I hadn’t watched for about 18 months and this week I tried to get back into it but it’s just a huge cringe fest. I still keep up with the spoilers and storylines etc as I’ve watched it since the very start but it’s just dire now. Maybe if some old characters or even some new interesting ones then it might suck me back in but the current cast just doesn’t work for me.
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I hadn’t watched for about 18 months and this week I tried to get back into it but it’s just a huge cringe fest. I still keep up with the spoilers and storylines etc as I’ve watched it since the very start but it’s just dire now. Maybe if some old characters or even some new interesting ones then it might suck me back in but the current cast just doesn’t work for me.
AllSeeingEye123
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OK I have done more homework in to what Nicola Charles said. So the previous six names I mentioned this was their last episode.....
Marlene: Left in October 1997 for a three month cruise and never returned. Died in real life January 2018.
Helen: Also left in October 1997 and died in real life in 1999 after two decades of ill health.
Cheryl: Last appeared September 1996 and still alive.
Angie: Ended her first run in 1997, last appearance was 2017. Still alive.
Madge: Last appearance 2015 as a "vision". Still alive.
Pam: Has a brief return in 1996 so wasn't one of the big characters by that point. Last on the show 2016 when her characters husband Doug died.
So I wouldn't say it's Madge, Angie or Pam as they have been brought back since the 90s so the show hasn't washed their hands of them. Cheryl Stark was played by Caroline Gilmer who was ill so replaced by Colette Mann who now plays Shiela and then she took back over to be killed off.
Could it be Cheryl was killed off because of it? Caroline Gilmer said made out she left for other acting opportunities but I haven't seen her in anything since Neighbours and her partnership with Lou Carpenter was very popular.....
Helen if she had ill health for twenty years I think if it was her they might have used that as a reason for writing her out sooner than the year after the incident in 1997.
Marlene played by Moya O'Sullivan could be the one......
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She would have been seventy in 1996 and it's the sort of comment a older person would say more likely by not realising how offensive they have been as a generational thing. How silly her leaving storyline was which seemed abrupt and that she never returned looks like it a rushed decision forced on them. Nicola not naming a name makes me think it's someone deceased who can't defend themselves.
Marlene: Left in October 1997 for a three month cruise and never returned. Died in real life January 2018.
Helen: Also left in October 1997 and died in real life in 1999 after two decades of ill health.
Cheryl: Last appeared September 1996 and still alive.
Angie: Ended her first run in 1997, last appearance was 2017. Still alive.
Madge: Last appearance 2015 as a "vision". Still alive.
Pam: Has a brief return in 1996 so wasn't one of the big characters by that point. Last on the show 2016 when her characters husband Doug died.
So I wouldn't say it's Madge, Angie or Pam as they have been brought back since the 90s so the show hasn't washed their hands of them. Cheryl Stark was played by Caroline Gilmer who was ill so replaced by Colette Mann who now plays Shiela and then she took back over to be killed off.
Could it be Cheryl was killed off because of it? Caroline Gilmer said made out she left for other acting opportunities but I haven't seen her in anything since Neighbours and her partnership with Lou Carpenter was very popular.....
Helen if she had ill health for twenty years I think if it was her they might have used that as a reason for writing her out sooner than the year after the incident in 1997.
Marlene played by Moya O'Sullivan could be the one......
Moya O'Sullivan
Moya O'Sullivan was an Australian actress who played Marlene Kratz from 1994 to 1997. Date of birth - June 8, 1926, Australia Height - Date of death - January 16, 2018, Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_O%27Sullivan
She would have been seventy in 1996 and it's the sort of comment a older person would say more likely by not realising how offensive they have been as a generational thing. How silly her leaving storyline was which seemed abrupt and that she never returned looks like it a rushed decision forced on them. Nicola not naming a name makes me think it's someone deceased who can't defend themselves.
rememberwayne
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I have just literally remembered Marlene did not come back from her 3 month cruise nowOK I have done more homework in to what Nicola Charles said. So the previous six names I mentioned this was their last episode.....
Marlene: Left in October 1997 for a three month cruise and never returned. Died in real life January 2018.
Helen: Also left in October 1997 and died in real life in 1999 after two decades of ill health.
Cheryl: Last appeared September 1996 and still alive.
Angie: Ended her first run in 1997, last appearance was 2017. Still alive.
Madge: Last appearance 2015 as a "vision". Still alive.
Pam: Has a brief return in 1996 so wasn't one of the big characters by that point. Last on the show 2016 when her characters husband Doug died.
So I wouldn't say it's Madge, Angie or Pam as they have been brought back since the 90s so the show hasn't washed their hands of them. Cheryl Stark was played by Caroline Gilmer who was ill so replaced by Colette Mann who now plays Shiela and then she took back over to be killed off.
Could it be Cheryl was killed off because of it? Caroline Gilmer said made out she left for other acting opportunities but I haven't seen her in anything since Neighbours and her partnership with Lou Carpenter was very popular.....
Helen if she had ill health for twenty years I think if it was her they might have used that as a reason for writing her out sooner than the year after the incident in 1997.
Marlene played by Moya O'Sullivan could be the one......
