159-522: The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours in 2003, by order of first appearance. Ric Pellizzeri took over the role of executive producer from Stanley Walsh, who left the show in November 2002. The 19th season of Neighbours began airing on 20 January 2003 and Pellizzeri's name was added to the credits on 12 May. That same month saw Rhiannon Fish join
318-513: A datacast service on LCN 14, on 24 September 2012. In late 2012, Ten reported a loss of $ 12.9m as it battled poor advertising markets and failed to hold larger audience numbers. They made positions at the station redundant and said that production may become centralised. Ten launched Spree TV , an Australian free-to-air datacasting television channel mainly carrying paid programming and home shopping , on 17 September 2013, on LCN 15, with Brand Developers. Analogue broadcasts ceased in
477-442: A "love rat" for his cheating. Bobby was absent for much of his children Max Hoyland ( Stephen Lovatt ) and Izzy Hoyland 's ( Natalie Bassingthwaighte ) childhood as his job as an engineer took him all over the world. Bobby's marriage to Rosie Hoyland ( Maggie Millar ) eventually broke down and their children were sent to boarding school. Bobby made a few visits to Max and Izzy and Max became resentful of him. Max and Izzy receive
636-405: A "sexually transgressive father" and a "wolfish womaniser". Shiel said that Bobby provides an outlet for Janelle, Susan and Lyn's "extramarital desires" and added "Revel in sensual desire and hidden discoveries as the libidinous Bobby untaps the magical powers of three wily women by accident, then finds himself out to sea with a shrivelled telescope." A Sunday Mail reporter branded the character
795-578: A 33% share in the multichannel Eleven and was Ten's largest creditor) had entered into a binding agreement to purchase the company for $ 123 million. CBS refinanced Ten's existing debt including guarantor fees to billionaire shareholders James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, and existing loans from the Commonwealth Bank. Shareholders in Ten Network Holdings lost their investment. Gordon and Murdoch had also placed their own joint bid for
954-485: A bidding partnership with Foxtel. In July 2015, Paul Anderson was announced as the new chief executive officer. A high-definition simulcast of 10 was revived on 2 March 2016. As a result, One , now known as 10 Bold, began broadcasting in standard definition only. On 29 April 2016, the Nine Network pulled its regional affiliation with WIN Television over a lawsuit involving its catch-up service 9Now , and announced
1113-462: A blow to Trixie's ego and it leaves her vulnerable. Her act is in ruins. She puts on a front, but underneath it all she is completely shattered." Lou Carpenter offers Trixie a solo gig at his pub as he likes her, but she cannot perform in public without Nick, so Nina helps out. Stapleton said that the performance enables Trixie to regain some confidence and she and Nina win the audience over. Stapleton also explained that Nina's relationship with her mother
1272-462: A business. He arranges an engineering job overseas and tries to make a quick escape, however, Max finds him at the bus stop and tells him what he thinks of him. Bobby then leaves Erinsborough. Kayla Thomas , played by Virginia Ryan , made her first on-screen appearance on 9 June 2005. She chooses Stephanie and Max Hoyland to be the adoptive parents of her child. When Stephanie ( Carla Bonner ) and Max Hoyland ( Stephen Lovatt ) decide to adopt
1431-502: A child they are "thrilled" to be chosen by Kayla. Both Max and Steph are "saddened" to learn that the pregnant Kayla has no support from her family and is living in a refuge. After finding herself pregnant, Kayla is thrown out of home by her parents. She decides to stay at a refuge rather than tell her boyfriend, Anthony ( Adam Hunter ) about the baby. Kayla decides to give up her unborn child for adoption and she meets with Max and Stephanie Hoyland through an adoption agency. Kayla breaks
1590-547: A coffee machine for his pub and he sends Toadfish Rebecchi and Connor O'Neill ( Patrick Harvey ) to collect it. Toadie and Connor meet Rocco and they become convinced that they had found the Erinsborough Mafia. When the machine does not work properly, Rocco gives Lou a lesson in using it. Months later, Rocco asks Lou to employ his daughter, Carmella ( Natalie Blair ). Rocco notices Connor looking at his daughter and he threatens him. However, he begins to suspect that Carmella
1749-485: A coma in a country hospital. It is revealed that while Rocco's henchman was transporting Toadie to Adelaide to give him a fright, they were involved in an accident, which left Toadie badly injured. Rocco becomes upset and he is comforted by Libby Kennedy ( Kym Valentine ), who is on her way home to Erinsborough. Libby later tells Sindi and Stuart where she met Rocco. They drive to the hospital and find Rocco leaning over Toadie. Rocco tries to run, but Stuart catches him and he
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#17331551370531908-539: A company registered in the Netherlands. Following the CBS acquisition, the network became a division of CBS Studios International. Ten moved to commission more Australian content. The additional programs were financed by the savings from the dissolution of Ten's output agreement with 21st Century Fox. CBS also moved to re-establish an in-house advertising sales department for 2019, bringing to an end Ten's four-year period with
2067-704: A confession on an MP3 player. Alec and his team do not find the MP3 player and he charges Boyd with kidnapping and fraud. Steph finds the MP3 player and Alec arrests Charlotte for murder. A year later, Alec investigates the murder of Chris Knight ( Luke Mitchell ). He talks to Bridget Parker ( Eloise Mignon ) about what happened when she was alone with him and she tells him that she pushed Chris over. Bridget's father, Steve Parker ( Steve Bastoni ), then confesses to hitting Chris. Alec questions Steve and charges him with murder. When Matt Freedman ( Benjamin Mitchell ) tries to cover up
2226-512: A contract which handed over all of her recording rights. Nina owns up to her mother, Trixie ( Wendy Stapleton ). Lou points out that the contract is not valid as Nina forged a signature on it. The following year, Stephanie Scully ( Carla Bonner ) is looking for a wedding dress and she finds Melody working in a bridal shop. Susan Kennedy ( Jackie Woodburne ) is surprised and makes a dig about Nina. Melody explains that she had given up managing people because she could not trust anyone. Steph leaves
2385-510: A geek". Lucinda "Elle" Robinson , played by Pippa Black , is the youngest daughter of Paul Robinson and Gail Lewis . She made her first on-screen appearance on 19 September 2005. The character was Black's first major role. Black described Elle as a "fairly cold, hard, fairly manipulative character." Network Ten describe the character as a "spoilt princess" who is a "country girl at heart". Kim Timmins , played by Brett Swain , made his first on-screen appearance on 31 October 2005. Kim
2544-694: A gig in a themed club, but Lou tells her to go back to Erinsborough. Trixie feels that she has failed Lou and she slips away during the night. Months later, she joins Nick and Nina in India. Twelve years later, Lou asks to meet Trixie in Erinsborough to talk. Trixie insists that she was going to pay Lou back and that she regrets the way she left him. Lou wonders if they there is a chance they could give their relationship another chance. They go to The Waterhole, where Trixie notices Sheila Canning ( Colette Mann ) watching them and she confronts her. Sheila tells Trixie that Lou
2703-457: A gold-digger, but she and Lou marry. At the reception, Harold Bishop ( Ian Smith ) has a stroke and Trixie makes it clear that Harold has ruined her day. Lou cancels their honeymoon to look after Harold and Trixie decides to throw herself into being a housewife. Lou remortgages all of his properties and businesses to raise money to fund the Hello Dolly tour. Trixie is excited and she and Lou hold
2862-400: A henchmen to find why Sindi broke up with him. Rocco is furious to see photos of Sindi kissing Toadie and he asks Toadie to join him viewing a potential home. Toadie disappears and Sindi and Stuart Parker ( Blair McDonough ) know that Rocco has played a part in it. Stuart tries to prove that Rocco is guilty, but cannot find any evidence. Rocco spends his time visiting Toadie, who is actually in
3021-517: A hit and run caused by his daughter, Alec arrests him after she confesses and he look at witness statements. The following year, Alec becomes involved with Jill Ramsay 's (Perri Cummings) death and the subsequent investigation into Paul Robinson, when he goes on the run. Animal activist Mia Zannis (Alicia Bonnadio) strikes a deal with Alec, whereby she will give him the ring leader of her animal activist group and he will drop any charges against her. Mia tells Alec that Zeke Kinski ( Matthew Werkmeister )
