Susan Kennedy: Last News

Australian soap Neighbours has been on our screens since 1985, and throughout that time, UK fans have become fixated with the lives of the Ramsay Street residents. So much so, that it's achieved icon status alongside some of Britain's most popular (and iconic) soaps, like Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale. But it's not just ordinary members of the public who call themselves Neighbours fans - there are many celeb devotees, too.

Neighbours has been missing from our screens for 14 months after its shock axe from Channel 5, but following its return to Amazon - fans have been left confused by the two year jump ahead.The show's return episode was aired on Monday 18 September, and jumped ahead in time from the "final ever" episode of the soap, which aired in July 2022. In one of the early scenes in the new episode, Susan Kennedy references the changes during a conversation with Harold Bishop, who has returned to Ramsay Street.The last time Harold was in town was for the wedding of Toadie Rebecchi and Melanie Pearson, which happened in the final episode.

Neighbours legend Ben Nicholas has revealed that he and his wife are having a second child. Ben, 35, is known to soap fans for playing Stingray in Neighbours from 2004 to 2007.

Australian soap opera Neighbours is due to return to our screens in September, but fans aren’t happy about one key change to the show. The iconic series was famously axed by Channel 5 last year, but has since found a home on Amazon freevee’s network and will see the return of some much loved characters to the small screen.

Neighbours fans can officially get excited as the iconic soap's return date has finally been revealed for its big Amazon comeback.The Aussie soap was axed last summer, after 37 years, with fans devastated at the news, however, it was later announced that it would be making a return to our screens as production company Fremantle signed onto the project with Amazon Freevee. Fan favourites, including Stefan Dennis as Paul Robinson, Alan Fletcher as Karl Kennedy, Jackie Woodburne as Susan Kennedy and Ryan Moloney as Toadie Rebecchi, are all set to return.

Given that it spent nearly 40 years on our TV screens, it’s no surprise that Neighbours saw hundreds of actors come and go on Ramsay Street. And of those who once held Erinsborough close to their hearts, some including Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth went on to find success in Hollywood too. Among those who used Neighbours to catapult their career on our screens is Jesse Spencer who played Billy Kennedy from 1994.

Neighbours fans can officially get excited as some more soap favourites will officially be returning to the revived show, set to premiere later this year. Fans of the long-running Aussie soap were left devastated when it was announced in February 2022 that Neighbours was coming to an end after a 37-year run, with a tear-jerking final episode aired on Channel 5 later that year.

Neighbours star Ryan Moloney says he was just as surprised as fans to discover the much-loved soap has been brought back to life.

Neighbours will be returning to our TV screens in 2023. The Australian soap is going to be available to watch on Amazon Freevee next year - just five months after it was axed.

It's almost been a week since Neighbours fans were forced to say an emotional goodbye to the soap after 37 years on-screen. The Australian favourite was taken off air last Friday (July 29) following a special finale episode which was full of familiar faces returning to Ramsay Street for one last time.

Love Island fans were outraged as Ekin-Su and Davide received the most votes for being incompatible tonight - and fumed it was only because the other islanders know they are front-runners to win. The Turkish actress and Italian hunk received the unflattering votes from all the other couples in the villa on Friday (July 29). Adam and Tasha chose Ekin-Su and Davide along with Paige and Adam as their least compatible; Paige and Adam chose Ekin-Su and Davide along with Gemma and Luca as their least compatible; Gemma and Luca chose Ekin-Su and Davide along with Andrew and Tasha as their least compatible and Dami and Indiyah chose Ekin-Su and Davide along with Gemma and Luca as their least compatible.

Channel 5. Pop legends Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan were two of the big names that fans were looking forward to seeing on screen again. But while some viewers were delighted by their return, others were not impressed that Kylie had very little lines.

husband Karl (played by Alan Fletcher) are some of Neighbours' longest-serving characters. They quickly became Ramsay Street favourites - but their marriage had some tough times over the years. While they are happily married (again) now, Karl's affairs with Sarah and later Izzy split the couple up.

After 37 years on our screens, Neighbours has closed out its final moments with emotional reunions, a joyful wedding and a nostalgic tribute to past and present stars. The much loved Australian soap ended with a double-episode special on Friday (July 29) which featured star-studded cameos from Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Margot Robbie and singer Natalie Imbruglia.

