By Rachel Russell
BBC Information
Media caption, Neighbours finale: ‘Goodbye to a persona I’ve grown up with’
The ideal episode of Neighbours attracted a median target audience of 2.5 million UK viewers, Channel 5 has talked about.
The Australian cleaning soap ended on a high after 37 years on Friday by bringing assist standard past characters.
In a single day figures showed a height target audience of three million in the UK – the top since the cleaning soap moved to Channel 5 in 2008.
The episode aired in Australia on Thursday, which drew 873,000 metro viewers on Channel 10 and 10 Peach.
The double-episode featured a marriage ceremony and a nostalgic tribute to past and expose stars.
Singers Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, who starred as couple Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell in the 1980s, made their prolonged-awaited return to the fictional Ramsay Avenue.
Oscar-nominated Margot Robbie, who beforehand completed Donna Freedman between 2008-2011, made a cameo in the episode, the establish she described her years there as “a few of the fully of my complete lifestyles”.
Singers Delta Goodrem, who completed Nina Tucker, Natalie Imbruglia, who was once Beth Brennan and Holly Valance who completed Felicity Scully moreover made appearances.
The trio went on to salvage chart success after their time in Erinsborough.
But another major order level in the finale was once the return of Mike Young, completed by actor Man Pearce, who made up our minds to breeze assist to Ramsay Avenue to give his relationship along with his frail love ardour Jane Harris, completed by Annie Jones, one other likelihood.
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Picture caption, The neighbours solid on their last day of filming
‘Cease of an period’
Ben Frow, director of programming at Channel 5, talked about: “I suspect there wasn’t a dry perceive from the viewers as Neighbours bowed out on a high last night time.
“We desired to give it a fitting, respectful ending and I’m hoping our night time dedicated to Neighbours accomplished that.
“Last night time truly is the terminate of an period. The response from viewers overnight has been very fascinating and, although they had been wished the ending didn’t salvage to realize.”