3180-410: A horrible girl. Summer Hoyland makes friends with Lisa at primary school, after they both join the girls' soccer team. They try and persuade Jack Scully ( Jay Bunyan ) to coach them full-time, but he just teaches them some tricks. Jack later decides to take on the role of assistant coach. Lisa joins Summer's family for a trip to the beach and she and Summer go off to look for treasure and the walk onto
3339-420: A jazz club after she sent them a tape of her singing. However, when she returns, she tells Toadie that the club did not hire her as her image was not right for them. Toadie offers to help her sue them, but Genevieve is not keen on the idea of being a poster girl for over-sized women. Toadie convinces her that if they won, it would be worth it and she decides to go along with the plan. They win the case and Genevieve
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#17331551370533498-489: A lame gangster. Lather believed that Rocco feeling remorse for kidnapping Toadie was a characterisation mistake. She added "if he'd been any kind of baddie, Toadie would be in Lassiter's lake by now." Soap believed that Rocco followed a trend of non-sinister gangsters adding, "soap's hard men have gone soppy around the edges these days." He concluded that such gangster storylines are "laughable". Lou Carpenter ( Tom Oliver ) buys
3657-430: A lawyer. Alec later questions her at the police station. Alec also investigates the murder of Gus Cleary (Ben Barrack). He questions Karl and he and his colleague Joanna Douglas (Matilda White) question Boyd Hoyland ( Kyal Marsh ) and Sky Mangel ( Stephanie McIntosh ). Alec tells Boyd that he was seen threatening Gus and when Boyd lies that he and Sky were watching a movie the night Gus was killed, Alec proves that he
3816-440: A letter from Bobby and he later arrives in town, much to Izzy's delight. Bobby discovers that his grandson, Boyd Hoyland ( Kyal Marsh ) is in a coma and goes to visit him. While he is talking to him, Boyd wakes up. Max is happy, but when he discovers that Bobby is at the hospital he is horrified. Izzy and Stephanie Scully ( Carla Bonner ), Max's wife, convince him to allow Bobby to stay and he agrees. Bobby later begins sleeping in
3975-415: A letter to Valda and while he is chatting to Steph, he tells her that he is ready and he dies. Charlie appears to Steph as vision in a dream when she is to stand trial for allegedly killing him. He tells Steph things will work out as they are meant to. Oscar Scully , played by Ingo Dammer-Smith, is Lyn and Joe Scully 's fifth and youngest child. He was born on-screen on 20 August 2003. Dammer-Smith joined
4134-597: A little too much like a porn star name for us." The BBC said Trixie's most notable moment was "Walking out on Lou when her show Hello Dolly was a flop." Trixie is a singer and performer who spent most of her life touring the world with her partner, Nick and their daughter Nina. When Nina's schooling begins to suffer the family spend more time in Erinsborough. Trixie and Nick's relationship ends when he has an affair. Trixie tries to keep her problems from Nina, but when she attends one of her mother's shows, she sees that Trixie has no confidence. Lou Carpenter sees Trixie, and as he
4293-469: A lot of attention. Sky thinks that Chris is looking for more than just a model, but Serena enjoys his attention. She goes back to the studio alone and Chris touches her to change her position and offers her a dress for her school formal. Chris gains her trust and he asks Serena if she would join him at a hotel. Serena agrees, but at the hotel she begins to feel uncomfortable. Chris offers her drinks, but she decides to leave. Chris chases her, but Serena gets into
4452-446: A meal to say thanks and they kiss. When Trixie finds out that Nina has signed a contract with Melody Jones (Robyn Arthur) and forged her signature, she is furious. Lou eventually helps Nina get out of the contract. Trixie makes it clear that she and Nick are over and she kisses Lou again. Trixie tells him that she and Nick were not legally married and they can go public with their relationship. Lou encourages Trixie to tell Nina that she
4611-474: A murder charge. Despite Steph winning the case, Max is not impressed with his father's gesture. Max also discovers that his daughter Summer Hoyland ( Marisa Siketa ) is using Bobby's mobile phone and helping him to screen calls from his women. Bobby starts dating both Susan and Lyn and, since they had agreed to stay away from men, Bobby finds it easy to get them to keep the relationships a secret. As Lyn grows closer to Bobby, she tells Susan, who tells Bobby that it
4770-484: A new affiliation agreement with Southern Cross Austereo , Ten's then-primary regional affiliate. Ten subsequently negotiated a five-year affiliation deal with WIN; the new affiliations took effect on 1 July, with WIN becoming the carrier of Network Ten programming in regional Queensland, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and
4929-466: A new digital channel, Eleven , on 11 January 2011. The channel is aimed at a "distinctly youthful" audience between the ages of 13 and 29. Neighbours and The Simpsons were high-profile programs migrating from Ten to the new channel. The channel was a joint venture with CBS Studios International , which owned a 33% stake. On 8 May 2011, Ten relaunched its sports-based channel One , with general entertainment programming aimed at males taking over
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5088-470: A new mistress in Sindi Watts and he enjoys spoiling and looking after her. He realises that he has strong feelings for her when she tries to call the relationship off. He refuses to give up on her and proposes. Sindi has no choice, but to accept. However, Sindi later admits that she is not in love with Rocco and cannot go through with marrying him. Rocco gets Lou's car as part payment for his loan and he sends
5247-558: A nightclub. Her boyfriend has left her alone and she gets talking to Chris, who tells her that she should be a model. He buys Janae a drink and when she collapses, she realises that it was spiked. Serena Bishop sneaks out to a nightclub to see Taj Coppin ( Jaime Robbie Reyne ) and she is approached by Chris, who asks her to model for him. When Serena discovers that her parents are having financial problems, she decides to take up Chris' offer to earn them some money. She and Sky Mangel ( Stephanie McIntosh ) go to Chris's studio and he gives her
5406-403: A nudist beach. Lisa and Summer later join a pony club. When Summer's father, Max ( Stephen Lovatt ), splits up with Stephanie Scully ( Carla Bonner ), Lisa begins picking on Summer. She tells her that Max is too old for Steph and the girls fight. Summer tries to apologise, but Lisa tells her that she is no longer invited to her birthday party. During an orientation day at Erinsborough High, Lisa
5565-545: A pair of pearl earrings and telling her how much she had always meant to him. On the wedding day, Steph and Max elope and Charlie suddenly proposes to Valda. He tells her that he wants to make up for everything that happened between them and so they marry. During their honeymoon, Charlie and Valda meet up with his sister, Doreen (Anne Phelan). Valda is diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and has to have bed rest. Charlie realises that he wants to spend his last Christmas with Lyn and Doreen agrees to come with him. Charlie tries to keep
5724-454: A picnic, which ends badly when Rachel and Zeke are caught up in a gas leak at the university. Alex runs into the building to look for his children, who are fine. Alex is told that he is suffering from Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and is given months to live. Alex decides to keep the news to himself and he breaks up with Susan, telling her there is someone else. Alex is forced to collect Rachel from Ramsay Street and he tells Susan that there
5883-419: A plane crash, Kim rushes to Erinsborough to be with his family. Janelle allows him to stay and Kim bonds with Bree ( Sianoa Smit-McPhee ) and Stingray ( Ben Nicholas ). Dylan returns and Kim tries to hold the family together and he begins working alongside Joe Mangel ( Mark Little ) at Lassiter's. When Dylan and Stingray are sent to prison, Janelle tells Kim that she no longer needs him around. Bree lets down
6042-458: A press conference to announce the tour and their departure for three months. In Hong Kong, Trixie is shocked when the opening night of the musical is cancelled due to low ticket sales. As Lou is stuck in their hotel due to flu, Trixie lies to him that she performed that night. The next day, she discovers that the entire run of the show had been cancelled. Lou finds out that Trixie lied to him and he decides to go home, as they have no money. Trixie gets
6201-463: A regular singing gig at the pub, so she can showcase her music. Nina agree to sign up, but she has to forge her mother's signature on the forms to keep her out of her work. Melody makes attempts to get Nina into the world of showbiz and she arranges for Nina to go to a movie premiere with Robbie D. Nina tries to pull out because she is dating Jack Scully ( Jay Bunyan ), but Melody tells her that it could be her big break and she goes. Robbie kisses Nina at