Neighbours has closed out its final moments with emotional reunions, a joyful wedding and a nostalgic tribute to past and present stars.After 37 years on screen, the Australian soap ended with a double-episode special on Friday which featured star-studded cameos from Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Margot Robbie and singer Natalie Imbruglia.The show first aired in 1985 and followed the cul-de-sac community of Ramsay Street within the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough.READ MORE: Neighbours Toadie star's life - forgotten roles, huge weight loss and Big Brother stintIn the opening of the finale, it becomes clear Ramsay Street as the community once knew it is coming to an end as Susan Kennedy, played by Jackie Woodburne, looks at all the houses up for sale around her home.Harold Bishop, reprised by Ian Smith for the closing episodes, tells Susan and her husband Karl they are the “last of the custodians” of the area and suggests she should write the introduction to their “History Of Ramsay Street” photo album.Another fan-favourite character to return to their old hunting ground is Mike Young, played by Guy Pearce, who shows his daughter Sam (Henrietta Graham) around the area.After bumping into his old friend and former love interest Jane Harris, played by Annie Jones, they take a trip down memory lane by going through the houses on Ramsay Street and revisiting memories from their youth.They recall special moments including his reaction to her makeover when she went without her glasses for the first time and when her mother would not let him visit her.However, their time reminiscing does not go down well with Jane’s former partner Clive Gibbons (Geoff Paine) who ends up in a drunken row wielding a lamp at Mike, saying:

Tissues at the ready as tonight it's the final ever episode of Neighbours. The finale, which has already aired in Australia, features longstanding cast member Toadfish, known to all as Toadie, played by Ryan Molony, 42, and his wedding to Melanie Pearson, played by Lucinda Cowden, 57.The Ramsay Street favourite has starred as Toadie for for 27 years and in the final episode he will at last get his happy ever after following two decades of tragic and turbulent storylines which have included his new wife Dee going missing on their honeymoon, and his second wife Sonya dying from cancer. After 37 years of Ramsey Street, Toadie and Melanie's marriage is the perfect way for the cast past and present to say goodbye as the pair wed in a ceremony presided over by another well-loved cast member, Susan Kennedy, played by Jackie Woodburn, 66.

Neighbours have dropped an emotional teaser trailer just days before it goes off air for good.The special hour-long finale episode of the Australian soap opera will air on Friday (July 29) after 37 years.Channel 5 said at the time that they decided to drop the continuing drama from their schedules in favourite of "original UK drama".READ MORE: When is Neighbours final episode and what is the plot as famous faces reuniteThe final few episodes leading to the grand finale have been described as an on-air celebration of the show’s legacy and must-see television.A trailer for the final scenes has been released and shows what viewers can expect.Harold Bishop, reflecting on his time in Erinsborough, says: "It certainly feels like the end of an era.

Neighbours fans were recently delighted to find out that Malcolm Kennedy was returning to Erinsborough for the soap's final episodes.However, shock and surprise was in store after it was revealed that Malcolm had a new girlfriend - and it was his dad's ex Izzy Hoyland.Even as the finale approaches, Neighbours is still full of surprises - and many fans are wondering if they will also see Malcolm's brother and sister make a return to Ramsay Street too.READ NEXT: Neighbours star April Rose Pengilly's famous dad - and huge rock band you know him fromThe Kennedys became instant fan favourites since they arrived in 1994 - with the stars playing the Kennedy kids leading busy lives away from the soap in the years since.As viewers prepare to get their tissues as the ready, Daily Star takes a look at where the Kennedy kids are now.Kym Valentine rose to fame as Karl and Susan's daughter Libby Kennedy - fast becoming a fan favourite in the soap.During her time in Erinsborough, she was caught up in a love triangle with boyfriend Darren Starke, as well as leaving viewers heartbroken following the death of her husband Drew Kirk.However, Kym decided to leave the soap over 10 years later in 2004, after reportedly wanting to return to the theatre stage.She has made a number of return appearances in Neighbours since then, including her failed rekindled romance with Darren Starke, marriage to Daniel Fitzgerald and surrogate pregnancy storyline.She later departed the soap in 2010, before making a guest appearance in 2014 to celebrate 20 years of on-screen parents Karl and Susan Kennedy.The star had a number of health battles during her time on the soap, including in 2008 after she contracted pneumonia and one year later, when she suffered a

