Network Ten has announced the schedule for the final week of Neighbours — bringing the long-running series to an end after 8903 episodes.
Production for the series wound up last month after producer Fremantle cancelled the show in March, following the withdrawal of financial support from UK broadcaster Channel 5.
In Australia, the series will screen in 90-minute episodes at 6.30pm from Monday 25 July on 10Peach, with the final episode airing on Thursday 28 July at 7.30pm on both 10Peach and the main Ten channel.
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The final episode was originally scheduled to air on 1 August in sync with Channel 5. With Ten bringing forward the airdate to July, Channel 5 has responded by re-scheduling the final episode to air in the UK on Friday 29 July in a prime-time special at 9.00pm.
Meanwhile, ABC will present a half-hour news special, Neighbours: End Of The Road, on Monday 11 July at 9.35pm. ABC journalist Margaret Paul, a confessed Neighbours fan, takes a look at the impact the series has made, goes behind the scenes as the final episodes go into production and gets an insight into some of the challenges Neighbours has faced as it churned out over 200 episodes a year. The special includes interviews with executive producer Jason Herbison, TV historian Andrew Mercado and former cast members Ian Smith and Anne Charleston.
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Liebmann left Today after five years to go to Ten but then returned in 1990, with former 60 Minutes host George Negus co-hosting in the interim. Other hosts and presenters to have featured over the 40 years include Patrice Newell, Liz Hayes (pictured right with Liebmann), Tracy Grimshaw, 
The family then came to Australia in 1964 and Raye joined 
She later went on to become a regular panelist on the game show Blankety Blanks and hosted an ABC music show, Capriccio. She also appeared in Up The Convicts, Micro Macro (pictured with Noel Ferrier and 
Other presenters on the night included Chrissie Swan, Lincoln Lewis, Rodger Corser, Jacki Weaver, Alison Langdon, Hamish Macdonald, Alex Dimitriades, John Wood, Sigrid Thornton, Rove McManus, Kate Ritchie, Shane Jacobson, Tracy Grimshaw, Kerry O’Brien, Julia Morris, Manu Feildel, Denise Scott, Essie Davis, Stephen Curry, Don Hany, Georgie Parker, Lisa Wilkinson, Karl Stefanovic as well as Blake and Lee.
Leading the industry-voted categories is the Gold Logie for the TV Week Logie Awards Hall Of Fame — awarded to actor Garry McDonald. McDonald was met with a standing ovation when he took to the stage to accept his award. His career dated back to the late 1960s but his first leading role was in the comedy series Snake Gully With Dad And Dave in 1972. This was followed by The Aunty Jack Show, starring as Kid Eager and then as self-confessed TV megastar Norman Gunston. The success of the Norman Gunston character led to The Norman Gunston Show on ABC, which in turn led to a Gold Logie win in 1976 — the first time that the Gold Logie was awarded to a fictional character. Other credits included ABC comedies Flash Nick From Jindavick, Wollongong The Brave and The Of Show.
One of his most familiar TV roles was as corrupt prison officer Jock Stewart (pictured) in 
ABC Chair Ita Buttrose, AC OBE, said: “For 90 years the ABC has been a vibrant and crucial part of the Australian way of life. We are not just celebrating 90 years since our first broadcast, but 90 years serving the people of Australia as their national broadcaster.
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