6360-419: A relationship with Janelle Rebecchi ( Nell Feeney ) Janelle was initially unaware of Kim's rich family. When Kim announces his plans to marry Janelle, his parents cut off his inheritance. His parents make offers of a job and a home for his family, but Kim turns them down. He later walks out on his family and Janelle tells her children that she threw him out. When his son, Dylan ( Damien Bodie ), goes missing in
6519-490: A robbery at the Kennedy house and then learns that her aunt, Valda ( Joan Sydney ), is actually her mother. Joe and Lyn decide to go away for a few days when Lyn passes her due date and there is no sign of the baby. Lyn has terrible stomach pains and Joe rushes her home. Lyn is told that the baby is in a breach position and she would need a caesarean section to deliver it. Lyn does not like this and goes home to try exercises to turn
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6678-477: A romantic connection and the atmosphere in the house almost causes the end of Max and Steph's marriage. This leaves Kayla feeling very guilty. The adoption agency discover that Kayla has been living with the Hoyland's and removes Max and Steph from the list of adoptive parents. Kayla decides to go, but she leaves Ashley behind. Steph tries to find Kayla and talk her around and she gets the address of Anthony's place. Kayla
6837-418: A room at Max and Izzy's bar and he works there. On Bobby's first night in town he meets and accompanies Janelle Timmins to a casino. He later charms both Susan Kennedy and Lyn Scully. When Bobby hears that Rosie is coming to visit Max and Izzy, he packs his bags ready to leave. Lyn stops him and Rosie later cancels. Bobby tries to make things right with Max by getting money to help pay for Steph's appeal against
6996-514: A singer. She added that she loved playing the character and found the wrestling "daunting" as she had never done it before. When Toadfish Rebecchi ( Ryan Moloney ) takes up wrestling, he meets Genevieve and they decide to team up. Toadie and Genevieve are attracted to each other, but Toadie is reluctant to get involved with her, despite her flirting with him. During a picnic, Genevieve tries to kiss Toadie, but he pulls away as he does not want to take things further. Toadie's friends make him think he
7155-575: A taxi. He sends her flowers to apologise. Serena models for Chris again in a swimsuit. Serena's parents, Liljana ( Marcella Russo ) and David ( Kevin Harrington ), find the photos and refuse to let Serena see Chris. When he comes into the Coffee Shop, Liljana slaps him. Serena claims that she loves Chris and continues seeing him in secret. On her birthday, Serena goes to see him and he begins to get heavy with her and she becomes uncomfortable. When he leaves
7314-552: A third child, Katya ( Dichen Lachman ), who he had thrown out of his home after he feared for Rachel and Zeke's safety. Alex's symptoms return and is he is told that he has just weeks to live. Alex tells Rachel and Zeke about his condition, while he and Susan bring their wedding forward. Katya arrives to see Alex, and they talk. Alex and Susan are married and a few hours later, Alex dies. Rachel Kinski , played by Caitlin Stasey , made her first on-screen appearance on 18 August 2005. Rachel
7473-508: A year's time, if they still want to be together, then they would. Bree Timmins , played by Sianoa Smit-McPhee is the youngest member of the Timmins family. She made her first on-screen appearance on 4 April 2005. The Age described the character of Bree as "troubled" and "sullen" and Smit-McPhee said Bree was "a geek but a brainy one." Janae Timmins , played by Eliza Taylor-Cotter , made her first on-screen appearance on 4 April 2005. Janae
7632-539: Is "Ramsay St's resident bad girl" and a "trouble-making schemer." Bassingthwaighte said that it is fun playing Izzy and that being bad is "exciting." Alec Skinner , played by Kevin Summers , is a Police Detective. He made his first on-screen appearance on 9 September 2003. Lyn Scully ( Janet Andrewartha ) leaves her son, Oscar , in the car at a supermarket and a passer-by calls the police. Alec brings Oscar to Lyn and her husband, Joe ( Shane Connor ), and he explains that
7791-544: Is Bree's older sister, who is "mad about boys, has rather questionable fashion sense and loves nothing more than a great party." Taylor-Cotter was fifteen when she landed the role of Janae and she said "I was so excited when I got the role, the chance of getting something like this seems so small." Taylor-Cotter previously appeared in Neighbours as Jacinta Martin. Gabrielle Walker , played by Linda Hartley-Clark , made her first on-screen appearance on 14 April 2005. Gabrielle
7950-480: Is Susan's former husband. Alex later tells Susan that he is ill and that his reason for the proposal was so his children would have someone to look after them. Susan then calls the relationship off. Susan and Alex make up and Alex is told that he may have longer than a few months to live. Alex and Susan go on a joy flight to Tasmania, but an explosion sends the plane crashing into the sea. Alex and Susan are both found without serious injuries. Alex tells Susan that he has
8109-416: Is a talent manager whose clients included Robbie D (Khi Robertson) and a boy-band called Roger. Melody approaches Nina Tucker ( Delta Goodrem ) and asks her to sign with her after seeing her perform at Lou's Place. Nina contacts Melody to arrange a meeting and Melody tells her that she does not need her parents to be involved if she wants to sign up. Melody convinces Lou Carpenter ( Tom Oliver ) to give Nina
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#17331551370538268-405: Is an illegitimate child and when she does, Nina refuses to speak to her mother for a while. Trixie then proposes to Lou, who accepts. Trixie gets an offer of the lead in a touring production of Hello Dolly and she asks Lou to invest money in it. On Boxing Day, Lou and Trixie have a showbiz wedding at Her Majesty's Theatre . Valda Sheergold ( Joan Sydney ) objects to the wedding and calls Trixie
8427-412: Is arrested for his crimes. Three years later, Carmella and her sister, Rosetta ( Natalie Saleeba ) receive a letter from their father, who claims to be dying. They go to visit him in prison and discover that Rocco was lying. He tells them that he is having trouble with his brother, Raimondo (Jeff Kovski), who is trying to destroy one of the family businesses. He asks the girls to dig up some money, which
8586-448: Is buried in a local park, and save the business. Carmella gets the money and rescues the business. Rocco asks Rosetta and her fiancé Frazer Yeats ( Ben Lawson ) to visit him and after he gives them his blessing, he asks to attend the wedding. A few weeks later, Rocco arrives at the church with a police escort to watch Rosetta marry. Liljana Bishop , played by Marcella Russo , made her first on-screen appearance on 9 October 2003. Liljana
8745-434: Is dating Connor and makes plans to stop it immediately. Rocco runs into Connor and lies to him that he is going to leave for Sicily. The next day, he finds Carmella and Connor together in his sauna and sends Carmella away. Lou calls Rocco when he is having some financial problems and Rocco agrees to lend him some money. Rocco makes it clear that the loan is only short term and that he wants the repayments soon. Rocco begins finds
8904-415: Is given a regular singing job at the club. However, shortly after, she is offered a place on a wrestling tour of Australia. She asks Toadie to join her, but he turns her down after finding out that the tour is for a year and he would have to give up his job. Genevieve decides to take Carmella Cammeniti ( Natalie Blair ) with her as a publicist. She and Toadie say goodbye and agree to try and stay loyal and in
9063-576: Is happy when she realises that he likes The Bold and the Beautiful . Joe tries to wean Oscar off the soap, but he does not succeed. Joe leaves the family to look after his father and brother in Bendigo and his marriage to Lyn breaks down. Oscar gets to visit Joe and he has his older siblings, Jack ( Jay Bunyan ) and Steph ( Carla Bonner ) around. When Steph becomes pregnant and suffers from breast cancer, she takes Oscar and disappears. She later admits that she
9222-459: Is hired to work in the General Store by Harold Bishop and they strike up a friendship. In April, it was announced that Hartley-Clark would be returning to Neighbours for a four-week guest stint as the "mysterious" Gabrielle Walker. Hartley-Clark previously played Kerry Bishop and when she received the call asking her to return she said "my first response was, 'How? She's dead!' When I heard
9381-476: Is in love with someone else, but she manages to end their affair. Rocco is hurt and he decides to have her followed to see why she left him. He is "enraged" when he sees photos of Sindi with Toadfish Rebecchi ( Ryan Moloney ). Warrington said "It's an understatement to say that Rocco is not happy about Sindi and Toadie. He goes a bit crazy. He thinks Sindi is his whether Sindi wants to be or not!" Sam Soap and Lucy Lather from Inside Soap criticised Rocco for being
9540-419: Is no other woman. He then proposes to her and she later accepts. Alex collapses one night and decides to fight his illness. He goes to see a healer named Graham Harlin, who was actually con artist Jonathan Verne ( Oscar Redding ). Alex later decides against giving Graham money. Alex reveals to his doctor, Karl Kennedy ( Alan Fletcher ), that he has not told his family about his illness and he realises that Karl
