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Old 21-06-2013, 16:58
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I've always found it weird that Neighbours in Australia is less popular than H&A, yet over here in the UK it's the complete opposite. Is it that the brits like the cheese factor that Neighbours brings and the aussies prefer the more dramatic stuff (disasters etc) that goes on in H&A?

What do people think is the reason?
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Old 21-06-2013, 17:37
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I personally prefer Home and Away to Neighbours. Neighbours gets really boring.
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Old 21-06-2013, 17:42
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I think it's mostly down to being the first one shown and of course the fantastic support the BBC gave it.
ITV treated Home & Away badly and it didn't air on all regions at the same time.
Plus when Home and Away left ITV there was an 18 month break before it was shown on Five where as with Neigbours it ended on BBC1 on the Friday and the following Monday it aired on Channel 5

For the 90's and up to 2007 Neighbours was always the better one but Home and Away took over (In my opinion) both at present are crap but would prefer Home and Away.
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Old 21-06-2013, 17:49
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I much prefer Home and Away to Neighbours. Neighbours is just far too cheesy for me.
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Old 21-06-2013, 18:05
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Neighbours is lighter and an easier background watch when you're having lunch.
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Old 21-06-2013, 18:34
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Neighbours is lighter and an easier background watch when you're having lunch.
That's where I've noticed the biggest difference in ratings - the lunch time showing seems to regularly get double the ratings that Neighbours does. I watch Neighbours because of it's comedy (sometimes unintentional). I've never watched a whole episode of H&A and the trailers they show don't really appeal to me, it looks like it takes itself a bit too seriously. (the one thing I like about Hollyoaks is the fact they sometimes poke fun at themselves)
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Old 21-06-2013, 19:14
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Neighbours over H&A for me every time.
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Old 21-06-2013, 19:18
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I think when the BBC first bought Neighbours they saw it as a brighter, less serious version of Eastenders and the BBC gave it great support throughout its time on there.
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Old 21-06-2013, 22:10
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I prefer the mix of characters in Neighbours, and there's a (seemingly) slightly older cast. Plus there is a wider range of storylines. H&A just seems to revolve around the bloody boring Braxtons...
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Old 21-06-2013, 22:45
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I prefer the mix of characters in Neighbours, and there's a (seemingly) slightly older cast. Plus there is a wider range of storylines. H&A just seems to revolve around the bloody boring Braxtons...
You can't really call the braxtons boring. The only drama that happens in home and away involves the braxtons.
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Old 21-06-2013, 22:48
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Neighbours is lighter and an easier background watch when you're having lunch.
Couldn't Neighbours have a jaw-dropping big season finale one day where after a explosion at Charlie's, and Sheila marrying Kyle off to Georgia,Susan wakes up, goes to the shower and finds Taggart's Mike Jardine, who supposedly died in 2002, in the shower, and therefore finds out she's dreamt his death and funeral? It involves Jackie Woodburne in a big storyline and crosses a character from another TV show into Ramsay Street.

Heavily trailed, it'll be high-rating for C5 and Fremantle.
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Old 21-06-2013, 22:53
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It also has advantage that it never had a break in being on air the way Home and Away did.

Also didn't Home and Away have a special which involved Atomic Kitten, all a bit odd really. Neighbours got a Spice Girl!
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Old 21-06-2013, 22:54
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I personally prefer Home and Away to Neighbours. Neighbours gets really boring.
I think it's the total opposite at the moment. Neighbours has lifted it's game in recent months - there's lots of fast-moving dramatic storylines and a good balance of characters (although some of the new actors are not the best).

H&A is visually stunning but the Braxton stories are on a repeat cycle with the older cast becoming support members. But I think there are signs that will change (ie with Sally's return). it's lost it's heart.
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Old 21-06-2013, 23:04
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You can't really call the braxtons boring. The only drama that happens in home and away involves the braxtons.
Which, for me, is the problem. I'd much rather have stories about the other characters. Bad boys really don't make for good stories, in my opinion. (I never appreciated the Mitchell brothers, when I used to watch EE! I was bored by the constant gangster nonsense!)
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Old 21-06-2013, 23:13
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I don't watch H & A but Neighbours has really impressed me over the past 18 months....
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Old 21-06-2013, 23:36
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You can't really call the braxtons boring. The only drama that happens in home and away involves the braxtons.
Yes and it's repetitive, poorly acted crud
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Old 22-06-2013, 08:24
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Yes and it's repetitive, poorly acted crud
I totally agree!
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Old 22-06-2013, 09:06
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Yes and it's repetitive, poorly acted crud
Exactly. I do like the way Heath's character has developed but other than than it's the same thing over and over. How many times is Brax going to save the world? (His part of it anyway!) .
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Old 22-06-2013, 10:05
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I used to prefer Neighbours and I stopped watching Home and Away because it was terrible at one point but started watching it again last year and there have been some excellent story lines. Neighbours was boring a while back but it has started to get interesting with the new families arriving.

Unfortunately annoying characters like Georgia and Sonya are forced into too many scenes.
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Old 22-06-2013, 10:33
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I personally prefer Home and Away to Neighbours. Neighbours gets really boring.
Yep. There's sort of this goodie-two shoes vibe sometimes i don't like.
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Old 22-06-2013, 11:52
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Yes and it's repetitive, poorly acted crud
Compared to the majority of Neighbours' new additions, the Braxtons are Oscar-worthy.

Neighbours has improved a bit but it's still too cheesy for my liking. Home and Away has always created better teens (yes, they often get annoying by the end but they tend to start off well), whereas Neighbours hardly ever seems to get them right.

The ratings in their own country are very telling. If it wasn't for the UK, I don't think Neighbours would be around any more. There is a lot of misguided loyalty to Neighbours in this country, and I think most of you are right that it's due to which one started first and the way H&A was treated when it moved channels.
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