Neighbours was completed - and Jackie Woodburne was heartbroken when the time came to bid her much-loved character Susan a fond farewell.She told in a brand new interview of how she regarded herself as Susan's "guardian" and felt "anger" on learning that the soap had been axed."I’ve lived with her for so long and been through so much with her," an emotional Jackie admitted."I feel like I’ve been her guardian and while she’s been living her life, I’ve kept watch."Feeling like a bereaved parent, she confessed: "I really miss her.""We all felt those five stages of grief – anger, denial, acceptance and the rest – at different times over the last few months," Jackie continued.However the tight-knit team of actors on the soap "helped each other through"."We’re very much an ensemble and there’s no hierarchy on the show," she insisted."That makes for a really strong support network.”It has been just five months since the world learnt that Neighbours would be no more, leaving some fans heartbroken as they felt they had grown up with the characters.Many even remembered Can't Get You Out of My Head star Kylie Minogue's days on the show, before she pursued a musical career full time.Jackie believes some of the younger members of the soap face bleak prospects, claiming that being forced to take side-jobs as waitresses is a "reality" of an acting career in Australia.However, she is looking forward to taking a much-needed break before embarking on her next role.Top of her wishlist is playing an "evil psychopath" - in other words, the polar opposite of her comparatively innocent character Susan.In the meantime, as someone who insists she has never been a "showbizzy" person, she will be taking her time before stepping back on the

BBC Breakfast presenter Jon Kay looked utterly unrecognisable in a throwback snap taken a quarter of a century ago.The star is used to appearing on the iconic red sofa alongside the likes of Sally Nugent and Carol Kirkwood, and tends to rock smart suits and ties for his time on the show.But in the snap shared with his Twitter followers, Jon looked completely different in a dark green fleece and a cheeky grin, as he posed alongside Neighbours stars on the Ramsay Street set.In one snap, Jon could be seen posing alongside Jackie Woodburne, who plays Susan Kennedy, and Alan Fletcher, who plays Dr Karl Kennedy.Jon stood with his hands in the pockets of a pair of black slacks as he grinned at the camera, wearing his brunette hair buzzed a little closer to his head than he does in the present day.The star added a backpack to his ensemble and wore his shirt open at the collar while grinning open-mouthed in another snap, taken aback by being on the Neighbours set.Jon wrote alongside his snaps: “Loving the #Neighbours nostalgia on @BBCBreakfast. This is me backpacking in Melbourne 25 years ago and bumping into the *actual* Kennedys filming on the *actual* Ramsay Street!”Fans simply couldn’t get over how different Jon looked in the pictures, with one writing: “You look sooo young… and a bit Australian! I can see you with a surfboard under your arm (on a sunnier day!).”Another added: “Amazing pic!”“You don’t age!” added someone else, while a fourth said: “Quality! You look so excited!”Another social media user said: “Amazing Jon.

Neighbours, after her fling with Ned has been uncovered.However, Harlow Robinson actress Jemma Donovan's life off-screen is far less dramatic, but just as interesting, with family connections to Neighbours co-stars, a famous popstar father and revealing her dream role outside of Ramsay Street.Since joining Neighbours in 2019 as the daughter of Paul Robinson's villainous son Robert Robinson, Harlow has become a fan favourite with viewers - even joining forces with TV icon Amanda Holden in a recent storyline.As things take a dramatic turn for her character Harlow, Daily Star takes a look inside the life of actress Jemma Donovan.Before Jemma joined Neighbours in 2019, she already had a link to the popular Australian soap, after she appeared in the spin-off series Erinsborough High for four episodes as Harlow Robinson - the character she would later play in Neighbours.The series follows what goes on behind the doors of the town's famous High School, where many of Ramsay Street's residents have worked in the past, including Libby Kennedy and Susan Kennedy.Before stepping onto Ramsay Street however, Jemma also had roles in the TV series Spotless and TV film Mr Stink in 2015, before rising to global fame as Harlow Robinson.However after landing her role as Harlow, Jemma did reveal that she felt pressure to prove herself to viewers, saying to The Mirror: "I think, at the beginning I was like, 'Oh, I really want to make sure that I prove myself here as well, and not just come on because of the family name in that sense.' "So, I think there was a bit of pressure, but I really enjoyed proving myself."Neighbours fans were left devastated earlier this year, when it was announced that the famous soap would be coming to an end after 37