Welkom op de fanblog van de Australische serie 'Neighbours'. Neighbours is een Australische soapserie, gestart in maart 1985.

Neighbours gaat over de belevenissen van de inwoners van 6 huizen in Ramsay Street, een doodlopende straat in Erinsborough, een fictieve voorstad van Melbourne. De binnenopnames gebeuren in de Global Television studios in Forest Hill. Voor buitenopnames trekt de crew naar Ramsay Street. Pin Oak Court is de echte doodlopende straat die sinds 1985 dienst doet als Ramsay Street. Alle huizen die je in de serie ziet, zijn echt en de crew mag er een paar dagen per maand op straat en in de voortuinen filmen. De bewoners van de huizen krijgen daar trouwens een mooie vergoeding voor. Lassiter's, de ontmoetingsplaats van de 'buren', met een hotel, pub en koffiehuis bevindt zich achter de studio's.
De gebeurtenissen spelen zich sinds het begin altijd in dezelfde huizen af (nummers 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 en 32). Dat is een groot verschil met andere soaps waar er regelmatig van set gewisseld wordt. De serie heeft ook een heel eigen stijl gericht op het hele gezin en is niet te vergelijken met de Amerikaanse soaps. De soap zelf heeft een eigen stijl gericht op het hele gezin en is niet te vergelijken met de Nederlandse of Amerikaanse soaps. Hilarische misverstanden, humoristische toestanden en gezonde concurrentiestrijd zijn aan de orde van de dag in Ramsey Street, maar ook wel de gebruikelijke drama's, slechte werkverhoudingen en affaires.
Een aantal bekende sterren hebben in Neighbours gespeeld, bijvoorbeeld Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Natalie Imbruglia, Alan Dale, Delta Goodrem en Guy Pearce. Ook Russel Crowe heeft ooit een klein rolletje in de serie gespeeld. Kylie en Jason vormden het meest populaire koppel ooit in Ramsey Street. Dat was in de jaren '80 maar nog voor Kylie en Jason als Charlene en Scott hun intrede deden, werd de serie door de Australische Channel 7 van de buis gehaald.
In Australië worden al ruim 6700 afleveringen uitgezonden. Ook het Britse commerciële Five en het Belgische één brengen de serie dagelijks. In Vlaanderen is ze bekend onder de titel Buren. De eerste aflevering werd op de toenmalige BRT uitgezonden op 31 oktober 1988.

zondag 1 mei 2011

Kate Ramsay



Ashleigh Brewer As Kate Ramsay

Due to her mother’s untimely death, Kate spent her teens playing surrogate mum to her younger siblings Harry and Sophie. With them now off her hands, Kate is starting to enjoy the freedoms of young adulthood.
Naturally conservative, Kate’s begun to explore her rebellious side and realized she can be surprisingly strong-willed and stubborn – particularly when it comes to setting her uncle Paul Robinson on the straight and narrow.
Kate puts an incredible amount of pressure on herself to be perfect. Like her uncle, she enjoys order and control.  Kate isn’t in any way a fussy girl. She’s feminine without being showy. She has a passion for dancing but this had to take a back seat to raising Sophie and Harry.
Her one secret escape that has remained constant over the years is her love of romance novels – the grander then better.
Proud, Kate rejected Elle and her money and threw her out of the house asking her never to come back again. However, Susan who had accompanied Elle, later returned with Dan to try and make an in-road as it was obvious these kids needed help. Kate is very protective of her brother Harry and sister Sophie, so getting close to them without Kate is near impossible, however Dan almost succeeded in getting Harry to open up until Kate insisted Harry stay on side and not talk to anyone associated with the Robinsons. But things quickly went from bad to worse for the Ramsays when the media started to harrass them outside their home. Elle then came up with an idea to get the media off their back, she would buy their story for $15,000 and the Erinsborough News.

They continued to struggle however, and Susan came to the rescue, telling Kate about Ramsay Street and her ancestors and their rightful link to the street. Eventually, Kate started to realise the people of Ramsay Street weren't so bad afterall and moved into number 24. However, Kate and Harry were unable to accept the kindness of everyone at first, and really struggle with living next door to Paul and Elle.

Meanwhile, Paul was under investigation as the murderer of Jill Ramsay and had skipped bail to search for the Ramsay kid's father. Then Rebecca noticed a picture Sophie had drawn showing she was at the scene when her mother was hit and was the missing link needed to prove Paul's innocence. Protective Kate however wouldn't have a bar of it and refused to allow anyone come near Sophie who was obviously suffering from the loss of her mother.

Kate puts an incredible amount of pressure on herself to be perfect – something she shares with Mark Brennan. Whenever Kate lets herself go, it makes her feel guilty. It’s like she can’t have fun – that’s for Sophie to enjoy.

Naturally conservative, Kate doesn’t have a rebellious bone in her body. She likes playing by the rules and going with the flow. However, under pressure she releases the fire and strength within her and can be surprisingly strong-willed and stubborn and certainly messes up sometimes.

Kate isn’t in any way a fussy girl. She’s feminine without being showy. She has a passion for dancing but has put aside what she considers to be a childish pursuit to concentrate on her siblings. Her one secret escape from her world of responsibility is indulging in romance novels.

Having missed out on her youth she finally wants to live for herself, and appreciate the opportunities to choose her own future. She feels she needs to let go of the pressure and act her age.
Ashleigh Brewer
Twenty-­one-­year-­old Ashleigh Brewer had her return flight to her home city, Brisbane booked when she came to Melbourne 2009 to scout around local casting agents.

She never imagined she would be offered an on-­going role on Neighbours as Kate Ramsay who has always been interested in the performing arts.

As a student, she had guest roles in H2O just add water, Sleepover Club and Blue Heelers. Ashleigh is an accomplished dancer, having trained since she was in primary school and when time permits, still attends classes.

The coveted role of Kate Ramsay marked a nostalgic return of the famous name name to Ramsay Street. Viewers sort of knew Kate because of the history which was a lovely way to join the series, Ashleigh finished her first year on Neighbours with a Logie nomination for Best New Female Talent.
A keen runner, the popular actress competes regularly in charity fun runs. She is an ambassador for the Leukaemia Foundation and as a tribute to her late grandfather who was struck down by motor neuron disease, raises awareness of this debilitating illness.