Moya O'Sullivan
Moya O'Sullivan was an Australian actress who played Marlene Kratz from 1994 to 1997. Date of birth - June 8, 1926, Australia Height - Date of death - January 16, 2018, Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_O%27Sullivan
She would have been seventy in 1996 and it's the sort of comment a older person would say more likely by not realising how offensive they have been as a generational thing. How silly her leaving storyline was which seemed abrupt and that she never returned looks like it a rushed decision forced on them. Nicola not naming a name makes me think it's someone deceased who can't defend themselves.
AllSeeingEye123
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I have just literally remembered Marlene did not come back from her 3 month cruise now
Haha the glory days. I saw this old article of Neighbours scandal but the only one I hadn't heard before was the Eliza Szonert story....
Inside Neighbours scandals - from strip club bust-ups to boob job row
IT’S one of Australia’s finest exports — but behind the scenes, scandals have blighted the cast of Neighbours over the decades. The much-loved soap has been pivotal in the careers …
www.thesun.co.uk
Danni Stark is probably my first Neighbours crush and I would have been barely double figures with her in her late teens with our age gap lol.
1001 others
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It's boring now and seems very plasticy ... something about the sets screams, 'cheap'.
OK I have done more homework in to what Nicola Charles said. So the previous six names I mentioned this was their last episode.....
Marlene: Left in October 1997 for a three month cruise and never returned. Died in real life January 2018.
Helen: Also left in October 1997 and died in real life in 1999 after two decades of ill health.
Cheryl: Last appeared September 1996 and still alive.
Angie: Ended her first run in 1997, last appearance was 2017. Still alive.
Madge: Last appearance 2015 as a "vision". Still alive.
Pam: Has a brief return in 1996 so wasn't one of the big characters by that point. Last on the show 2016 when her characters husband Doug died.
So I wouldn't say it's Madge, Angie or Pam as they have been brought back since the 90s so the show hasn't washed their hands of them. Cheryl Stark was played by Caroline Gilmer who was ill so replaced by Colette Mann who now plays Shiela and then she took back over to be killed off.
Could it be Cheryl was killed off because of it? Caroline Gilmer said made out she left for other acting opportunities but I haven't seen her in anything since Neighbours and her partnership with Lou Carpenter was very popular.....
Helen if she had ill health for twenty years I think if it was her they might have used that as a reason for writing her out sooner than the year after the incident in 1997.
Marlene played by Moya O'Sullivan could be the one......
Moya O'Sullivan
Moya O'Sullivan was an Australian actress who played Marlene Kratz from 1994 to 1997. Date of birth - June 8, 1926, Australia Height - Date of death - January 16, 2018, Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_O%27Sullivan
She would have been seventy in 1996 and it's the sort of comment a older person would say more likely by not realising how offensive they have been as a generational thing. How silly her leaving storyline was which seemed abrupt and that she never returned looks like it a rushed decision forced on them. Nicola not naming a name makes me think it's someone deceased who can't defend themselves.
It must surely be Reg Grundy.
rememberwayne
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Amy Greenwood was absolutely beautiful on her return to neighbours, very similar looking to Laura Hamilton from A Place In The Sun.
buffyjayne
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I can not stand Harlow and her rationale for things. Blaming Paul door everything. She just whinges.
buffyjayne
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I don't like how they haven't named anyone. This could almost be played as publicity. More people may tune in in the coming weeks to see which cast member is on a 'vacation'
AllSeeingEye123
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Neighbours' Shareena Clanton claims she heard the N-word used on set
Neighbours star Shareena Clanton revealed more explosive allegations against her former castmates on Monday.
1) If someone has been racist name and shame them so the whole cast aren't wrongly under suspicion.
2) She said she wouldn't work for the show again, well I doubt they would want her after tarnishing the show.
3) I haven't seen any cast member speak out in support of her or to question what she's saying, so it's probably true and they have been told by their big bosses to not mention it on social media.
AllSeeingEye123
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I wonder they were if it indeed happened. Plenty of old cast members are talking out now.
Neighbours star horrified as Australian character 'sent back to india'
Australia's longest-running TV drama Neighbours has been rocked by a string of racism allegations from former actors in recent days.
Former Neighbours star Menik Gooneratne says she wasn't supported over racist comments from viewers
"We were left to deal with all of that on our own."
SheMyBestie
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I just find it so random (and unnecessary?) to have a beach bar within the Lassiter’s complex. It’s completely random and I just don’t get it! Unless they are trying to make Neighbours have a more beachy vibe. But that’s Home and Away’s scene. Anyway, this might just be me and you disagree!
I lot of the sets aren’t being shown at the moment like the garage and the workshop.
I lot of the sets aren’t being shown at the moment like the garage and the workshop.
buffyjayne
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eyeballs
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I know , I watched with my 8 year old. Glad he didn’t ask me about the blow job scene.God, was today’s episode written by someone sexually frustrated or something. Toadie and Melanieand the sponge baths keep being mentioned
teletubbie123
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Harlow blaming Paul over Brent, she's so whiney
buffyjayne
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I'm watching from Australia and currently no one has taken a break. She's still in the episodes over here.
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