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Gary O'Neil (Neighbours)
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1999, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's then executive producer Stanley Walsh. The 15th season of ''Neighbours'' began airing from 18 January 1999. Bess O'Brien, the mother of established character Sarah Beaumont, was introduced in February. May saw the arrival of Peter Hannay, while Martin Chester began appearing from July. Daniel Fitzgerald, Teabag Teasdale and Teresa Bell arrived in September. Charlie Thorpe debuted in October, along with the five-strong Scully family consisting of parents Joe and Lyn, and their daughters Stephanie, Felicity and Michelle. Bess O'Brien Bess O'Brien, played by Diana McLean, made her first screen appearance on 8 February 1999. McLean was happy to take on the role of Bess and said the cast and crew made her feel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and Daughters.'' Although successful in Melbourne, ''Neighbours'' underperformed in the Sydney market and was cancelled by Seven four months after it began airing. It was immediately commissioned by rival Network Ten for a second production season, which began screening on 20 January 1986. ''Neighbours'' went on to become the longest-running drama series in Australian television history. In 2005, it was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. The storylines concern the lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series centres on the residents of Ramsay Street, a cul-de-sac, and its neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, café, police station, lawy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Characters Of Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is a long-running Australian television soap opera that was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985 and aired its final episode on 28 July 2022 on Network 10. The following is an alphabetical list of recurring characters and cast members that have appeared in the soap, separate from the list of regular characters. Recurring characters who later became regular characters are not included, neither are characters that were regular and returned as recurring. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also *List of regular Neighbours characters References * External links Cast and charactersat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Romeo (Neighbours)
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that was first broadcast on 18 March 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1987, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's executive producer Reg Watson. The third season of ''Neighbours'' began airing on 5 January 1987. Harold Bishop arrived during the same month. February saw the introductions of Bouncer and Henry Mitchell, son of established character Madge Mitchell. In March, Fiona Corke began playing Gail Lewis and Ernie Bourne took on the role of Gail's adoptive father, Rob. April saw the arrival of businessman Mr. Udagawa. Anne Scott-Pendlebury began appearing as Hilary Robinson in June. The following month saw the first appearances of new doctor Beverly Marshall, played by Lisa Armytage, Gino Rossini and Melanie Pearson. July also saw the birth of Jamie Clarke, son of Des and Daphne Clarke. Briony Behets began playing Amanda Harris in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Herbison
Jason Herbison (born 1972) is an Australian television producer, screenwriter and novelist, most recently serving as the executive producer of the soap opera ''Neighbours''. He has written scripts for numerous television serials, and has published several novels. Career After leaving high school, Herbison was hired to work in the series ''Neighbours'' for the writing room. He has also been part of the writing team of fellow soap opera ''Home and Away''. For 15 years, Herbison worked for British soap opera magazine ''Inside Soap'' as its Australian correspondent. He also continued working on various serial dramas, recalling "It was a lot of juggling. At one stage, I had the back half of my house in Sydney set up as a photo studio, and had soap stars coming and going all the time. I was in my late 20s, so it was a very social environment, and I got all the gossip – which I loved. Most actors were terrific fun and some very naughty!" He took over the role of producer on ''Neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Carrafa
Nick Carrafa is an Australian actor best known for his television roles as Tony Romeo on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' and Alfredo on the comedy series ''Acropolis Now''. Career Carrafa began his career with a guest role in the series ''Special Squad'', before guest starring on ''Prisoner''. He then joined the cast of ''Neighbours'', playing Tony Romeo from episode 628. Carrafa has appeared in many television series and theatre productions. Personal life Carrafa met his wife Fiona Corke before appearing on ''Neighbours'' in 1987. . Roles *''Special Squad'' (Camilleri 1984) *''Prisoner (TV series)'' (Mick Warner 1986) *''The Power, The Passion'' (Mick Casalla 1989) *''Neighbours'' (Tim Duncan 1985; Tony Romeo 1987–1988; Peter Hannay 1999, 2016) *''Blue Heelers'' (Anthony Kelvin 1996, Phil Grant 2001, Blaine O'Connor 2005) *''Acropolis Now'' (Alfredo 1989) *''Phoenix'' (Sergio Diego 1987) *'' State Coroner'' (George Cardillo 1997–1998) *''Law of the Land'' (Neil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel MacPherson
Daniel Donald MacPherson (born 25 April 1980) is an Australian actor and television presenter, known for his roles as Joel Samuels in ''Neighbours'', PC Cameron Tait in ''The Bill'', Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's '' Strike Back'', Whit Carmichael in the Shane Abbess sci-fi film '' Infini'', and Arion Elessedil in ''The Shannara Chronicles''. He also co-hosted ''Dancing with the Stars'' for six years while simultaneously starring in a number of Australian dramas such as ''Wild Boys''. Early life MacPherson grew up in Sydney's beachside suburb of Cronulla. He was accepted into Mensa at the age of 10 and went on to attend the academically selective school Sydney Boys High School. Career MacPherson was discovered while competing in the Kurnell triathlon in southern Sydney when he was 16. He soon landed the role of Joel Samuels in the soap opera ''Neighbours'', starting in 1998. Soon after, MacPherson won a Logie Award in 1999 for Most Popular New Talent. After leav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Samuels
