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Stuart Heritage

Neighbours, the Undead Apocalypse: the soap opera that came back from the dead

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It’s alive! Neighbours’ 80s cast members, from left: Stefan Dennis, Annie Jones, Geoff Paine, Guy Pearce, Lucinda Cowden, Ian Smith and Paul Keane.
It’s alive! Neighbours’ 80s cast members, from left: Stefan Dennis, Annie Jones, Geoff Paine, Guy Pearce, Lucinda Cowden, Ian Smith and Paul Keane. Photograph: Ray Messner Photography/Supplied by Fremantle Australia

It has been 112 days since Neighbours ended. As anyone aware of the Kubler-Ross model of grief observation will understand, we are all still in the comparatively early stages of bereavement. When the news was announced that Channel 5 was ending Neighbours, we went through denial (“Neighbours is too famous to die”) and anger (“Will nobody think of Toadfish? This show is all he’s got”) and now we are firmly into the bargaining stage.

Well, have I got wonderful news for you. The bargaining stage of grief actually works, because the show is back. Today it was announced that the corpse of Neighbours will soon be revived by Amazon Freevee, which has struck a deal to haul the soap back into production in the coming months. If you are in the UK or US, Neighbours will once again be free to watch on Freevee, Amazon’s free streaming service.

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