Channel 5 has confirmed the air date for Neighbours' final episode as the long-running programme ends after 37 years on our screens and a total of 8903 episodes. The much-loved Australian soap will draw to a close with a double-episode special.
For long-time fans of the soap, it's sure to be an emotional viewing after more than 68k viewers signed a petition in the hopes of stopping the show from being axed. The hour-long "history-making" finale will be broadcast in a primetime slot on Friday, July 29, from 9pm.
Neighbours first aired back in 1985 and in the years since has followed the lives of the character's living and working in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough. On June 10, the soap shared an image of the cast on their final day of filming on set with Dr Karl and Susan Kennedy, played by Alan Fletcher and Jackie Woodburne, holding the final clapperboard.