Joel Samuels is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Daniel MacPherson. MacPherson secured the role after auditioning for casting director Jan Russ, who suggested that the script producers write the part of Joel for him. He relocated to Melbourne for filming, and made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 13 May 1998. Joel was introduced as a friend of Malcolm Kennedy (Benjamin McNair) and comes to Erinsborough to stay with his family. MacPherson decided to leave ''Neighbours'' after four years and his exit scenes aired on 29 January 2002, as Joel leaves to work with a marine explorer. MacPherson reprised the role for the show final episodes, which aired in July 2022. Creation and casting ''Neighbours'' casting director Jan Russ auditioned MacPherson; she approached the script producers and suggested they write the role of Joel for him. MacPherson joined the cast in February 1998, when he was seventeen, and he mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues. It uses direct action, lobbying, research, and ecotage to achieve its goals. The network comprises 26 independent national/regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace International, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The global network does not accept funding from governments, corporations, or political parties, relying on three million individual supporters and foundation grants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Woodburne
Jacqueline Anne Woodburne (born 5 February 1956) is a Northern Irish-born Australian actress, who is notable for her roles in TV soap operas. Since 1994, Woodburne has played teacher Susan Kennedy in ''Neighbours''. She first became notable for he role in cult serial ''Prisoner'' as Julie "Chook: Egbert and also has featured in roles in soap operas including ''The Young Doctors'', '' Sons and Daughters'', ''Cop Shop'' and ''The Flying Doctors''. Early life Woodburne was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. Her father was a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. She has two older siblings: John and Stephen. At the age of three, she emigrated with her family to Australia. The family assumed that her father would be able to join the Australian police on arrival, but, owing to various rules and regulations, he was unable to do so. Woodburne grew up in Frankston, Victoria and attended Forest Hill Primary School, Monterey Secondary College, and Karingal High School. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Kennedy
Susan Kennedy (also Smith and Kinski) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Jackie Woodburne. The character and her family were created by storyliners in an attempt to bring the show back to its roots. Susan made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 October 1994, along with her eldest son and daughter. The storyliners made Susan a teacher at Erinsborough High to give her immediate links with other characters. Since her introduction, Susan's personality and appearance have been through several changes. Her storylines have seen her begin a relationship with a priest, being married, divorced and widowed. Susan has become a stepmother and a grandmother and she has been central to three plots revolving around health issues – retrograde amnesia, multiple sclerosis and surrogacy. She has also been central to a cyber-bullying plot. In October 2007, Susan became the longest-running female character in the show's his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radha Mitchell
Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell is an Australian actress. She started her career with various appearances on Australian television, including a regular role as Catherine O'Brien in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' (1996–97). Mitchell later transitioned to working in Hollywood, with leading and supporting roles in films such as ''High Art'' (1998), '' Pitch Black'' (2000), ''Phone Booth'' (2002), '' Man on Fire'' (2004), '' Finding Neverland'' (2004), ''Melinda and Melinda'' (2004), ''Mozart and the Whale'' (2005), ''Silent Hill'' (2006), '' Rogue'' (2007), '' The Crazies'' (2010), ''The Frozen Ground'' (2013), ''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013) and its sequel ''London Has Fallen'' (2016), '' The Darkness'' (2016), and ''Run Hide Fight'' (2020). Early life Mitchell's first name ''Radha'' (Sanskrit:राधा) stems from the Hare Krishna faith. The other parts of her name ''Rani'' (रानी – queen) and ''Ananda'' (आनन्द – joy) also come from similar origins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erinsborough
Erinsborough is the fictional suburb where the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' is set. The show focuses on the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the suburb. ''Neighbours'' storylines primarily centre on the residents of Ramsay Street within other Erinsborough locations, namely The Waterhole, Harold's Café, Lassiters Hotel, Erinsborough High School and Erinsborough Hospital. Erinsborough was originally going to be named Erinsfield, which is a loose anagram of ''Neighbours''. Throughout much of the show's run it was not stated in which city of Australia Erinsborough was located. The rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne meant that scripts did not mention that Erinsborough was a suburb of the latter city until 1994. Since the 2000s it has been explicitly stated that Erinsborough is a suburb of Melbourne. The school and the street were some of the first sets to be seen and used by the characters within the show. The Lassiters Complex within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