9699-449: Is not a single mother. Valda leaves for England and Charlie and Catherine marry and have a son, Michael (David Paterson). Catherine later dies and Charlie goes back to Shelley Bay and sets up a fishing business. Years later, Lyn Scully ( Janet Andrewartha ) learns that Valda and Charlie are her biological parents and she finds Charlie. They arrange to meet, but Charlie becomes ill and is admitted to hospital. Lyn visits him and she learns
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#17331551370539858-457: Is not good enough him. She tells Toadie that he needs to work out what he wants from their relationship when he does not rush to her defence. Both Toadie and Tim are left shocked when Genevieve performs at the opening of the Scarlet Bar. Toadie is amazed at her singing and he calls Genevieve his girlfriend in front of his clients and Tim. Genevieve goes for an audition for a regular singing job at
10017-423: Is on the rebound from his former wife and Trixie leaves. Carmella Cammeniti , played by Natalie Blair , made her first on-screen appearance on 26 November 2003. The character of Carmella was created by the writers, following Delta Goodrem 's sudden departure due to illness. Three months worth of scripts were rewritten and Carmella was introduced to fill the void left by Goodrem's character, Nina Tucker . Carmella
10176-449: Is over between them. Bobby splits up with Lyn as she wants to tell her family about them. Lyn tells Susan and Janelle what happened and the women realise that they have all been dating Bobby. Janelle asks Bobby to come over to her house and all three women tie him to a chair in his underwear. They tell him how he had left them feeling before they kick him out in front of Izzy. Bobby decides to leave town and asks Izzy for some money to start up
10335-606: Is paired up with Summer's brother, Boyd ( Kyal Marsh ), who threatens to flush her head down the toilet if she continues to bully Summer. Lisa then reports him to Susan Kennedy ( Jackie Woodburne ). At their next soccer game, Lisa and Summer make up when Summer passes the ball to Lisa and she scores the winning goal. Lisa notices that Max is sad and she tells Summer that it was the same with her mother, when her father left her. Lisa and Summer then decide to get their parents together, so they can be sisters. However, Max and Lisa's mother, Andrea (Gail Beker), have nothing in common. When
10494-485: Is perfect for the job. When Lou Carpenter ( Tom Oliver ) sees Gabrielle he is also stunned and after Harold calls her Kerry, he explains that she looks like his dead daughter. He assures her that it would not be a problem for him. Gabrielle tells Harold that she recently moved to the city from Shepparton, where her mother had just died. She explains that she want to work to get money for a ticket to Darwin, where she hopes to reunite with her father. Gabrielle joins Harold at
10653-418: Is shallow, when they point out that Genevieve is not as thin as his previous girlfriends. Toadie realises this is getting in the way of his real feelings and he and Genevieve share their first kiss in public. Toadie then tells her that he wants to be her boyfriend. During a double date with Toadie's boss, Tim Collins (Ben Anderson) and his girlfriend, Genevieve is hurt to hear Tim telling Toadie to dump her as she
10812-437: Is she is a model and Janae laughs, but he mentions that he is a photographer and she agrees to have a drink with him. He gets the drinks and spikes Janae's. She starts losing control of her body and Chris offers to take her home and goes to get their coats. Janae calls home and her siblings, Stingray ( Ben Nicholas ), Dylan ( Damien Bodie ) and Bree ( Sianoa Smit-McPhee ), arrive at the club. As Chris tries to get Janae out of
10971-507: Is shocked to find Janelle dating Allan Steiger ( Joe Clements ). Kim becomes alarmed by Dylan's grief and Allan tells Kim to take Dylan back up north with him. Dylan and Kim say goodbye to the family after the funeral. Katya Kinski , played by Dichen Lachman , made her first on-screen appearance on 12 December 2005. Katya is the oldest daughter of Alex Kinski ( Andrew Clarke ) and older sister to Rachel ( Caitlin Stasey ) and Zeke ( Matthew Werkmeister ). Lachman originally auditioned for
11130-525: Is shocked when he turns up at school to meet Summer for lunch. Lisa is then humiliated when she tries to flirt with Caleb and he rejects her. Lisa begins hanging around with her boyfriend and she encourages Summer to smoke. Summer refuses and Lisa calls her a loser, ending their friendship. Summer starts hanging around with Penny Weinberg (Sally Kingsford) and Lisa steals Penny's diary and reads it out to everyone. Melody Jones , played by Robyn Arthur, made her first on-screen appearance on 13 June 2003. Melody
11289-490: Is shocked, but takes the money for a deposit on a new house. Kim decides to stop selling DVDs, but the police discover that Kim is behind the business and come to arrest him on his wedding day. Stingray and Dylan distract the police and Kim and Janelle complete their vows. Kim then leaves his family and goes on the run. Kim goes to Queensland and begins working on the boat tours around Port Douglas, so he can send money to his family. Kim returns to Erinsborough when Stingray dies and
11448-405: Is suffering from postnatal depression. He explains that his wife went through the same thing. Alec investigates Charlie Cassidy 's ( Cliff Ellen ) death when a high level of painkillers are found in his system and some pillow fibres are also found. He asks Stephanie Scully ( Carla Bonner ) why she moved Charlie's pillow after he died and after questioning the rest of the family, he tells her to get
11607-401: Is the middle child of Alex Kinski ( Andrew Clarke ) and sister to Zeke ( Matthew Werkmeister ) and Katya ( Dichen Lachman ). Stasey was offered the part of Rachel Kinski when she was fifteen years old. Stasey described Rachel as "introverted" and someone who has led a sheltered life. She added that Rachel is also a "really sweet girl." Zeke Kinski , played by Matthew Werkmeister , is
11766-403: Is the ringleader and he gives her a week to prove it. Mia plants computer files containing plans of a house owned by an animal testing facility's CEO on to Zeke's laptop and she takes him to the house. Alec catches Zeke about to climb through a window and arrests him and Mia. Alec does not find any evidence on Zeke, as he knew about it in advance. He then tells Alec that Mia is the ringleader and he
11925-654: Is the son of Loris Timmins and ex-husband to Janelle Timmins . He and Janelle have six children together. In September 2005, it was announced that the father of the established Timmins family would be introduced. Swain was cast in the role and he began filming his scenes that month. The character of Kim was Swain's second role in Neighbours , he previously appeared as John Swan the duck hunter who shot and killed Kerry Bishop ( Linda Hartley-Clark ). Swain's episodes began airing in October. Kim Timmins comes from an affluent background and his parents disapproved of him beginning
12084-455: Is the wife of David Bishop ( Kevin Harrington ) and mother to Serena ( Lara Sacher ) and Luka Dokich (Keelan O'Hehir). Liljana is the first Serbian to reside in Ramsay Street. Serena Bishop , played by Lara Sacher , made her first on-screen appearance on 9 October 2003 with her family. Serena is the daughter of David ( Kevin Harrington ) and Liljana Bishop ( Marcella Russo ). Sacher
12243-586: Is the youngest daughter of Rocco and Lucia Cammeniti . Chris Cousens , played by Simon Mallory , made his first on-screen appearance on 2 December 2003. Chris is a "sleazy" photographer who uses his profession to take advantage of vulnerable girls, like Serena Bishop ( Lara Sacher ). Chris returned in 2005 and spiked the drink of Janae Timmins ( Eliza Taylor ). TV Week said that Chris "wreaked havoc on Serena's life" when he first appeared. they described him as an "Erinsborough bad guy." Chris returns in 2005 and meets Janae Timmins ( Eliza Taylor-Cotter ) at
12402-576: Is the youngest of the Parker brothers. His older brothers are Stuart ( Blair McDonough ) and Steve Parker ( Steve Bastoni ). Ned first appears at Stuart's wedding to Sindi Watts ( Marisa Warrington ). Alexander Isiovic "Alex" Kinski , played by Andrew Clarke , made his first screen appearance on 10 August 2005. In mid August, it was announced that a new family would be arriving in Erinsborough; widower Alex Kinski and his two teenage children, Rachel ( Caitlin Stasey ) and Zeke ( Matthew Werkmeister ). Of
12561-412: Is there and she admits to Steph that Anthony knows nothing about the baby, but she is forced to tell him when Anthony appears. Anthony is happy about his daughter and he and Kayla reunite as the Hoyland's leave. Ned Parker , played by Daniel O'Connor , made his first on-screen appearance on 9 August 2005. O'Connor was cast in the role after his elimination from the 2004 series of Australian Idol . Ned
