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''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the soap in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Jason Herbison. The 32nd season of ''Neighbours'' began airing from 4 January 2016. Julie Quill and Xanthe Canning were introduced during the same month. March saw the first appearance of Jacka Hills. Jack Callahan, Ned Willis and Madison Robinson arrived in April, while Angus Beaumont-Hannay, Walter Mitchell and Mandy Franze made their debuts in May. August saw the arrival of James Udagawa, while brothers David and Leo Tanaka were introduced in September, along with Xanthe's mother Brooke Butler. Julie Quill Julie Quill, played by Gail Easdale, made her first screen appearance on 12 January 2016. The character and Easdale's casting was announced on 4 January. The a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Terese Willis
Terese Willis is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Rebekah Elmaloglou. The actress was cast in the role after attending an audition in late 2012. Before she began filming her first scenes in early February 2013, Elmaloglou had to ask the producers to change the pronunciation of her character's name. Elmaloglou's character and her family were created around the character of Brad Willis (Kip Gamblin), who was reintroduced after twenty years as part of an ongoing overhaul of the show's cast and renewed focus on family units. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 14 May 2013. Terese is portrayed as being ambitious, organised, hard-working and a good mother. Elmaloglou said she admired Terese and that while they shared some similarities, they did not have much in common. Terese was introduced as the manager of Lassiter's Hotel, owned by Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis). Terese and Paul share a love/hate relationship, ...
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Terence Donovan (actor)
Terence Donovan (born 28 October 1942), also billed as Terence J. Donovan and Terry Donovan, is an English-Australian actor of stage and television, and the father of fellow actor and singer Jason Donovan (from his marriage to actress and journalist Sue McIntosh). Donovan is best known to audiences for his roles in soap opera including ''Neighbours'' as patriarch Doug Willis and in ''Home and Away'' as List of Home and Away characters (1988)#Al Simpson, Al Simpson''. ''He has appeared in Australian TV drama series since the 1960s, including police drama series Division 4, ''Division 4'' and Cop Shop, ''Cop Shop'', as well as minor parts in numerous serials including The Prisoner, ''The Prisoner'', ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters'', A Country Practice, ''A Country Practice'' and ''E Street (television show), E Street.'' Career Donovan, who was born in Staines-upon-Thames, Staines, England, United Kingdom, has been a staple of Austra ...
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Doug Willis
Douglas "Doug" Willis is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Terence Donovan. Doug was introduced by executive producer Don Battye as the patriarch of the newly introduced Willis family. Donovan explained that being part of "a loving family" was one of the main reasons he accepted the role. He said he was happy to stay around for as long as the producers wanted him. Donovan made his first screen appearance as Doug during the episode broadcast on 18 July 1990. Doug is portrayed as a man's man, down-to-earth, easy-going and friendly. Doug is a builder, who loves his family and enjoys spending time with his friends. Despite being "an easy touch" as a father, Doug manages to balance understanding with discipline. Doug and his wife, Pam ( Sue Jones) have a solid marriage until they began to neglect each other due to work. When Doug thinks Pam is having an affair with their neighbour, Jim Robinson (Alan Dale), Doug ends up having a one-nig ...
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Harley Bonner
Harley Bonner (born 27 April 1991) is an Australian actor known for his roles as Josh Willis on ''Neighbours'' (2013–2016) and Logan Bennett on ''Home and Away'' (2021–2022). Early life Bonner was born in Melbourne and lived in Belgrave, Victoria. He is the son of actress Carla Bonner and has a younger brother. Career Bonner had a guest role in ''House Husbands'' in 2012 and appeared in the documentary series ''Creative Kids'' in 2014. He joined the cast of ''Neighbours'' as Josh Willis in 2013. He admitted that when he started acting, he did not want to appear in ''Neighbours'', as his mother had played Stephanie Scully in the show for 11 years and he did not want "a free ride" because of that. In March 2021, Bonner joined the cast of ''Home and Away'' as Dr. Logan Bennett. He made his debut in August 2021. On 8 January 2022, it was announced that Bonner had left the serial and would not return to set when filming resumes, as he had not received a COVID-19 vaccine; Seve ...
