The show's storylines concern the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.

Breaking Bad's recent Emmy victory renewed the " greatest TV drama of all time" discussion: for me, it's tidily ended by the long-overdue Blu-ray release of The Sopranos: The Complete Series (Warner, 18). The second London-based storyline was broadcast in late March 2007, when Susan (Jackie Woodburne) and Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher) were seen taking a ride on the London Eye and being married on a boat on the River Thames. The rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne meant that scripts did not mention that Erinsborough was a suburb of the latter city, until 1994.

By the early 1990s, Australian audiences had decreased although viewing figures had recovered slightly by the end of the decade. Neighbours has already hit the 4000th episode mark and looks set to continueserving up the laughter, tears and drama that has taken the world by storm. The series primarily centres on the residents of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac, and its neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, cafe, police station, lawyers' office and park. In 2015, a documentary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite aired on Network Ten and Channel 5 to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary.

It contained the same episodes with the only difference being a FremantleMedia production slide added at the start of the DVD. The Angry Anderson power ballad " Suddenly" which was featured in " Episode 523" was released in 1987, [52] while the show's love theme " In Your Arms" by Lynne Hamilton was released in 1989. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. It was later announced that an attempt on the life of long term regular, Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) would be the focus of the actual 6000th episode.When Network Ten picked up the show and revamped it, they brought in new and younger actors including Kylie Minogue as Charlene Mitchell and Jason Donovan, who replaced Darius Perkins as Scott Robinson. On 20 January, the ratings fell to a low of 426,000, making it one of the programme's lowest ever ratings in Australia. On 27 May 2013, episode 6651 of Neighbours was watched by an audience of 405,000 viewers, which was the highest rating the series had achieved in nearly two years. It centres on Paul Robinson ( Stefan Dennis) who travels back in time to 1985, the year in which Neighbours began. The soap began airing from 14 July, with new episodes airing daily from Monday through to Friday, on Hulu and Hulu Plus services.

Single father, Jim Robinson (Alan Dale) lived next door with his children, Paul (Stefan Dennis), Julie (Vikki Blanche), Scott (Darius Perkins) and Lucy (Kylie Flinker). In Ireland, Neighbours is broadcast on RTÉ Television at 1:55 pm on RTÉ One and repeated on RTÉ Two at 5:35 pm each weekday. In September 2016, brothers David ( Takaya Honda) and Leo Tanaka (Tim Kano) appeared in three webisodes ahead of their introduction to the main show. Neighbours began with three families created by Watson – the Ramsays, the Robinsons and the Clarkes.Towards the late 2000s, Neighbours was normally attracting an average of 3 million viewers for its lunchtime showing and 2. In February 2009, it was announced that producers would be introducing a new generation of the Ramsay family to the show, over a decade after the family had last appeared. It was then that they introduced the characters of Stonefish Rebecchi played by Anthony Engelman and Serendipity Gottlieb played by Raelee Hill. It deserves another chance: a tough-minded dual portrait of a hard-up Guyanese cockfighter and his alcoholic 75-year-old mother, it's a study in severely compromised unconditional love that works hard for its unsentimental emotional rewards. The last remaining original character, Helen Daniels, departed the show in 1997 due to the ill-health of Anne Haddy.

With 22 episodes, plus the 1000th episode celebration special, fans were treated with glimpse at all eras in Neighbours history. Each episode's titles sequence was preceded by a recap of events from recent episodes featuring the characters who were to appear in the new episode. In 1985, Neighbours started out with three families created by Watson – the Ramsays, the Robinsons and the Clarkes.

On 14 March 2011, The Australian reported that Neighbours has become the first television show available to watch on a free iPhone application.