Popular Aussie soap Neighbours is coming to an end in June after all attempts to find a new broadcaster to air it in the UK failed. The Sun is reporting that chiefs at production company Fremantle Media have run out of options to keep the show, which has been on UK screens for nearly 40 years, going.
The show was reliant on funding from Channel 5 to keep it in production, with its popularity of 1.4 million viewers each day outnumbering its audience Down Under. However, the show announced on social media last night that after 37 years and almost 9,000 episodes, it will cease production in June.
The news has triggered an outpouring of nostalgia and grief from fans and casual viewers for whom it was an integral part of British television, and Bristol's Alex Beresford expressed his thoughts on Twitter today.