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Josh Willis (Neighbours)
Joshua "Josh" Willis is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Harley Bonner. The actor was cast in the role after being persuaded to attend the audition by his agent. He began filming his first scenes in early February 2013. Bonner's character and his family were created and introduced to ''Neighbours'', as part of an ongoing overhaul of the show's cast and renewed focus on family units within the show. He made his first screen appearance during "Episode 6646", which was first broadcast on 20 May 2013. Bonner left ''Neighbours'' to pursue new acting opportunities, and Josh was killed off during the episode broadcast on 5 April 2016. Josh is portrayed as being driven, "self-motivated", charismatic and having "a real fight in him". Bonner thought viewers would empathise with his character and relate to his "inner conflict." Josh gets on well with his parents and shares a love-hate relationship with his twin sister Imogen (Ariel Kaplan). Jos ...
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Paul Robinson (Neighbours)
Paul Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', a long-running serial drama about social life in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough. He is played by Stefan Dennis. Paul was created by producer Reg Watson as one of ''Neighbours''' original characters. He debuted in the first episode of the show broadcast on 18 March 1985 and is the sole remaining original cast member. Paul appeared on a regular basis until 1992 when Dennis quit ''Neighbours'' to pursue work elsewhere. He reprised the role for a guest appearance in 1993. Dennis returned to the show full-time in 2004 and has since remained in the role. Dennis viewed his decision to leave ''Neighbours'' as a mistake. Early character development during 1980s episodes changed Paul into a powerful, arrogant and sometimes villainous businessman. Paul has an evil persona which has long been admired by Dennis for the entertainment value it creates. In 2007, Paul's evil ways we ...
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Stefan Dennis
Stefan Dennis (born 30 October 1958) is an Australian actor and singer best known for playing the role of cold-hearted and ruthless businessman Paul Robinson in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' from its first episode on March 18, 1985. He departed ''Neighbours'' in 1992 before returning for a short stint in 1993. He then returned in late 2004 and played the character up until the show's temporary ending in 2022 and is set to return to the role in 2023. During his time away from ''Neighbours'' he was a cast member of Scottish soap opera ''River City'' produced and set in Glasgow, Scotland. He is also known for his 1989 single "Don't It Make You Feel Good", which reached Number 16 in the Irish and UK Singles Chart.It is a little known fact that Dennis plays the pipe organ . Early life Dennis was born in Tawonga, Victoria but his family moved to Queensland for 12 years, where he did most of his schooling. He started showing his genuine interest in music and acting at the age of seven ...
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Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Forum. History digiNews (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the digiNEWS website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting a lot of attention from visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Very soon Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to create the digiN ...
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Shay Daeng
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the soap in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the shows executive producer Jason Herbison. The 31st season of ''Neighbours'' began airing from 5 January 2015. Cat Rogers began appearing in the same month, while Michelle Kim, Tyler Brennan and Nick Petrides made their debuts in February. Jimmy Williams, Aaron Brennan and Mary Smith were introduced in June. Russell Brennan arrived during July and Courtney Grixti began appearing from August. September saw Piper Willis make her debut and Shay Daeng was introduced in October. Cecilia Saint was introduced in November. Cat Rogers Catriona "Cat" Rogers, played by Maleeka Gasbarri, made her first screen appearance on 19 January 2015. The character's picture was previously seen in the episode broadcast on 2 ...
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Tom Quill
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the soap in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Jason Herbison. The 32nd season of ''Neighbours'' began airing from 4 January 2016. Julie Quill and Xanthe Canning were introduced during the same month. March saw the first appearance of Jacka Hills. Jack Callahan, Ned Willis and Madison Robinson arrived in April, while Angus Beaumont-Hannay, Walter Mitchell and Mandy Franze made their debuts in May. August saw the arrival of James Udagawa, while brothers David and Leo Tanaka were introduced in September, along with Xanthe's mother Brooke Butler. Julie Quill Julie Quill, played by Gail Easdale, made her first screen appearance on 12 January 2016. The character and Easdale's casting was announced on 4 January. The actress r ...
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