Neighbours

The new series will start filming in Australia next year, with the production company Fremantle signing a deal with Amazon Freevee.

Among the returning cast are fan favourites Alan Fletcher as Karl Kennedy, Jackie Woodburne as Susan Kennedy, Stefan Dennis as Paul Robinson, and Ryan Moloney as Toadie Rebecchi.

As well as a new series of the soap, Amazon will also host the show’s 37-year back catalogue of classic episodes.

Neighbours finally checked out over the summer, 37 years and nearly 9,000 episodes after the residents of Ramsay Street first drew TV breath.

The long-running Aussie soap, latterly shown on Channel 5 in the UK, didn’t slip away quietly – Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan returned as Charlene and Scott Robinson, as did Hollywood stars Guy Pearce and Margot Robbie, who began their careers in the fictional town of Erinsborough.