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Australian TV soap ‘Neighbours’ that gave starts to Margo Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Russel Crowe, and Chris Hemsworth signs off after 37 years
- Russell Crowe, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, and Kylie Minogue are among the celebrities who started their careers on fictional Ramsay Street
- Show was once a major hit in Australia and a bigger success in Britain, but fell victim to waning ratings, signed off for the final time on Thursday
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A crowd of staunch fans braved wet winter weather in downtown Melbourne on Thursday to watch outdoors the star-studded finale of the Australian television soap “Neighbours,” which ran for 37 years.
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Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, Jason Donovan, Natalie Imbruglia and Holly Valance are among the celebrities who returned to fictional Ramsay Street to appear in the send-off of the Melbourne-based drama that helped launch their careers in acting and music.
Robbie, Imbruglia and Valance made remote video appearances.
Some of the better-known actors who have appeared in “Neighbours” since it began in 1985 – but who were not part of the 90-minute finale – include Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and the Hemsworth brothers, Chris, Luke and Liam.
The programme was once a major hit in Australia and a bigger success in Britain, but has fallen victim to waning ratings.
Fan Riya Patel arrived two hours before the broadcast started at 7:30pm local time on a brig screen in Melbourne’s Federation Square to secure a beanbag in the front row, despite passing showers and a bracing temperature of 9 degrees Celsius.
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More than 100 fans attended, many wrapped in blankets.
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