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Tina Campbell

'He's been everyone’s neighbour for 30 years': a tribute to Harold Bishop actor Ian Smith

Ian Smith plays Harold Bishop on Neighbours - (Amazon Freevee)

It’s a dark day when Ian Smith aka Harold Bishop reveals he has “very aggressive non-fixable cancer”. It’s more than just a soap storyline, and he’s admitted the prognosis is not good.

Neighbours was appointment viewing back in the late Eighties and discussed in offices and playgrounds up and down the country. Even the royal family admitted to being fans, and growing up, I would watch religiously with my family – we even had the boardgame and annuals.

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