12720-427: Is willing to testify against her. Rocco Cammeniti , played by Robert Forza, made his first screen appearance on 19 September 2003. Rocco is a businessman and the father of Rosetta ( Natalie Saleeba ) and Carmella Cammeniti . ( Natalie Blair ) TV Week called Rocco a "scary underworld figure." While Doug Anderson of The Sydney Morning Herald branded him a "preposterous sub-Soprano gangster". In March 2004, it
12879-457: Is with his father in Bendigo. She goes to visit him, but he does not want to return home with her. Isabelle "Izzy" Hoyland , played by Natalie Bassingthwaighte , made her first on-screen appearance on 1 September 2003. Izzy is the daughter of Rosie Hoyland ( Maggie Millar ) and sister to Max Hoyland ( Stephen Lovatt ). Holy Soap described Izzy as "conniving", while the Herald Sun said she
13038-749: The National Television Network (now the Nine Network) , the Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network) , and the public ABC National Television Service (now ABC TV ). In the early 1960s, the Australian Government began canvassing the idea of licensing a third commercial television station in each capital city. This decision was seen by some as a way for the government to defuse growing public dissatisfaction with
13197-642: The Wollongong station WIN-4 in the early 1960s, around the same time he bought Festival Records . In 1977, frustrated by regulatory blocks that prevented him from expanding into the Sydney market, Murdoch sold WIN and purchased a 46% share in Ten Sydney. In 1979, Murdoch made an unsuccessful takeover bid for the Melbourne-based The Herald and Weekly Times media group, which originally owned HSV-7. Although
13356-766: The Canadian-based Canwest media group, which held a controlling stake in the network until 2009. Also in 1992, the network commenced a strategy of targeting younger audiences. The Adelaide and Perth stations were re-acquired by the network in 1995. With the network having financially recovered, Ten Network Holdings floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1998. At this time, Ten had affiliate broadcasting agreements with Southern Cross Broadcasting in southern New South Wales, regional Victoria and Tasmania, and with Telecasters Australia in northern New South Wales and regional Queensland. In 2001, Ten opened
13515-588: The Foxtel-affiliated Multi Channel Network (MCN). One reason CBS acquired Ten was to assist the company to launch its CBS All Access streaming service in the Australian market. The service launched in December 2018 and was branded 10 All Access in the local market. On 31 October 2018, the network unveiled a new logo, replacing the "ten" wordmark used since 1991 with a stylised circle 10, and
13674-545: The Gold Coast. WIN owner and Ten's largest shareholder Bruce Gordon positioned himself to increase his ownership stake in Ten, subject to changes to media ownership laws being passed. Following Ten Network Holdings reporting a $ 232 million half year loss, billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch , Bruce Gordon and James Packer withdrew support for $ 250 million guaranteed loan that would help keep Ten out of receivership. This loan
13833-541: The Hoylands was worth the risk. She bonds more with Boyd deepened and he accompanies her to the hospital when she goes into labour. Kayla gives birth to a girl, who she calls Ashley. Kayla has doubts about giving up her baby and tells Boyd that she would not be doing it if she had a partner. Boyd then suggests that he becomes a father figure to Ashley, as he has bonded with her, and Kayla decides to keep her daughter. Max then allows Kayla to move in. Boyd and Kayla struggle to form
13992-414: The Scarlet Bar to try and come up with a plan to prevent Ramsay Street being bought by the council. Harold's son, David ( Kevin Harrington ), arrives with his wife, Liljana ( Marcella Russo ) and they are both shocked to meet Gabrielle. Their reactions make her realise that the situation is too awkward and she quits her job. Harold goes to visit her in the city and offers to take her out for dinner. During
14151-533: The Scarlet Bar. During the date, Rachel runs in and tells Alex that Zeke is missing. Alex discovers that Stingray sent Zeke out on a bike to do a delivery for the family business. Zeke ends up in hospital and Alex is furious. A few days later, Alex apologises to Susan and she invited him over for dinner. Alex arrives at Susan's and find the stove on fire and he puts out the flames. When Susan goes to kiss Alex, he decides to leave and accidentally hits Susan when he gets up. Alex and Susan later share their first kiss during
14310-702: The Timmins family were introduced across the year, beginning with Dylan Timmins in February. His sisters Janae and Bree followed in April and their father began appearing from October. Genevieve Doyle , a love interest for Toadfish Rebecchi , made her first appearance in March. Linda Hartley-Clark returned to the show in April as new character Gabrielle Walker and Max and Izzy Hoyland 's father Bobby made his debut in May. Former Australian Idol contestant, Daniel O'Connor , joined
14469-666: The United Kingdom, Channel 5 (which was owned by Viacom) as part of ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia (now Paramount Networks UK & Australia ) division in January 2020. The following month, it was announced that the former Viacom channels in Australia would be brought under the Network 10 sales department, moving away from Foxtel Media (formerly MCN) in April. Network 10 also began to co-commission new programmes with Channel 5, including
14628-657: The United States with the Fox network, Australia's media ownership laws obliged him to dispose of the flagship television stations, which were sold to The Northern Star , an offshoot of the Westfield Group conglomerate controlled by property tycoon Frank Lowy . However, Westfield was badly hit by the stock market crash of 1987, and in 1989 sold Network Ten to a consortium led by Charles Curran and former television journalist Steve Cosser. The network became fully national in 1988 with
14787-427: The audition memorable for the casting team by making the role funny. McClatchy won the role and she was allowed to add some comedic lines to her scripts. McClatchy said that her character, Genevieve was a "fantastic character to play". She described her as "girly, but not a push over. She is funny, sarcastic and good fun." McClatchy said that Genevieve has many talents as she is a wrestler, a primary school teacher and
14946-412: The baby, which is successful. Lyn goes into labour and Oscar is delivered by Dr. Veronica Olenski (Caroline Lloyd). Both Lyn and Joe are surprised that Oscar is a boy, as Karl had told them he was a girl. Joe is happy to have another son, but Lyn finds it difficult to bond with Oscar. Lyn does not comfort Oscar when he cries and she tells him that she does not know why she does not love him properly. Oscar
15105-561: The bid failed, he gained a 50% stake in Ansett , which thus gave him control of channel 0 in Melbourne. In 1979, 0-10 first aired the soap opera Prisoner , which was a huge rating success. On 20 January 1980, the 0-10 Network became known as Network Ten to reflect ATV moving from channel 0 to channel 10 – although the Brisbane station continued to broadcast as TVQ -0 until 10 September 1988 when
15264-413: The book. A couple of years later, Melody is back working as a sales assistant in a dress shop. Bridget Parker ( Eloise Mignon ) and Rachel Kinski ( Caitlin Stasey ) come in looking for dresses for their school formal. Melody believes that they are going to try everything on without buying anything and the girls leave. Bridget tells her mother and aunt what happened and they take Bridget and Rachel back to
15423-520: The car was in a different car park and that Lyn committed a serious offence. However, Alec says that no further action will be taken. Lyn later takes something from a shop without paying. Alec takes her to the station and she tells him that she did not realise that she had the item. When Oscar starts crying, Alec tells Lyn that he may need feeding or changing, but she snaps at him and he becomes concerned. Lyn tells him that she does not love Oscar and Alec calls Karl Kennedy ( Alan Fletcher ) as he believes Lyn
15582-613: The cast as Lisa Jeffries . Talent manager Melody Jones arrived in June and Charlie Cassidy followed in July. Oscar Scully , the fifth child of the established Lyn and Joe , was born in August. September saw three introductions; Izzy Hoyland , Detective Alec Skinner and Rocco Cammeniti . Two new members of the Bishop family arrived in October, Liljana and her daughter, Serena . Wendy Stapleton joined
15741-522: The cast as Ned Parker in August, along with three members of the Kinski family. Paul Robinson 's youngest daughter, Elle began appearing from September and the final member of the Kinski family, Katya , arrived in December. Dylan Timmins , played by Damien Bodie , made his first on-screen appearance on 3 February 2005. Dylan is the older brother of Stingray , Janae and Bree Timmins . Brodie appeared twice in Neighbours in 1996 and 1999, before landing
