Amazon Freevee Reunites Familiar Faces for the New Chapter of "Neighbours"

Annie Jones, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Georgie Stone, and Tim Kano will return as series regulars, with Ian Smith, April Rose Pengilly, and Melissa Bell returning as guest stars

LONDON - 28 February, 2023 - Today, Amazon Freevee and Fremantle announced seven more adored characters will be moving back to Ramsay Street for the much-anticipated new chapter of Neighbours. Annie Jones (as Jane Harris), Rebekah Elmaloglou (as Terese Willis), Georgie Stone (as Mackenzie Hargreaves), and Tim Kano (as Leo Tanaka) will reprise their roles as series regulars. Returning in guest roles are Ian Smith (as Harold Bishop), April Rose Pengilly (as Chloe Brennan), and Melissa Bell (as Lucy Robinson). They will be joined by Neighbours icons Stefan Dennis, Alan Fletcher, Ryan Moloney, and Jackie Woodburne, as previously announced.

The continuation of the long-running soap series - about the lives, loves, and challenges of the residents on Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, Australia, a fictional suburb of Melbourne - follows the finale in 2022, which was watched by millions of adoring fans. Production is set to commence this spring, with a world premiere slated for this Fall. The revitalised series will premiere for free, exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the UK and U.S. The series will also stream on Prime Video in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa, and will be available seven days after launch on Prime Video in Australia. Previous seasons of Neighbours as well as many iconic episodes are currently available to stream on Amazon Freevee. Additionally, the free streaming service will feature two series themed FAST Channels on the service, 'Neighbours - Looking Back', starting on 28 Feb and 'Best of Neighbours', starting on 7 March.

Neighbours ran for more than three decades, garnering fans across the globe and launching the careers of many household names, such as Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, and Russell Crowe. Neighbours is produced by Fremantle. Jason Herbison, Neighbours' executive producer since 2013, will maintain his position on the exciting new chapter of Neighbours, with Andrew Thompson returning as producer.

About Fremantle

Fremantle is one of the world's largest and most successful creators, producers, and distributors of entertainment, drama, film, and documentaries.

Operating in 27 territories, we are a proudly independent group of content creators. Fremantle produces and delivers high-quality multi-genre IP including some of the biggest entertainment formats, most watched international dramas, award-winning films, and hard-hitting documentaries, amplifying local stories on a global scale.

From Idols to This England, The Price is Right to The Hand of God, The Farmer Wants A Wife to Arctic Drift, Family Feud to My Brilliant Friend, and Bones & All to Planet Sex, our focus is simple; Fremantle creates and delivers irresistible entertainment.

Fremantle is also a world leader in digital and branded entertainment with more than 470 million fans across 1,500 social channels and over 34 billion views per year across all platforms.

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann.

For more information, please visit Fremantle.com, follow us on Twitter @FremantleHQ and Instagram @fremantle or visit our LinkedIn page.

Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV

Amazon Freevee is a streaming video service with thousands of premium movies and TV shows, including Originals and FAST channels, available anytime, for free.

Expansive Catalogue: Amazon Freevee offers viewers ambitious Originals, including Bosch: Legacy; Emmy-winning court program Judy Justice; reality design series Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis; comedy series Sprung; music documentary Post Malone: Runaway; heist drama Leverage: Redemption; spy thriller Alex Rider; Australian crime drama series Troppo; coming-of-age series High School, as well as an always updating library of broadly appealing hit movies and TV shows that customers would expect to see on a paid service. Amazon Freevee adds new titles every month across a wide selection of genres, including comedy, family, romance, thrillers, science fiction, documentaries, and horror.

Free: The entire catalogue of content on the service is free. No paid subscriptions necessary.

Limited Ads: Amazon Freevee provides customers highly sought content supported by limited advertising.

Instant Access: Amazon Freevee is available as an app on Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and within the Prime Video app. Amazon Freevee is also available as an app on Google TV and other Android TV OS devices including Sony, Panasonic, Hisense, Phillips, Sharp, Vestel, Nvidia, Xiaomi, TCL, and Android mobile devices, as well as iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD.

To learn more about Amazon Freevee, visit www.amazon.co.uk/freevee and follow @AmazonFreevee.

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