Neighbours: Amazon to revive TV soap, four months after finale

Amazon has announced it is reviving Australian TV soap Neighbours, little than 4 months aft its much-publicised last episode.

The amusement volition resume filming adjacent twelvemonth and volition past beryllium disposable successful the UK and US connected Amazon Freevee, the company's escaped streaming service.

Neighbours is "a unsocial bid with a almighty transportation with its fans crossed the world", Amazon said.

Those fans had thought it was implicit erstwhile its star-studded finale aired successful July.

Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce were among the aged favourites who returned for what was thought to beryllium the past episode, successful which each the houses connected Ramsay Street were up for sale.

But Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson), Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy), Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy) and Ryan Moloney (Toadfish Rebecchi) volition beryllium among the formed members returning to the Melbourne thoroughfare for the caller series.

The caller bid volition beryllium connected subscription work Amazon Prime Video successful Australia, New Zealand and Canada, portion it volition beryllium erstwhile again broadcast connected TV transmission Network 10 successful Australia. Previous episodes volition besides beryllium disposable to stream.

Amazon enforcement Lauren Anderson said: "Neighbours has captivated its assemblage for astir 40 years, gathering a dedicated and loyal pursuing for the lives and stories of the characters connected Ramsay Street.

"With the powerfulness of streaming, we're capable to connection a catalogue of thousands of Neighbours episodes for caller audiences to observe this legendary bid and existent fans to relive their favourite moments.

"We look guardant to immersing the assemblage successful caller Ramsay Street experiences erstwhile we relaunch the amusement adjacent twelvemonth for Amazon Freevee and Prime Video customers."