Neighbours move to 5

[Zetti]

I was told yesterday bu my sister that it will be moving on 11th February, no time yet.

[Lesley Bee]

Yes its being advertised during the ad break of Home and Away. I would imagine it will run alongside H&A to make a soap hour, but i guess we'll find out soon

[rising-flame]

watching one episode on bbc on the friday then the next episode on channel 5 on the monday will just be plain weird! it will have advert breaks in it. never in it's 20+ year history in the uk has it had ad breaks. It's just wrong i tell you!

[Lesley Bee]

^ I agree, Neighbours with ad breaks will be strange

[Hellboy]

^ I agree, Neighbours with ad breaks will be strange

Unless your a UKTVGold viewer of the show.

[Camy1234]

Do you think Five will show the full length closing credits for the last 6 weeks of the 2007 season or will it just use the new shortened australian sequence

[-Andrew-]

I think they'll use whatever australia sends them, BBC makes their own credits, But H&A's are exactly the same length and style as seen in australia (everytime pigs fly!)

[James Martin]

And of course in Oz you rarely hear the iconic tune now.

At least in International markets we get it at the end every night.

Five are moving their evening news to 5pm so I'm hedging my bets on a 5:30-6:00 showing - in any case I am in no doubt that it will be shown next to Home & Away - and that there will be some sort of "Australian" branding interlinking the two shows.

[Dan F]

Confirmed today by Five - they'll be showing Neighbours at 1:45pm and 5:30pm - with catchup episodes and a weekend omnibus on Five Life.

I guess that explains why BBC are replacing Neighbours with The Weakest Link - they know that any new show doesn't stand a chance with people heading over to Five at the usual time for Neighbours

[Zetti]

I am happy because that means I dont miss my daily dose of neighbours which I have been watching regularly instead of HAA which is boring at the moment.

Yayy