Neighbours is returning to screens in the UK.<\/p>\n
The Australian soap aired its final episode in December 2025 after it was axed by Amazon Freevee, the now-dissolved streaming platform that saved the show when it first got the chop in 2022 after Channel 5 dropped Neighbours and its production company, Fremantle, was unable to find another channel to air and fund the programme.<\/p>\n
But fans can rewatch classic episodes of Neighbours – which began in 1985 – as UKTV has struck a deal with Fremantle, which includes the first 420 episodes.<\/p>\n
From July, 115 episodes will drop on the streaming service U, with five more added weekly.<\/p>\n
Emma Tibbetts, UKTV\u2019s Director of Programming for Scripted, said: “Neighbours is one of television\u2019s most iconic and enduring dramas, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring the back-catalogue to U.<\/p>\n
“This acquisition further expands the breadth of scripted entertainment available on our free streaming service, strengthening our growing slate of global IP.<\/p>\n
“We can\u2019t wait for both long-time fans and new audiences to rediscover the series in its entirety.”<\/p>\n
Louise Toner, VP Distribution UK and Ireland, International, for Fremantle, added: “Neighbours is a truly iconic series, loved across generations.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re thrilled to partner with UKTV to bring its classic episodes and unforgettable characters back to audiences old and new.”<\/p>\n
The emotional final episode saw the residents bid farewell to Ramsay Street forever because their houses would be razed to make way for a highway.<\/p>\n
Fan-favourites Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne), Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher), and Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) reflected on the iconic cul-de-sac’s legacy before they left for good.<\/p>\n
Stefan – who played Paul on and off since Neighbours began in 1985 – felt sad about saying goodbye to his alter ego.<\/p>\n
In September 2025, the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 star told My Weekly magazine: “Saying goodbye to Paul Robinson has felt a bit like losing myself.<\/p>\n
“He is a character who’s been with me almost my entire career – three-quarters of it.<\/p>\n
“He’s probably the best-loved and longest-serving villain in Australian television history, and I wear that badge proudly.<\/p>\n
“He wasn’t just a black-and-white bad guy, but a smiling badie.<\/p>\n
“It was bringing to a close a very, very large part of my career and my life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neighbours is returning to screens in the UK. The Australian soap aired its final episode in December 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[195950,195949,195948,96,29144,1597,30453,30455,39263,195951,391,56,11737,54,55],"class_list":["post-572767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-alan-fletcher","tag-amazon-freevee","tag-classic-episodes","tag-entertainment","tag-fremantle","tag-neighbours","tag-paul-robinson","tag-stefan-dennis","tag-streaming-service","tag-susan-kennedy","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-uktv","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}