Farewell, Neighbours. Much like Rathgar or Blackrock, Ramsay Street was a troubled place that discouraged hope - The Irish Times

Patrick Freyne: Still, Neighbours offered a sunnily optimistic alternative to EastEnders’ grey dystopia

In 1985 the Australian soap opera Neighbours was established mainly, I think, to depict the existential horror of living in suburbia. (We do something similar here at The Irish Times.) Its set on Ram… [+7858 chars]

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