15900-418: The cast as Nina Tucker 's mother, Trixie , and Natalie Blair debuted as Carmella Cammeniti . December saw the introduction of Simon Mallory as Chris Cousens . Lisa Jeffries , played by Rhiannon Fish , made her first on-screen appearance on 13 May 2003. Lisa was Summer Hoyland 's ( Marisa Siketa ) best friend. Lisa was Fish's first screen role and she joined the cast when she was eleven years old. Lisa
16059-560: The club, Dylan sees him and refuses to believe that he is just giving her a hand. Bree knees Chris in the groin and Dylan takes him outside to beat him up. Janae later reports him to the police. Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network , Channel 10 or simply 10 ) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global 's UK & Australia division. As one of five national free-to-air networks, 10's owned-and-operated stations can be found in
16218-435: The company, which was not endorsed by the administrators. At a meeting held on 12 September, Ten's creditors overwhelmingly voted in support of CBS' bid, citing concerns over Murdoch's previous management of Ten and talk of mass job cuts in the news department under Murdoch/Gordon ownership. The CBS acquisition was completed on 16 November 2017, when the shares of Ten Network Holdings were transferred to CBS Network Ten BV ,
16377-539: The dominance of imported overseas programming and the paucity of local content. The first of these third licences was granted to United Telecasters (a consortium of Amalgamated Wireless , Colonial Sugar Refining Company , Email , Bank of New South Wales and the NRMA ) on 4 April 1963. Structurally, the Australian television industry was closely modelled on the two-tiered system that had been in place in Australian radio since
16536-483: The doors to the Big Brother Australia house and, with it, reality television. The opening night of Big Brother became the most-watched program of the night. Big Brother became synonymous with the network in the 2000s, with the series lasting 8 season. Even after iterations on rival networks, Big Brother is set to return to 10 in 2025. The trend was then followed by the launching of the Australian version of
16695-407: The drama miniseries Lie With Me and documentary series The Royals Revealed . Penny Weinberg The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2005, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Ric Pellizzeri. The 21st season of Neighbours began airing on 10 January 2005. Four members of
16854-456: The evening, Harold tells Gabrielle about his family and David and Liljana's marriage troubles. While she is comforting him, Gabrielle kisses Harold. He quickly leaves, but he returns with a photo of Kerry and Gabrielle realises how much she looks like her and how difficult things must be for Harold. Gabrielle and Harold clear the air and their friendship grows stronger, especially when she supports him through David's troubles. Harold offers Gabrielle
17013-599: The family, Clarke said "The Kinskis are pretty quirky. They're a bit of an odd bunch." A TV Week writer said that Alex would be starting a relationship with Susan Smith ( Jackie Woodburne ) . Clarke confessed that he had always wanted to be in Neighbours and added that it was "very nice" to be joining the cast. A Daily Record reporter branded Alex "the most boring man in town". Alex took over home schooling his children after his wife, Francesca, died. When Rachel and Zeke became teenagers, Alex decides to let them attend Erinsborough High School. Alex discovers that one of
17172-439: The girls start at Erinsborough High, they are laughed at for having their socks rolled up and they struggle with the large building. Lisa passes a note around her class about Susan's divorce and even after she is caught, she continues writing more nasty notes. Summer refuses to laugh at the jokes. Summer meets a new boyfriend, Caleb Wilson (Joss Kasper), who gives her expensive gifts. Lisa does not believe that Caleb exists, but she
17331-559: The identity of a Lassiter's share holder. Alec accepts, but when Paul tries to bribe him into setting up Janelle Timmins ( Nell Feeney ), Alec breaks off the deal. Alec goes to see Boyd after he is involved in an accident with Charlotte Stone ( Rachel Gordon ). Charlotte tells Alec that Boyd kidnapped her and made threats. She also tells him that Boyd was involved in Terrence Chesterton 's ( Scott Johnson ) murder. Boyd, however, tells Alec that Charlotte murdered Terence and that he has
17490-542: The late 1930s. One tier consisted of a network of publicly funded television stations run by the ABC, which was funded by government budget allocation and (until 1972) by fees from television viewer licences. The second tier consisted of the commercial networks and independent stations owned by private operators, whose income came from selling advertising time. The network was launched as ATV-0 in Melbourne opened on 1 August 1964 and
17649-575: The launch of NEW-10 in Perth after the introduction of satellite facilities made it economical for the network to broadcast to Western Australia. Northern Star officially took hold of TVQ-10 later in the year because of swapping frequencies with neighbouring DDQ-0 in Toowoomba and rebranded CTC Canberra under the network banner in time for aggregation. In 1989, Ten's ratings were in decline, so on 23 July 1989, recently recruited network boss Bob Shanks relaunched
17808-716: The money for her ticket to Darwin, but she wonders whether to leave her new friend behind. However, when Kerry's daughter, Sky ( Stephanie McIntosh ), meets Gabrielle, she feels like she has a second chance to get to know her mother. This makes Gabrielle feel awkward as she does not know Sky, and she and Harold decide that it is best if she leaves for Darwin. Bobby Hoyland , played by Andrew McFarlane , made his first on-screen appearance on 3 May 2005. During his time in Ramsay Street, Bobby has romantic relationships with three women; Janelle Timmins ( Nell Feeney ), Susan Kennedy ( Jackie Woodburne ) and Lyn Scully ( Janet Andrewartha ). This led to Fergus Shiel of The Age calling Bobby
17967-427: The network celebrated its 40th birthday with a two-hour highlights package called Ten: Seriously 40 , which was hosted by Bert Newton and Rove McManus . On 27 October 2005, Network Ten announced that its long-running morning talk-variety program Good Morning Australia would be cancelled at the end of the year after a fourteen-year run. This ended host Bert Newtons 14-year association with Network Ten; although he
18126-479: The network is now referred to in the text as Network 10 . The new brand is used across all of Network 10's platforms and services, and was intended to reflect the broadcaster's positioning as an "adventurous alternative" with a "sense of fun". 10 also relaunched its multi channels Eleven and One as 10 Peach and 10 Boss , with Boss focusing on dramatic programming and targeting an older adult audience, and Peach continuing to be targeted towards young adults. 10 Boss
18285-429: The network, re-branding it as 10 TV Australia , and introducing several new programs, including four new prime time game shows. However, by the end of 1989, the ratings failed to improve and most of the new programs were cancelled, except for its Eyewitness News bulletins, Neighbours and E Street (debuting in late 1988). Meanwhile, Northern Star Holdings were having financial and regulatory problems. The company
18444-556: The odd difference thrown in by the writers for good measure, depth?" On Charlie's controversial death storyline, Ellen said that he had no problem with it, but the process was emotional as his wife died during filming. In the past, Charlie has a brief relationship with Valda Sheergold ( Joan Sydney ) and she falls pregnant. He then starts seeing another girl, Catherine, and Valda's brother-in-law, Henry O'Rourke ( Bud Tingwell ), blackmails Charlie into leaving Shelley Bay. Henry and his wife, Connie ( Val Jellay ) adopt Valda's baby, so she
18603-456: The premiere and the moment is captured by a photographer. Melody points out that Nina's profile has been raised and she is taking bookings for interviews and gigs. After a few months, Melody tells Nina that she has a place on an Asian tour for her with Robbie D. Nina agrees to go, but cannot take Jack with her. Weeks later, Nina is shocked to hear Robbie D singing one of her songs on the radio. She contacts Melody who explains to her that she signed
18762-530: The prevalent rankings, with the Nine Network typically in the first place, the Seven Network second, 0-10 third and ABC TV fourth. The gradual evolution of Network Ten into its current form has its origins in the ongoing attempts by media mogul Rupert Murdoch to acquire a prized commercial television licence in Australia's largest capital city market, Sydney. This began when Murdoch's News Limited purchased
18921-559: The reality singing competition format Idols called Australian Idol in 2003. Australian Idol was a hit for several years, lasting until 2009. In 2004, Network Ten enjoyed its best year since the 1970s , winning two rating weeks (out of 40) and finishing second nationally only behind the Nine Network and well ahead of the Seven Network . This was a departure from previous years; it has typically placed third behind Nine and Seven in most other rating years since 2000. In 2005, Canwest
