RAMSAY Street has been home to the cast of Neighbours for decades, but sadly for viewers, time is once again up for the soap.
In February 2025, The Sun exclusively revealed that the beloved Australian show is being axed for a second time – here’s everything you need to know.
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Why has Neighbours been cancelled?
The announcement came after production company Fremantle failed to agree a new deal with Amazon, just two years after the streaming service brought the soap back.
A source said: ”Amazon gave Fremantle two years to see if it worked but sadly they just didn’t get the viewers.
”It’s a really sad day especially for the cast and crew who work on the show in Melbourne.
”This really is the end of Neighbours just as it’s celebrated its 40th birthday.”
The soap was cancelled by Channel 5 in 2022, before it was later brought back by Amazon.
Channel 5 first began broadcasting the show in 2008, after taking over from the BBC.
Reacting to the news of the axing, one fan took to X and wrote: ”It’s never a good day when a soap is cancelled #Neighbours.”
A second viewer wrote: ”Sad news about Neighbours again been axed from Amazon hope it can be saved again.”
And a third said: ”I can’t believe @neighbours is going to be axed again #Neighbours.”
Final episode
The soap has been a fan favourite both here and across the pond since it first aired in 1985.
Production is now set to come to a close this summer with the final ever episode being aired at the end of the year.
A-list stars
Over the years, viewers have welcomed and waved goodbye to plenty of Ramsay Street residents.
During that time, the soap has been pivotal in the careers of many A-list stars including Margot Robbie who starred as Donna Freedman.
She was on the show from 2008 until 2011, before starring in Martin Scorsese’s blockbuster The Wolf Of Wall Street in 2013.
Speaking on her time on the soap, Margot admitted that she repeatedly cold-called the casting office until she was put through.
She recalled: ”I don’t know why, I think it was a mistake.
”They asked: ‘How old are you?’ and I said: ‘I’m 17.’
”She said: ‘Oh, we need a 17-year-old girl right now, so come in next week.”
Other big names to have emerged from the show include Russell Crowe, Natalie Imbruglia, Kylie Minogue, Liam Hemsworth, and Holly Valance.
