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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 270010" data-attributes="member: 23">I have a real soft spot for Seven&#039;s original version of Neighbours.&nbsp; It felt special to me from that very first episode, and I think of it having a warm earthiness. Ten honed the formula by cutting out a lot of the earnestness (which is good);&nbsp; amping up the humour considerably (arguably not so good) and saturating the cast with pretty young things. And it&#039;s the latter version that became the hit. But I was perhaps the only person I knew in the late Eighties who felt nostalgic for Seven&#039;s take on the series with its orange font, beige sets and brunette Scott. The beige-brown cosiness of the Seven shows is an appeal all its own. Sons and Daughters had it at times. As did late-Eighties Home And Away. I wonder if it has to do with the way it&#039;s shot, as well. While the general perception of UK audiences was that Aussie shows looked a bit cheap, the&nbsp; <a href="https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1480343" target="_blank">original Neighbours Publicity Booklet</a> describes the shooting techniques which does suggest some care went into creating that cosy look:<img src="https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/4/333304-medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I seem to remember reading at the time that the BBC were initially keen for Neighbours to be a joint production but had to drop out as their daytime schedule wouldn&#039;t be ready to run when the series was launched in 1985. They probably did well out of it by the time they were ready to buy: back in the Eighties, one episode of EastEnders cost the Beeb £40k, while they could buy a week&#039;s worth of Neighbours episodes for £28k. Things have come full circle there, really, with UK audiences now being a big factor in Neighbours&#039; ongoing production and episodes seen in Britain close to their Aussie transmission date.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 270010, member: 23"] I have a real soft spot for Seven's original version of [I]Neighbours[/I]. It felt special to me from that very first episode, and I think of it having a warm earthiness. Ten honed the formula by cutting out a lot of the earnestness (which is good); amping up the humour considerably (arguably not so good) and saturating the cast with pretty young things. And it's the latter version that became the hit. But I was perhaps the only person I knew in the late Eighties who felt nostalgic for Seven's take on the series with its orange font, beige sets and brunette Scott. The beige-brown cosiness of the Seven shows is an appeal all its own.[I] Sons and Daughters [/I]had it at times. As did late-Eighties[I] Home And Away.[/I] I wonder if it has to do with the way it's shot, as well. While the general perception of UK audiences was that Aussie shows looked a bit cheap, the [url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1480343]original [I]Neighbours[/I] Publicity Booklet[/url] describes the shooting techniques which does suggest some care went into creating that cosy look: [CENTER][img]https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/4/333304-medium.jpg[/img][/CENTER] I seem to remember reading at the time that the BBC were initially keen for [I]Neighbours[/I] to be a joint production but had to drop out as their daytime schedule wouldn't be ready to run when the series was launched in 1985. They probably did well out of it by the time they were ready to buy: back in the Eighties, one episode of [I]EastEnders[/I] cost the Beeb £40k, while they could buy a week's worth of [I]Neighbours[/I] episodes for £28k. Things have come full circle there, really, with UK audiences now being a big factor in[I] Neighbours' [/I]ongoing production and episodes seen in Britain close to their Aussie transmission date. [/QUOTE]

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