Neighbours producer Jason Herbison has teased what fans can expect when the Australian soap makes its highly-anticipated comeback later this month.
The serial drama returns for a brand-new season on Monday, September 18 on Amazon Freevee.
Fans don’t have long to wait to find out what the characters have been up too since we last seen them on screen last year.
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Jason has revealed that there will be some new faces, as well as some fresh new drama, as well as a time jump, and of course, some of the show’s much-loved stars will return.
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He explained that a time jump was decided fairly “early on” during the discussions with Amazon.
The TV producer told Digital Spy: “That was decided very early on, when we were having talks with Amazon.
“We knew there was going to be a transmission gap, so life for the audience would have gone on and time would have passed for them too.
“Of course, other soaps have done time jumps, but in our case, we were actually going to have been off air as well.
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“We felt that it was a great opportunity – and two years felt like a really nice timeline.”
Due to the time jump, it meant that some characters naturally would have moved on from Ramsay Street.
Some stars were also “unavailable” to return or have “moved on to other projects”.
Jason teased: “But I will say that, just because a character is not back in episode one, it doesn’t mean they may not return in the future.
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“Certainly, there’s a lot of love from the actors who have been on the show.”
Stefan Dennis, Alan Fletcher, Ryan Moloney and Jackie Woodburne are just some Neighbours legends who will be returning.
Jason added that viewers will be introduced to “wonderful new characters”
He said: “We’ve got wonderful new characters. I think one of the many beauties of Neighbours is that it has always been multi-generational.
“With this next chapter of the show, it’s starting afresh and it was a great chance as well to just reset that.”
Neighbours returns on September 18, with new episodes available for free on Amazon Freevee in the UK and US on Mondays through Thursdays
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