Neighbours axed two years after beloved soap was revived by Amazon

Long-running TV series Neighbours is on the chopping block again after its production company failed to reach an agreement with Amazon.

Long-running TV series Neighbours is on the chopping block again after production company Fremantle failed to reach a new deal with Amazon.

The beloved Australian soap – which is watched around the world – will stop production this summer with the final ever episode being aired at the end of the year.

According to The Sun, the soap’s fate was sealed just two years after Amazon brought the show back to life after being axed by Channel 5 after almost four decades.

Amazon announced at the end of 2022 that it was bringing the iconic program back in a multi-year deal.

The soap’s final episode saw the return of the likes of Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue and Guy Pearce in the emotional goodbye.

The Neighbours cast in 2023. The beloved soap has been axed by Amazon despite being nominated for two Emmy Awards in 2024. Picture: 10 Peach

But months later, Amazon offered the show a lifeline and brought it back to life with a revamped production.

It started filming in 2023 and was shown on Amazon Freevee worldwide.

In 2024, Amazon axed the service and folded it into its Prime Video streaming offering.

And now, after two years streaming, the show will come to an end once more.

According to The Sun the streaming giant told Fremantle their venture into soaps had not gained the level of success it had hoped and funding would be pulled as a result.

Guy Pearce and Annie Jones were reunited on Neighbours. Picture: 10 Media

Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue reprised their roles as Scott and Charlene.

A source told The Sun: “Amazon gave Fremantle two years to see if it worked but sadly they just didn’t get the viewers.

“It’s a really sad day especially for the cast and crew who work on the show in Melbourne.

“This really is the end of Neighbours just as it’s celebrated it’s 40th birthday.”

It is not known whether the cast and crew have been told about the development.

The soap was nominated after its revival by Amazon for two Emmy Awards last year.

The nominations – for best daytime drama series and best guest performance for Guy Pearce – were a first for the award-winning show.

Neighbours was first shown on BBC1 in 1986, a year after its Australian debut.

Nearly 20 million UK viewers tuned in two years later to see Scott, played by Jason Donovan, and Charlene, played by Kylie, get wed.