Extinguishing those cancellation fears, Neighbours will continue on UK screens after broadcaster Channel 5 secured a new multi-year deal with FremantleMedia.
Per RadioTimes:
Earlier this year, the long-running Australian soap’s domestic broadcaster Ten Network went into voluntary administration, sparking fears the show could be axed if it lost a network in its home territory.
Today, after months of uncertainty, Channel 5 announced a ‘multi-year’ deal with the soap’s production company FremantleMedia that will keep the programme’s place on British TV – presumably regardless of Ten’s ultimate fate in Australia – while also increasing the number of episodes produced annually, meaning for the first time ever Neighbours will air for 52 weeks of the year without its traditional Christmas break from 2018.
Channel 5 and FremantleMedia have also revealed plans to collaborate on a number of annual special episodes, with the first earmarked for early next year which will launch major new storylines.
Stay tuned as we now monitor the survival status of Neighbours under its new multi-season UK deal…
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