Air date for Neighbours reboot revealed – as the soap announces same-sex couple are set to join the cast to ‘help better reflect the beautiful LGBTQIA+ community’
Neighbours will be back on air in a matter of months.
The long-running soap, which was cancelled last year, will return to screens in September, where it will air both on Channel Ten and Amazon’s Prime Video.
Among the new cast members coming to Ramsay Street will be a same-sex couple with two children, the Varga-Murphy family.
Wives Cara and Remi are played by actresses Sara West and Naomi Rukavina, while their two sons, JJ and Dex, are portrayed by Riley Bryant and Marley Williams.
‘I’m so honoured to be a part of the new Neighbours legacy and really looking forward to bringing the Varga-Murphy family to Australian and international screens,’ Sara West said in a statement.
Neighbours, which was cancelled last year, will return to screens in September, where it will air both on Channel Ten and Amazon’s Prime Video. The cast is pictured
‘I hope having the Varga-Murphy’s on tele will help better reflect the beautiful LGBTQIA+ community that I’m proud to be a part of and I can’t wait to share the family with you!’
In her own statement, Naomi Rukavina added: ‘I am thrilled to be joining the new Neighbours legacy.
‘As a stalwart of Australian drama television, the show is on the front foot of showcasing diverse and real representations of Australian families, not in a tokenistic way,’ she said.
With Neighbours set to return to our small screens later this year, the cast have been hard at work filming at the fictional Ramsay St.
Among the new cast members coming to Ramsay Street will be a same-sex couple with two children, the Varga-Murphy family. Wives Cara and Remi are played by actresses Sara West and Naomi Rukavina, while their two sons, JJ and Dex, are portrayed by Riley Bryant and Marley Williams. All pictured
The rebooted series began filming in April, and fans have gotten a glimpse of what characters will be returning as some actors have been photographed shooting the show in Melbourne last month.
Some of the soap’s biggest stars were spotted filming scenes for the upcoming season.
Annie Jones (Jane Harris) Scott Major (Lucas Fitzgerald) and Ryan Moloney (Jarrod ‘Toadfish’ Rebecchi) were joined on set by newcomer Costa D’ Angelo.
The continuation of the long-running soap series follows the finale in 2022, which was watched by millions of fans.
The Neighbours cast are back on set and cameras have begun rolling. Pictured: Cast members Alan Fletcher (as Karl Kennedy), Lucinda Cowden (as Melanie Pearson), Rebekah Elmaloglou (as Terese Willis), Stefan Dennis (as Paul Robinson) and Annie Jones (as Jane Harris)
The show was thought to be indefinitely over after Australia’s Network 10 wielded the axe on July 10 2022.
Channel 5, the show’s UK home, also dropped the soap that month.
The series now will air for free on Amazon Freevee in the UK and US and will include streaming rights to thousands of episodes from previous seasons.
The series will stream on Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
Returning in guest roles are Ian Smith as Harold Bishop, April Rose Pengilly as Chloe Brennan, and Melissa Bell as Lucy Robinson.
Returning in guest roles are Ian Smith as Harold Bishop (pictured), April Rose Pengilly as Chloe Brennan, and Melissa Bell as Lucy Robinson.
