Neighbours...

I have been a fan of Neoghbours for many years. At first I was ashamed to admit it, but now several members of my family watch too, I'm quite proud to say I'm a fan. Today's episode was quite dramatic: many of the Ramsey Street characters were on a vintage plane flight to Tazmania, unaware that a bomb was ticking under the fuselage. It was in part corny but also quite sad and moving too. I think the reason why I like Neighbours is because of the characters and the humour (intentional and unintentional) I like the fact that some of the characters have been around for ages so you "know them" inside out and they have various things happen to them like Lou going to prison and Harold having a stroke. My favourite characters at the moment for conflict and comedy value are the Timminses. Janelle in particular (brash, in-yer-face "bogan") is a classic Neighbours character, meeting her male nemesis in Joe Mangal. Dylan Timmins is your classic bad boy trying to turn good (not an unusual theme for Neighbours) and the recent plot line of a criminal ex-friend setting him up to rob a store was a great one. The police are now onto him but as he's crashed in the Tazmanian sea, I doubt they'll get him, at least for a few more episodes!