19080-476: The regions on 10 December 2013. On 1 August 2014, the network celebrated its 50th anniversary. A television special related to the anniversary called 50 Years Young aired on 3 August 2014, after being rescheduled from 8 August by the network. On 15 June 2015, Foxtel (co-owned by News Corp ) bought 15% shares in Ten Network Holdings, pending approval from the ACCC. Prior to the acquisition, Discovery backed out from
19239-431: The role in 2016 for a brief guest stint. Trixie meets an unsuspecting Lou for a date. Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy commented, "If we're honest, they don't seem to be making too much of an effort as they're only catching up in the café, but Trixie is still more than happy to see if there's still a spark between them." The character returned on 25 November 2016. Reporters for the Herald Sun believed Trixie Tucker "sounds
19398-427: The role of Dylan. Of his casting, Brodie said "Being pale and skinny, I never thought I'd be a long term Neighbours regular. I wasn't tanned or beachy. I thought that would never happen." Genevieve "Eva" Doyle , played by Lulu McClatchy , made her first on-screen appearance on 18 March 2005. Genevieve became a love interest for Toadfish Rebecchi . McClatchy auditioned for the role of Eva and she decided to make
19557-439: The room, Serena notices a webcam and leaves. She tells her parents and they call the police. David breaks into Chris' studio and takes his hard drive. Serena later meets Lana Crawford ( Bridget Neval ) who tells her that she too met Chris and had been taken in by him. The following year, Janae Timmins goes to a nightclub with her boyfriend. When he tries to get her to kiss someone else, she storms off and walks into Chris. He asks
19716-492: The rules of the agreement by contacting the Hoylands and telling them she needs to move out of the hostel she was staying in. Max catches Kayla stealing food from his bar and later sees her begging for money. Max and Steph decide to offer Kayla a room at their home. Kayla talks to Max's son, Boyd ( Kyal Marsh ), and she starts thinking that she might have other options instead of giving her child away. Kayla leaves Ramsay Street, but she later returns after realising that staying with
19875-593: The schedule. It is aimed at a similar audience to 7mate . In 2012, Ten unsuccessfully launched many new programs. This led to Ten's ratings dropping to fourth place behind ABC TV for over thirty straight nights. The poor performance resulted in Chief Programming Officer David Mott's resignation. In September 2012, Ten made a partnership with TVSN , which meant the TVSN channel became available on Ten's free-to-air multiplex to metropolitan viewers as
20034-458: The shop after seeing the prices of the dresses. Melody reinvents herself again as a publisher. Janelle Timmins ( Nell Feeney ) writes a novel and it gets emailed around the town as part of a joke. Melody sees it and contacts Janelle about publishing the book. Melody meets up with Janelle and tells her that it would need to be longer before it can be published. Only the Timmins family knew that Bree ( Sianoa Smit-McPhee ) had actually written most of
20193-425: The shop. They make several purchases with the help of another assistant who gets the commission instead of Melody. Charlie Cassidy , played by Cliff Ellen, made his first on screen appearance on 23 July 2003. Charlie is the brother of Doreen and father to Michael and Lyn . Ellen said that he enjoyed playing the role of Charlie. He described his character as being "very much in the mould of Cliff Ellen, but with
20352-405: The show when he was a couple of weeks old, he is the son of one of the technical crew. Lyn ( Janet Andrewartha ) and Joe Scully ( Shane Connor ) decide to try for another baby and almost give up hope, when Lyn suddenly announces she is pregnant at Susan ( Jackie Woodburne ) and Karl Kennedy 's ( Alan Fletcher )'s wedding reception. Lyn does not have an easy pregnancy, as she is injured during
20511-439: The state capital cities of Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country. As of 2024, Network 10 is usually the fourth-rated television network and primary channel in Australia, behind the Seven Network , Nine Network and ABC TV and ahead of SBS . From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965, there were three television networks in Australia,
20670-568: The station changed to TVQ-10. In 1987 Adelaide's Network Ten affiliate (SAS-10) and Seven Network affiliate (ADS-7) successfully negotiated to exchange affiliation rights and channel frequencies due to ownership problems. On 27 December 1987, the exchange came into effect and ADS-7, owned by the same owners as the main Network Ten stations, became ADS-10 with SAS-10 converting to SAS-7, operated by TVW -7 in Perth. When Murdoch became an American citizen in 1985 so that he could expand his media empire in
20829-547: The station, and in tribute to this event, the 0-10 Network adopted the First in Colour slogan in 1974, within months before the 1 March 1975 transition to colour broadcasting. For its first five years, the 0-10 Network led a hand-to-mouth existence. By the beginning of the 1970s the network was in a precarious financial position and there were predictions that it would fail. In 1971, the 0-10 Network first aired Young Talent Time , which
20988-578: The storyline they had planned, I thought it was good and said yes right away." Gabrielle "sparks a bizarre relationship" with Harold Bishop ( Ian Smith ), who is shocked by her likeness to his deceased daughter. When he is interviewing prospective employees for the General Store, Harold Bishop is shocked when Gabrielle walks in the Store. Harold is distracted during the interview and he apologises to Gabrielle and explains that she reminds him of someone he used to know. Harold then hires Gabrielle after realising she
21147-449: The surgery with her for tests. He agrees not to tell Janelle and when the tests come back negative, it brings the family closer. Kim loses his job and Janelle is angry, until Zeke Kinski ( Matthew Werkmeister ) asks her if she loves Kim. Janelle goes to Lassiter's and proposes to Kim. She suggests that a second wedding would fix their relationship. Kim accepts and realises that he will have to work long hours on Dylan's hotdog cart to pay for
21306-460: The teachers, Paul Robinson ( Stefan Dennis ), has spent time in prison. He talks to Susan Smith about his fears over Paul, but Susan talks him round and they later go for a drink. Alex decides to transfer Rachel and Zeke when Paul is arrested, but he later changes his mind. He also develops a crush on Susan and asks her out. Alex leaves Rachel and Zeke in the care of Stingray ( Ben Nicholas ) and Dylan Timmins ( Damien Bodie ) and he and Susan go to
21465-480: The title The 0-10 Network , which reflected the channels used by the first two stations launched in the group, ATV and TEN. Melbourne's ATV was the first station of the network to stage colour broadcasts in 1967, the broadcast was that of the horse races in Pakenham, Victoria , which was seen by network and RCA executives and invited members of the media and press. This would be the first of many test colour telecasts for
21624-422: The truth about Henry adopting her, she finds it hard to forgive Charlie, but she softens when she learns that he is dying. Months later, Charlie comes to visit his grandson, Oscar Scully and he invites Henry down, so they and Lyn can talk. The following year, Charlie returns to see his granddaughter, Stephanie ( Carla Bonner ), marry Max Hoyland ( Stephen Lovatt ). Charlie makes peace with Valda by giving her
21783-440: The truth about his condition from Lyn, but she sees him having a coughing fit. Charlie is taken to the hospital, but he tells his family that he wants to die at Lyn's home. Charlie's last wish is to go on his boat, Sheergold Scandal. Steph and Doreen take him to the boat, but Charlie becomes too ill before they can get on board. The Scullys bring the boat to Ramsay Street on a trailer and Charlie spends Boxing Day on it. Charlie writes
21942-448: The tyres on Kim's van to stop him from leaving and she and Janae ( Eliza Taylor-Cotter ) convince Janelle to give Kim a chance. Kim and Janelle reunite just before Christmas, Stingray and Dylan are released from prison and Kim begins working at the Scarlet Bar. Bree tells Kim that Janae's ex-boyfriend, Mike Pill ( Alexander Cappelli ), has been diagnosed as HIV positive and Janae had unprotected sex with him. Kim supports Janae and go to
22101-564: The wedding. Kim then starts selling unlicensed DVDs. Bree conducts a DNA test for a school project and Kim discovers that he is not her father. Janelle tells him that she did not cheat and demands a new test. The test reveals that neither Kim nor Janelle were Bree's parents. Kim and Janelle decides not to tell Bree the truth, but Janae finds out and tells Bree during an argument. Bree decides to find her real parents, but later changes her mind much to Kim and Janelle's relief. Dylan and Bree discover Kim's DVD business and Kim owns up to Janelle. Janelle
