‘Neighbours pulled me through the bleakest points in my life’: readers say farewell to the Australian soap

Alan Dale (who played Jim Robinson), with Natalie Imbuglia (Beth Brennan) in a vintage shot from Neighbours. Photograph: Network Ten

This week, Neighbours comes to an end after 37 years of flamboyant, soapy excitement. Before the long-running soap’s final episode, we asked fans to tell us their favourite memories of the show, as well as what it meant to them.

‘The actors and writers should be given every award going’