Neighbours (Part 1)
6/20/202634 min
Britain in the mid 1980’s is a nation caught between tradition and change.
Margaret Thatcher's government reshapes the economy…
Duran Duran and Wham! dominate the pop charts, while Live Aid unites the world through music.
And most importantly of all - daytime TV was about to change forever…
In 1985 - a quiet cul-de-sac in Melbourne, Australia, captured the world's imagination.
Ramsay Street wasn't just a fictional location. For millions of viewers, it quickly felt like home.
From pop superstars to Academy Award Winners - the show became a legendary launchpad for global superstardom.
It gave the world pop Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Guy Pierce, Margot Robbie, and Russell Crowe…
By the late 1980s, nearly twenty million British viewers tuned in daily. It became an essential cultural anchor for a generation of UK school kids and adults alike.
From Bouncer's dream to Harold’s Amnesia and Scott and Charlene’s iconic wedding - few shows before or since have held such a nostalgic, endearing place in the heart of British TV viewers…
This is the wonderful story of Australia’s greatest TV export, a show that was much more than just a soap opera, this is ‘Neigbours’…
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First 90 secondsJosh Widdicombe· Host0:00
If you want to listen to all of the episodes of this series right now, early release and ad free, plus a whole host of extra fan club benefits, head to museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm, or if that's too much of a mouthful, just click on it in the show notes, which is the description bit that no one reads. [tape clicking] Hello, and welcome. I am Josh Widdicombe. For today, I'm the curator of a place of incredible artifacts and exhibitions, a place that stores the greatest thing on Earth. This is my Archive of Pop Culture. [upbeat music] As a self-confessed pop culture obsessive, I love the geniuses, the scam artists, and dare I say, the absolute madmen that made the records, shows, and films that we love. [upbeat music] In each series, I will tell you a story of unlikely triumph and usually an enjoyably crushing failure, featuring celebrated stars that in any other industry would probably be politely sacked. It's a show for people more interested in David Hasselhoff than David Lammy, Elizabeth Taylor than Queen Elizabeth I, which, let's be honest, is all of us. [upbeat music] Joining me today to discuss one of, if not the most iconic and beloved show in British television history, it's the story of Ramsay Street and Neighbors. It's Matthew Crosby.
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