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    Quote Originally Posted by tammyy2j View Post
    Is Toadie the first to see her?

    Who else would know her, only Susan, Karl and maybe Lou?
    Steph, Elly and possibly Ben (although he was young).

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    My guess is, she'll be her long-lost twin sister.

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    Daily Telegraph article on Madeleine West's return to Neighbours:

    Look who’s back, baby: Madeleine West on raising six kids and returning to Neighbours

    Holly Byrnes, National TV editor, News Corp Australia Network

    January 3, 2017 10:00pm

    IF actor, accomplished author and aspiring screenwriter Madeleine West had written her return to Neighbours, there’s every chance the fantasy scene she had in mind for her character Dee Bliss — “arriving again, wearing a wet, sodden wedding dress, saying ‘I’m baaaack!’” — would have joined her famous, watery demise 13 years ago in the pantheon of epic episodes of the classic Aussie soap.

    Before news of her resurrection on the series was teased last year, the last time fans saw West on screen, she was careening off a cliff in a station wagon, moments after marrying the love of her life, Toadie Rebecchi.

    Or rather, a prop dummy of Dee did, which West explains “almost decapitated itself as the car went over the cliff,” the blonde wig sweeping out the window “and nearly ripping the doll’s head right off.”

    Standing on the Altona shoreline, near Werribee in Victoria, that fateful day, watching her character meet what was believed to be her ocean grave was a giggle rather than grief-inducing, West remembers.

    “Being surrounded by the crew, it was all quite hilarious,” she tells Switched On. “The true heartbreak was in the actual wedding and afterwards when I had to read out a letter I’d written to Toadie for audio which he discovered when he got home, post-disaster. That was quite heart-wrenching.”

    While she won’t spoil the details of her return for the audience, she says: “she’s not a ghost, nor is she a figment of Toadie’s imagination and she wasn’t abducted by aliens. Suffice to say, she has returned and the audience will be in for several big shocks.”

    Now a mother of six children [with her TV chef husband Shannon Bennett of MasterChef Australia fame]; a best-selling author of parenting book, Six Under Eight; with a recurring role as openly gay breakfast TV co-host, Erica Jones in Ten’s prime time drama hit, The Wrong Girl, what is also a surprise is how West has found the time for the 14-week guest role, as well as plans to direct and write for the soap this year.

    The maturity which has come with motherhood and her determination to set a positive example for her children, she says, is all the motivation she needs to make it all work.

    “When you have a passion, you make time. I’m amazed by how much you can fit into a day. Sometimes it means sacrificing other things, so my social life is often wanting. But if it means getting up at four or five in the morning to run through some scripts, or do a final edit on a column I’ve written; or work on kids’ school production costumes, I just figure I’ll sleep plenty when I’m dead.”

    While some of her offspring are showing an interest in showbiz, a no-nonsense West has set them some strict guidelines for success.

    Allowed one extra-curriculum activity per school term, they must devote themselves to it or, after three weeks, “that’s it, it’s done.”

    As West explains: “it’s not anyone else’s responsibility to push us forward, otherwise we end up in a state of children who are entitled, undeservedly so and are consistently sending their parents in to fight their battles for them. In the end, we end up with a society who don’t have the skills they need for the jobs they are doing.”

    http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/4...93c?width=1024


    ...And this is the DailyMail article:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-accident.html

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    So I was shopping today, and I seen the new TV WEEK and it had on there about the 'upcoming story-lines for 2017 in soaps', etc. and they had that Dee Bliss is back and she has a secret.... and it's legitimately her...

    My thoughts? That her and Toadie have a child together. It would make sense...

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    Quote Originally Posted by lellygurl View Post
    My thoughts? That her and Toadie have a child together. It would make sense...
    I think this has all but been officially confirmed.

