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1987: Neighbours cast dish Ramsay Street gossip

Eamonn Holmes is ed live via satellite from Melbourne by the cast of Neighbours - the Australian soap opera that has rapidly become a phenomenon in the UK.

Fans of the show put their questions to Alan Dale (Jim Robinson), Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson), Anne Charleston (Madge Mitchell), Guy Pearce (Mike Young), Paul Keane (Des Clarke), Myra De Groot (Eileen Clarke), Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson) and Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson).

Watch to find out:

  • Are they anything like the characters they portray?

  • Has anything funny ever happened on set?

  • Just why are there so many devious and evil women in Australian soaps?

  • Have there been any arguments while filming?

  • Are the actors' real-life homes anything like their ones on Ramsay Street?

  • Is it normal for super-macho Australian males to be talking so much about love?

  • And also, whatever happened to Max?

Neighbours was a mainstay on the BBC for 22 years, before moving to Channel 5 in 2008.

This edition of Open Air was originally broadcast on 13 October 1987

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