Beloved TV show Neighbours has revealed that several of their actors will once again flying travel from Melbourne to the UK for a countrywide trip in 2025.
The Ramsay Street residents were in our country last year before filming the new series of Neighbours for Amazon Freevee, when they went on a successful fifteen date Celebration Tour.
The show has faced challenges recently, having been axed by broadcaster Channel 5 in 2022 – but this wasn't the first time it was taken off the air.
Originally shown on the Seven Network, the show didn't do well outside of Melbourne where it is made, and after eight months, the final episode aired.
However, rival Channel 10 saw potential in the show and picked it up for a new run two months later.
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The highly popular revival saw additional sets added, new families and some now very familiar faces – Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce – joining the cast.
It also became Australia’s biggest media export, first arriving on BBC One in the UK in a shakeup to their daytime lineup in autumn 1986, before moving to Channel 5 in 2008.
In an unexpected twist, streaming giants Amazon picked up Neighbours and new episodes have been shown daily on their ad-supported service Freevee since last September.
Last month, the series reached a significant milestone of 9,000 episodes, and was celebrated with nods to the past.
The upcoming trip will be hosted by Sky News anchor and self proclaimed superfan Leah Boleto, who also appeared on last year’s road trip.
Actors will make appearances in 6 venues across the UK – Birmingham, Newcastle, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and at the world-famous London Palladium, which first welcomed the show to perform as part of the Royal Variety Performance in 1988.
Organisers have teased a new star line-up, never before-heard stories and surprises plus all the inside information on what life is truly like in Erinsborough.
Last year, Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy), Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy), Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson), Ryan Maloney (Toadfish Rebecchi), Annie Jones (Jane Harris) and April-Rose Pengilly (Chloe Brennan) took to the stage, but next year’s names have yet to be announced.
The news comes just weeks after Ryan announced his own solo trip.
In an exclusive interview with Metro.co.uk, he told us:
‘I think it’s going to be a little bit different,’
‘I want it to be a sort of cross between television aspects and theatre at the same time and just bring to the forefront that I’m a performer and I’ve been doing it since I was eight years old on stage, doing musicals and comic theatre and performing and hosting – all that kind of jazz
'I believe it's time to allow individuals to come in and display something unique, [so they can] observe Ryan's true personality.'
Tickets will be available for purchase to the public on 10th April at 10am with an early sale on 8th April also at 10am.
