a pleasant wink to the viewers – I believe Jason and his group – and a few severely proficient predecessors – landed on the key sauce. Couple that with fiercely loyal followers, an excellent solid, and generations of fine writers, administrators and crew and you haven’t simply an iconic sequence however an underpinning of a big a part of our business. Neighbours? Not simply the ‘little engine that would’, however the ‘little engine that did’. What a privilege.”
Damian Trewhella, Chief Government Officer, AACTA Awards:
“For 4 a long time, Neighbours has been a staple of Australian TV, shaping our business and launching the careers of a few of our most celebrated expertise—each in entrance of and behind the digital camera. Its enduring legacy was cemented with its deserved nomination within the 2020 AACTA Viewers Alternative Awards for Favorite TV Present – Better of the Decade. Neighbours has not solely entertained audiences throughout generations however has additionally been a significant coaching floor for the subsequent wave of Australian display screen professionals. We have a good time its contribution to our business and its lasting influence on Australian storytelling.”
Stephen Downie, TV Week Editor
“Neighbours is greater than a TV present, it’s a cultural icon. Each Australian is aware of what Ramsay Road is and the way a lot it means to hundreds of thousands of followers all through the world.
“Over 40 years, the present has given us so many unforgettable characters we’ve watched develop up and get outdated that they nearly really feel like members of our personal households. Sure, the present has produced family names like Kylie, Jason, Man and Margot, and gained a hefty 31 TV Week Logies, however Neighbours’ biggest success is in capturing the ebb and circulate of Aussie suburban life. The highs and lows and moments which make us chuckle – usually involving Toadie.
“TV Week is proud to have been there on the journey with Neighbours. Congratulations to all of the solid and crew who’ve labored tirelessly to convey us 4 a long time of leisure.”
Jenny Buckland CEO Australian Youngsters’s Tv Basis:
“Wow 40 Years! So many individuals obtained their begin with Neighbours, however particularly writers and script editors who usually branched out from there into kids’s tv over time – together with members of the present ACTF content material group! Neighbours supplied writers with good alternatives to hone their craft and might be sadly missed.”
Jan Russ, Neighbours authentic Casting Director:
“Congratulations and effectively achieved Neighbours on 40 years!!! What an achievement!!! It’s certain been a future, and positively was not one thing we had ever anticipated after we first began it off at Channel 7. Even when the headlines screamed ‘TV Present Axed!’ we hoped it could final a bit longer!!!!
“I’m so very pleased with all these superb actors I’ve solid over time and the excessive stage of success they’ve every achieved by means of their laborious work and keenness, and likewise for a lot of of these behind the scenes who labored on the present and who moved onto furthering their profitable careers in different areas of the business.
“This present has given so many proficient and artistic folks an incredible alternative to work and develop their skills and their expertise, and naturally it goes with out saying that an enormous thank you have to go to the various followers each right here in Australia and the UK who’ve been so loyal for all these a few years….you might have actually helped its longevity and success! Bless you all. Neighbours might be ceaselessly remembered and held with quite a lot of affection by so many people, Thanks for my 26 years!”
Thea McLeod, President of the Casting Guild of Australia:
“For 40 years, Neighbours has served as a exceptional launchpad for Australian expertise, shaping a number of the greatest stars on the worldwide stage. It has supplied numerous actors with alternatives to study, develop, and hone their craft, with every solid member leaving their distinctive mark on the present. Its legacy in discovering and championing distinctive performers is really one thing to have a good time. I’ve had the privilege of casting Neighbours since 2011, constructing on the inspiration laid by the good casting director Jan Russ. As President of the Casting Guild of Australia, I couldn’t be prouder of the pivotal function casting has performed on Neighbours over time. The present will all the time be a cherished and important a part of our business and its influence on Australian and world screens will proceed to encourage for generations to come back.”
Kingston Anderson, Government Director Australian Guild of Display screen Composers:
“Like all nice tv reveals that final for a really very long time, the theme music turns into the calling card for hundreds of thousands of viewers. They hear the theme and know precisely what’s approaching the tv. Neighbours is one in every of our iconic Australian reveals cherished everywhere in the world and Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent created the long-lasting theme we all know right now and with out it we might not have Neighbours.”
Tony Gardiner, Australian Cinematographers Society:
“Neighbours is an extremely vital Australian establishment. It has produced a few of Australia’s biggest skills from each in entrance of and behind the digital camera. From Margot Robbie, to Emmy award successful director Jet Wilkinson.
“I used to be lucky sufficient to each direct and DP many blocks of Neighbours and these had been a number of the most rewarding and joyful occasions I’ve had on set. From the producers to the manufacturing assistants everybody was extremely supportive {and professional}. I really consider that when you can reach your division on Neighbours you could possibly very simply stroll on to any set wherever on this planet and discover success.
“Neighbours is likely one of the finest coaching grounds the nation – it has taken numerous folks from novice to award successful solid and crew and this can be a testomony to each one who has handed by means of the doorways at Nunawading.”
Marty Murphy, Convenor (BA) on the Australian Movie Tv and Radio Faculty:
“AFTRS congratulates Neighbours on its 40 years. Neighbours is a part of the Australian suburban creativeness. At a current barbecue in our cul de sac, somebody made a reference to Ramsay Road which was shorthand for neighborhood, borrowing instruments and friendship.”
Meagan Loader, Nationwide Movie & Sound Archive of Australia Chief Curator:
“Over forty years, Neighbours has delivered untold moments of celebration, calamity, leisure, heartbreak and humour. Because the proud custodian of greater than 7000 episodes – and counting – the NFSA is guaranteeing that future generations of Australians can expertise Bouncer’s dream, Plain Jane Superbrain, Toadie’s doomed wedding ceremony and the enigma that’s Harold Bishop.”
Andrew Mercado, TV Historian:
“Pleased fortieth Brithday to Neighbours, the long-lasting drama that confirmed the remainder of the world who we’re and the way we reside. No Aussie present has ever reached the heights it did, and its unprecedented success within the UK ceaselessly modified their business and led to extra TV manufacturing to maintain up with us! The record of stars it created is huge, however let’s additionally give a shout-out to everybody behind the scenes, and the improbable coaching and mentoring Neighbours has achieved over time. Lastly, I wish to thank them for transferring with the occasions and attempting to replicate how multicultural and various Australia is right now, and all these memorable milestones involving weddings, explosions, mullets, dreaming canines and Rob Mills’ naked bum.”