22260-438: The youngest member of the Kinski family. He made his first on-screen appearance on 22 August 2005. Werkmeister went through two auditions to secure the role of Zeke and said he was "absolutely ecstatic" when he heard he had won the part. Zeke was initially portrayed as anti-social and very clever, leading fans to believe he could have the characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome . Holy Soap describe Zeke as "bright" and "a bit of
22419-411: Was a fan and had a crush on her, he offers her a regular gig performing in his pub. She accepts, but her first performance is almost a disaster, when she forgets notes and lyrics. Nina joins her mother on stage and rescues the show. Lou and Trixie begin spending more time together and when Trixie tells him that she cannot live with Nick anymore, Lou offers to rent Number 22 to her and Nina. Trixie cooks Lou
22578-419: Was a huge rating success, and ran for 17 years. However, the network's true financial reprise came about due to the fact that the controversial adult soap opera serial Number 96 premiered in March 1972 on the night that "Australian TV lost its virginity". The series broke new ground for Australian television and captured the imagination of viewers like few programs before or since. For the next three years it
22737-441: Was baptised and Susan, Valda, Harold Bishop ( Ian Smith ) and Gino Esposito ( Shane McNamara ) are his godparents. Harold and Gino compete to be the better godfather. Lyn leaves Oscar in the car while she goes shopping and she is arrested for shoplifting. Karl diagnoses her with post-natal depression. Joe makes Oscar a promise that he will love him enough for both of them until Lyn gets better. Lyn begins to bond well with Oscar and
22896-501: Was completed on 27 October 1989, effectively splitting Northern Star's Network Ten in half. In September 1990, Northern Star went into receivership and on 13 January 1991 at 8:30pm, the network was re-branded back to Network Ten with the first version of its famous ten watermark logo. The network was placed into liquidation by the National Rugby League in May 1991. In 1992, the network's flagship stations were sold to
23055-461: Was complicated and there were issues between them. Stapleton and Goodrem did not get much of a chance to explore their characters' relationship, as Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma three weeks into the storyline. The scripts were changed so Nina was not as involved. Stapleton said, "You'll see scenes where we pretend she is upstairs until we got the chance to sort it out properly." Trixie eventually went on to marry Lou. Stapleton reprised
23214-409: Was consistently Australia's top-rating television program and, not surprisingly, its huge popularity attracted advertisers to Ten en masse , with the result that its revenue increased significantly from $ 1 million in 1971 to more than $ 10 million in 1972. However, the pattern of rating dominance was already set, and for most of the next five decades from the mid-1960s, there was little deviation from
23373-561: Was forced to change its name to 10 Bold on 10 December 2018 due to trademark conflicts with Fairfax Media . On 4 December 2019, CBS Corporation completed a re-merger with fellow media conglomerate Viacom as ViacomCBS ; the two companies had previously separated in 2005 . ViacomCBS subsequently began to integrate the companies' operations in Australia; in a reorganisation of the ViacomCBS Networks International division, Network 10 would join its new sister network in
23532-423: Was in discussions with newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings about a possible sale of the network, after the federal government indicated it may consider relaxing Australia's media cross-ownership laws. Previously, newspaper owners could not own television stations in the same city. Fairfax owned the Seven Network until 1988 and had been looking for a way back into television for a long time. On 21 August 2005,
23691-420: Was initially supposed to be Australian, but after Fish was cast, the writers made her Canadian. Fish said that she loved playing Lisa and that she "got to do lots of awesome things." She described her character as being "selfish and mean" and said that she enjoyed Lisa turning into a "total bitch." Fish said that people may feel sorry for Lisa and that some scenes showed that it was her mother that had made her into
23850-510: Was intended to replace an existing guaranteed $ 200 million loan that was due to expire in December. On 13 June, Ten asked the Australian Securities Exchange that their stock be placed in a 48-hour trading halt while it assessed its options concerning receivership. It went into voluntary administration the following day. On 28 August 2017, Ten's administrators announced that the U.S. media company CBS Corporation (which had
24009-466: Was just keeping him safe. Elle Robinson ( Pippa Black ) babysits Oscar, but he wanders off by Lassiter's lake and loses his in the water. Ned Parker ( Daniel O'Connor ) rescues Oscar and becomes his nanny. Following her failed marriage to Paul Robinson ( Stefan Dennis ), Lyn decides to take Oscar to live in Shelly Bay. She returns to Ramsay Street a few years later without him and she reveals that Oscar
24168-461: Was not. Alec next investigates David Bishop ( Kevin Harrington ) for fraud. He and his officers take David's computer for evidence, when they discover that there are irregularities with the Helen Daniels Trust. When Alec's wife, Trish, becomes seriously ill, Alec tries to make sure she receives the best care. Paul Robinson ( Stefan Dennis ) offers Alec money in exchange for information about
24327-516: Was offered ongoing employment with the network, he announced that he would be returning to the Nine Network. 9am with David & Kim replaced GMA as Ten's national morning program from 2006 to 2009. From 2006 to 2008, Ten was the official broadcaster of Sydney New Year's Eve . The rights returned to the Nine Network from 2009. On 7 August 2007, Network Ten and Foxtel signed a new agreement allowing Ten's digital signal to be transmitted via Foxtel's cable and satellite services. Prior to this, Ten
24486-500: Was only transmitted via cable on Foxtel in an analogue format and Austar in standard definition digital via Mystar. Similarly in October 2007, Network Ten and Optus announced that Ten's digital signal would be available on its cable network from 1 December 2007. On 16 December 2007, Ten HD was officially launched as a breakaway channel, becoming the first new commercial television channel in metropolitan areas of Australia since 1988. Ten HD ceased broadcasting on 25 March 2009 when it
24645-646: Was owned by the Ansett Transport Industries , which at the time owned one of Australia's two domestic airlines. TEN-10 in Sydney, which opened on 5 April 1965, was originally owned by United Telecasters, which also in July that year opened TVQ -0 in Brisbane . Also opened later that month was SAS-10 , serving the city of Adelaide . The new television network was initially dubbed the Independent Television System or ITS, but in 1970 adopted
24804-649: Was replaced by what was a sports-only high-definition channel, One HD . On 24 September 2009, Canwest announced that it was selling its 50.1% stake in Ten Network Holdings for $ 680 million, to pay down its significant debt. In late 2009, Canwest filed for creditor bankruptcy protection , due to CA$ 4 billion mounting debt across radio, television broadcasting and publishing assets in several countries. On 20 October 2010, four years after he sold his shares in PBL Media to private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific , James Packer purchased 16 per cent of Ten. Network Ten launched
24963-437: Was revealed that Rocco is having an affair with Sindi Watts ( Marisa Warrington ). Sindi calls him "Tiny" and does not tell her friends his real name. She later decides to end the relationship and she meets up with Rocco, but he tells her that he does not want her let her go. When Sindi tries again, Rocco tells her that he has left his wife and gives her an engagement ring. At first, Sindi cannot bring herself to tell him that she
25122-578: Was sixteen when she was cast in the role of Serena. The part was her first professional acting job. Trixie Tucker , played by Wendy Stapleton , made her first appearance on 20 October 2003. Trixie was introduced as Nina Tucker 's ( Delta Goodrem ) mother and a love interest for Lou Carpenter ( Tom Oliver ). Stapleton's casting details were announced in June 2003, and she began filming that same month. Trixie arrives in Erinsborough after her double act partner and Nina's father, Nick, ends their relationship. Stapleton told Jason Herbison of Inside Soap , "It's
25281-688: Was subject to an inquiry by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal in relation to media ownership rules and had run into financial difficulties following the 1987 stock market crash two years earlier. On 1 September 1989, Northern Star Holdings announced a major restructuring to pay off debts and help restore profitability. The proposals included selling off the network's three smaller stations ( ADS in Adelaide, NEW in Perth and CTC in Canberra) to Charles Curran's Capital Television Group . The sale
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