Is Home and Away or Neighbours more popular in oz?

[Tamxxx]

Here in the UK neighbours is more popular then home and away. Does anyone know the rating for home and way and neighbours in australia, which one s more popular soap?

[Hellboy]

Home and Away I think. Gets more Tv week covers.

Would I be right in saying that H&A gets on average 1.5 million viewers and Neighbours get just under 1 Million?

Of course we all know that's completly different in the U.K.

[Ashirr-Leigh]

Neighbours is more popular in the Uk? I soo didn't know that, how strange! Lol!

[Hellboy]

Well the fact that it's on the BBC, and gets two showings a day probably helps.

When H&A was on ITV1 I think it did about the same as Neighbours ratings wise, however on the move to Five it lost alot of viewers, and not everybody in the U.K can get Five.

Neighbours will always be a firm classic favourite from us Brits as we still seems to be obsessed with the 85-90 Scott and Charlene golden era!

To compare them both, Neighbours collectively gets around 6-7 Million viewers a day, H&A used to get around the same on ITV, however since the move to Five, I beleive collectively it gets 1-2 Million viewers.

[Ashirr-Leigh]

Aww, that sucks! More people should give Home and Away a chance!

[Hellboy]

The general consesus from people I get over here about Home and Away is.

"The acting is cr*p" or

"Where's Pippa?"

I do very much try to defend it though.

[Ashirr-Leigh]

"Where's Pippa?" - Haha! That's classic! Only a few of my friends watch it but I find they don't watch Neighbours either.

[AngelRose]

Why the difference in tastes do people think?

[Guevara01]

I don't think it is a change in taste, from what i've heard, it's just that since H&A moved to channel 5, some people didn't hear about it. Channel 5 was relatively new at the time and people just can't be bothered to switch to it now.

xxx

[Ashirr-Leigh]

When did channel 5 launch? Is that the one the Spice Girls launched with Pepsi or Coke or something?