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Neighbours Repeat Campaign
In December I wrote to as many digital TV channels I could find, asking whether they had thought about acquiring Neighbours from FremantleMedia for a repeat run. I've had two reponses so far so I thought I'd post them on here. From UKTV: Quote:
Dear Edward, From Fox Intrnational Channels:Thank you for your recent correspondence. It's great to hear from our viewers regarding the programmes they would like to see again. Following the re-branding of the channel, UKTV are persuing new avenues of drama, comedy and factual series. As a result, some series, such as Neighbours, will no longer be broadcast as they do not fit with the new ethos of the channel. We have however added your request to our programme suggestions log, and this will be passed onto the relevant department for consideration when making future scheduling decisions. Sincerely, Viewer Liason Team, UKTV Quote:
Dear Mr Howard, I certainly appreciate the honesty of Toby Etheridge from FX UK but I do think if fans want to see the early years of the show as many of us should write to Digital channels as possible. The more they see the support for Neighbours being repeated, the higher the likelihood it will be. I'm going to write to Ten and Fremantle soon. Thank you very much for your letter and suggestion of FX acquiring ''Neighbours''. It's a nice idea but I have doubts as to whether it would work, I'm afraid. It's generally true that soaps have little repeat value and I would expect this to hold true of Neighbours. Certainly the viewing figures for its run on GOLD that you mention support this assumption. For all those current Neighbours fans who never saw the early years (like yourself), there is perhaps an argument, but I don't think the volume of viewing these repeats would generate could justify its acquisition from FremantleMedia. Even if that proved false, FX isn't really the right home for it, editorially. We specialise in US drama and comedy and have only carried the occasional Australian production (Nominees, Underbelly), and haven't ever carried a soap. Sorry not to have better news but thank you once again for writing to us. Kind Regards, Yours Sincerely, Toby Etheridge Head of Programming, FX UK ![]() Let me know what you think... |
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It would be great to see some of these episodes again, but I doubt it will ever happen. Which is a shame because there are so many cable shows at the moment which show the same repeats over and over again so i don't know why they couldn't show repeats of neighbours.
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Have you thought about contacting the BBC? Don't they still hold the '85-'08 rights to the show?
Imagine, early Neighbours on either BBC1, BBC2, BBC3 or BBC4...all uninterrupted. I am getting excited just thinking about it. |
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UKTV always say the same when it comes to repeating soaps.
I Just hope this new Sofa Stars channel launches soon. That's if its actually a real channel. At least this channel will give us Home and Away from the beginning. I've heard quite a few uk soaps are rumoured to air: Home and Away from the beginning Grange Hill from the beginning (Now classed as a soap) Eldorado Crossroads (not sure which era) EastEnders was mentioned. |
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Have you thought about contacting the BBC? Don't they still hold the '85-'08 rights to the show?
Imagine, early Neighbours on either BBC1, BBC2, BBC3 or BBC4...all uninterrupted. I am getting excited just thinking about it. EastEnders was shown for a very short period on BBC Four. But that was only because they doing a special season about the 80s. So they showed a few 1980s episodes. |
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Miles - I haven't contacted the BBC about repeating Neighbours but they no longer have the rights I believe. The BBC scraps anything they no longer want to air and I think Neighbours has been dumped.
Will anyone else get behind me and continue the campaign by writing to stations? Is there an address for Sofa Stars? Perhaps I will write to them if I ever find an address. Even if they do repeat Home and Away, it seems a bit of a waste because I'm already watching the repeats from the repeat run in Australia. Neighbours is the one that desperately needs repeating. I'm afraid it will never happen. But if we at least try, then something may happen. I think contacting a station by post is more successful than writing emails etc... |
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Miles - I haven't contacted the BBC about repeating Neighbours but they no longer have the rights I believe. The BBC scraps anything they no longer want to air and I think Neighbours has been dumped.
Will anyone else get behind me and continue the campaign by writing to stations? Is there an address for Sofa Stars? Perhaps I will write to them if I ever find an address. Even if they do repeat Home and Away, it seems a bit of a waste because I'm already watching the repeats from the repeat run in Australia. Neighbours is the one that desperately needs repeating. I'm afraid it will never happen. But if we at least try, then something may happen. I think contacting a station by post is more successful than writing emails etc... I would love a BBC re-run. No ads and all that. Failing that...more DVDs maybe. You know I am on Perfect Blend...
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The BBC still hold the rights to Neighbours 1985-2007 until 2018.
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The BBC still hold the rights to Neighbours 1985-2007 until 2018.
How do you know that?Come on BBC...Neighbours repeats please!
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I thought they did. Until 2018!
How do you know that?Come on BBC...Neighbours repeats please! ![]() |
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The BBC still hold the rights to Neighbours 1985-2007 until 2018.
I doubt the BBC still have the tapes. Seeing as the public pays for the BBC I doubt they have kept the tapes, thinking they'll never repeat them again. Plus they're probably bitter that they lost the show to Five which is another reason I highly doubt they'll repeat. Miles, shall we write to the BBC? ![]() We need to get people sending in their letters! |
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In the original contract with Fremantle Media - the rights expire to all episodes 10 years after the the last episode shown.
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Do you work for Fremantle or something? If not, how do you know such information?
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Are you saying they can ask Fremantle for more tapes should they require them? Right, time to write a letter to the Beeb... LOL
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Are you saying they can ask Fremantle for more tapes should they require them? Right, time to write a letter to the Beeb... LOL
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How do you know that Five were trying to get old eps? Did they want to repeat the show on Five*? Couldn't they just buy the episodes straight from Fremantle if they wanted?
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How do you know that Five were trying to get old eps? Did they want to repeat the show on Five*? Couldn't they just buy the episodes straight from Fremantle if they wanted?
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In the original contract with Fremantle Media - the rights expire to all episodes 10 years after the the last episode shown.
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Interesting. I had no idea about that amount of detail. Fascinating.
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So writing to all these channels was a waste of time anyway then - only the BBC can repeat the show. How frickin annoying, and there's no way they'll repeat the episodes anyway!
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So writing to all these channels was a waste of time anyway then - only the BBC can repeat the show. How frickin annoying, and there's no way they'll repeat the episodes anyway!
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You could very well find Channel 5 buying 1988-2000 episodes of Home and Away - It was exactly the same with ITV &Home and away, ITV's rights to 1988-2000 episodes of H&A eps expired on 15 July 2011
What's the best road to go down do you think, Hollywood 1989, in terms of getting Neighbours repeated at all? Contacting the BBC/Ten/Fremantle? |
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Home and Away seems to be much more accessible than Neighbours in terms of repeats. First, it's being repeated by Channel 7 in Australia already, secondly it's been purchased (I suspect) by the Sofa Stars channel so will be repeated in the UK, nad Five could buy the rights too.
What's the best road to go down do you think, Hollywood 1989, in terms of getting Neighbours repeated at all? Contacting the BBC/Ten/Fremantle? You could contact BBC, but I doubt they would do anything and as for fremantlemedia - they may own the show but the BBC own the rights in UK for those episodes for the next 6 years, so the ball is in the BBC's court. |
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How do you know that?
I doubt the BBC still have the tapes. Seeing as the public pays for the BBC I doubt they have kept the tapes, thinking they'll never repeat them again. Plus they're probably bitter that they lost the show to Five which is another reason I highly doubt they'll repeat. Miles, shall we write to the BBC? ![]() We need to get people sending in their letters! |
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So writing to all these channels was a waste of time anyway then - only the BBC can repeat the show. How frickin annoying, and there's no way they'll repeat the episodes anyway!
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