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Soap star Alan Fletcher says Neighbours is finishing ‘at its peak'
Actor Alan Fletcher said Neighbours is coming to an end while the Australian soap is 'at its peak'. The programme had its final day of filming earlier this month after its two-year Prime Video revival which followed it being dropped from broadcast by Channel 5 in 2022. Fletcher, 68, who has played Dr Karl Kennedy for 30 years, said it is 'fair to say' he is now more famous in the UK than Australia due to the popularity of the show here. He told ITV's Good Morning Britain (GMB): 'It's extremely popular. It sits in the top five programmes (on Amazon). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Neighbours (@neighbours) 'Amazon gave us an extra 400 episodes, and we are eternally grateful. 'I have to say to you, when we finished filming, rather than the sadness we had the first time, I sat back and thought, 'Do you know what? We've been given the opportunity to make the best Neighbours we ever could have made'. 'That's where we finished up. I reckon Neighbours is at its peak.' The cast wrapped filming on July 11 at Nunawading Studios and the soap's final broadcast after 40 years will be in December. The programme, which launched the careers of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Margot Robbie and Guy Pearce among others, has followed the lives of people living and working in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough since 1985. Neighbours was dropped by Channel 5 in 2022 after it failed to secure new funding, with a finale episode in July that year attracting an average audience of 2.5 million when several well-known characters returned to the show to say goodbye. The soap's return was announced in late 2022, with a social media clip featuring some of the characters being told the news. In February this year it was announced the programme would end after reports production company Fremantle failed to secure a deal with Amazon.
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Danny Dyer struggled to ditch ‘hardman' persona before sitcom Mr Bigstuff
Danny Dyer is often described as a 'hardman' thanks to his roles in The Football Factory, EastEnders, and The Business, but it meant he wasn't able to show his versatility onscreen. However, that perception is now changing. Dyer recently was the standout of Disney+'s Rivals, the adaptation of Jilly Cooper's bonkbuster, and won a BAFTA for his part in Mr. BigStuff. Now, the Sky comedy is returning for a second season, and Dyer tells Yahoo UK how he is grateful for the opportunity to show the world his acting range. 'It was about getting the opportunities, really,' he explains. 'I was very lucky to get Rivals and Mr. Bigstuff back to back. 'I don't suppose I've had an opportunity to show that versatility, in a sense of, I'm still cockney and working class, but I'm managing just different physicality, [my characters] Freddie and Lee are very different.' Mr. BigStuff tells the story of carpet salesman Glen — played by writer and creator Ryan Sampson — whose life is flipped upside down after his larger-than-life brother, Lee, comes barrelling back into the picture. Dyer's part was written specifically with the actor in mind. 'It's the brilliance of Ryan, being a selfless man and writing this thing for me, giving me an opportunity,' Dyer adds. '[He said] 'Here's a vehicle, go and crack on.' I've been around a long time, and it's just about being lucky enough to get the right jobs we can show off.' For the second season, Sampson leaned into Dyer's mannerisms, bringing them into the new series. 'There are a lot of quirks there,' says the writer. 'I write it, and then Danny does the Dyer-isms pass [of the script], and then spins lines in his own voice, and it's always so much better. It's really good, it's impressive.' One of Dyer's most recent — and perhaps surprising — quirks has been his love of miniatures, having built a model library in recent years. The actor jokes that it is the kind of hobby that matches his new role as a grandfather, following daughter Dani Dyer welcoming three children since 2021. 'I've been so busy, I haven't had time,' he said. 'But it's good for mindfulness. "I built a little Victorian library, but tried to put the roof on, the roof was a dome, then I broke the whole thing. I was fuming. I had to put it down for a bit, because I was very, very wound up over this dome, but I do love it. 'I've got magnified glasses, the little flippy-uppy ones. I'm a granddad now. That's what grandfathers do. I'm fitting into the role perfectly.'
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Ellen DeGeneres finally confirms Trump influenced her UK move: ‘We're staying here'
Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and wife Portia de Rossi decided to pack up and move to the UK because of President Trump's re-election win. The former talk show host, 67, detailed her new life across the pond during a conversation with British host Richard Bacon onstage in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Sunday, per the BBC. Admitting that she and the 'Arrested Development' alum, 52, initially only planned to stay in the UK for a couple of months, the pair pulled the trigger on a permanent move in November following Trump's historic win over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. 4 Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and wife Portia de Rossi decided to pack up and move to the UK because of President Trump's re-election win. @ellendegeneres/Instagram Following their trans-Atlantic move, the duo set up camp in the ritzy Cotswolds neighborhood, which is a known favorite among the Hollywood elite. 'We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, 'He got in,'' she said. 'And we're like, 'We're staying here.'' The pair, who wed in 2008 after four years of dating, proved they were serious about uprooting their lives across the pond after buying a sprawling farmhouse in the hoity-toity area in South West England, nearly two hours from London, for an eye-popping $18 million — some $3 million over the asking price. Their new rural life includes tending to their horses, chickens and their dogs. 4 President Trump's historic win over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris took place in November 2024. AP 'It's absolutely beautiful,' the comedian said. 'We're just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture — everything you see is charming and it's just a simpler way of life.' 'It's clean,' she went on. 'Everything here is just better — the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.' DeGeneres also hinted that she and de Rossi could be looking to get married again in the UK. 'The Baptist Church in America is trying to reverse gay marriage,' she said. 'They're trying to literally stop it from happening in the future and possibly reverse it. Portia and I are already looking into it, and if they do that, we're going to get married here.' 4 The comedian also hinted at a possible return into showbiz, though admitted it will be differently formatted to her former eponymous talk show. BACKGRID 'I wish we were at a place where it was not scary for people to be who they are. I wish that we lived in a society where everybody could accept other people and their differences.' Elsewhere during the chat, the comedian hinted at a possible return into showbiz. 'I just don't know what that is yet,' she said of her career plans, adding that her next project will not reflect the format of her eponymous talk show. 'I want to have fun, I want to do something. I do like my chickens but I'm a little bit bored,' she added. While it appears as though the pair have taken to the English countryside lifestyle without a hitch, it's not all been smooth sailing for the duo there. Earlier this year, the couple clashed with their British neighbors over an extension at their multimillion-dollar home. 4 DeGeneres also hinted that she and de Rossi could be looking to get married again in the UK. BACKGRID Still, the hiccup didn't stop DeGeneres from selling one of her final properties in the US — prompting her to officially cut ties with her homeland. While it's not clear exactly why the pair decided on the Cotswolds, the region is a picturesque and wealthy part of England, with many British stars boasting country houses there.