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    Digital Spy article:

    Neighbours spoilers: Dee Bliss makes her outrageous return from the dead in these unmissable new pictures

    http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neig...urns-pictures/

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    It was great to see Dee again after all these years, and the look on Toadie's face.... poor Toadie! His whole world has turned upside down. Bet, was it just me or did anyone else notice Madeleine's teeth? They look huge! 😱

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirjam View Post
    It was great to see Dee again after all these years, and the look on Toadie's face.... poor Toadie! His whole world has turned upside down. Bet, was it just me or did anyone else notice Madeleine's teeth? They look huge! 😱
    Thank you, I thought that too. She was all teeth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirjam View Post
    It was great to see Dee again after all these years, and the look on Toadie's face.... poor Toadie! His whole world has turned upside down. Bet, was it just me or did anyone else notice Madeleine's teeth? They look huge! 😱
    Thank you, I thought that too. She was all teeth.

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    Neighbours' biggest storyline in years is finally here. Today's dramatic episode ended with Dee Bliss surprising her ex-husband Toadie by arriving unexpectedly on his doorstep – and she's going to turn his life upside down.

    But how is Dee back from the dead after more than 13 years away? What's her game? And will she be having a catfight with Toadie's new wife Sonya before next week is out?

    Digital Spy recently caught up with Madeleine West, who plays Dee, for some sneaky last-minute teasers ahead of Neighbours' explosive episodes next week.

    How much can you tell us about Toadie and Dee finally coming face-to-face again?

    "Well you know that I'm not allowed to tell you very much at all! (Laughs.) But suffice to say, we will see Dee thrown back into her old surroundings in Ramsay Street. Naturally a confrontation with Toadie and with Sonya will ensue.

    "As for where that will lead, only the future and watching the show will guarantee an answer..."

    How much do we find out about where Dee has been for all these years?

    "We'll find out the details of Dee's story very quickly, because naturally Toadie wants to know what's going on and why she left him in the lurch in such a way.

    "Dee explains that following the accident, she was trying to cry out for Toadie. She could also see and hear the rescue helicopters, but then she hit her head and it all went black. But are there holes in that story? That remains to be seen."

    We know that part of Dee's explanation involves amnesia. Does she remember her past life with Toadie by this point?

    "Yes she does, and we'll discover that Dee has actually returned to Erinsborough on a number of occasions and never quite had the courage to approach Toadie.

    "That'll be interesting for the viewers to think back on: 'Hang on a second, did I spot Dee in that scene?! Was she there in the background of a wedding?' Who knows?"

    Is Dee interested in rekindling a romance with Toadie, or has she moved on from that now?

    "Who could ever move on from the passion of their first love? I doubt Toadie has moved on himself in many ways. I don't think any of us ever do move on from first love.

    "But Dee has definitely come back to find her place in the world, fill in the gaps in her memory and rekindle a platonic relationship with Toadie. Let's remember they were friends, room-mates and confidants long before a romantic spark ignited. So as much as Dee loved Toadie as her partner, she also loved him as a best friend and that's a void she'd like to fill."

    How different is Dee to the character we last saw in 2003?

    "She's remarkably similar! She's found herself in circumstances where she hasn't really been able to move on from the point where she was. I guess that is definitely a by-product of any kind of amnesia. It's hard to move forward when you don't really know who you are.

    "Much of the Dee you'll see coming onto your screens is very similar to the one you know from the past. Of course the actor behind that character may have been put through the wringer a few times! (Laughs.) But the character is very much the essence of Dee."

    What is the dynamic between Dee and Sonya like?

    "Dee comes in with the confidence of knowing she was there first. She also has the expectation that, in time, she will be embraced back into the fabric of that society.

    "For Sonya, this woman is a complete unknown quantity from Toadie's past. All Sonya knows is that Dee was someone he loved desperately and would have given anything for. To this day, he still has keepsakes of their relationship.

    "We also find out that Toadie actually remembers their vows word for word 13 years down the track, so there are destined to be fireworks. I can't say whether it's a full-on clash with Sonya or just a tension between them, but there's plenty of juicy storylines to come."

    What was Eve Morey, who plays Sonya, like to work with?

    "Just a delight. She's such a generous, sweet actor and for me a kindred spirit. She's the mum of a little girl who's the same age as my twins. So she was really lovely to work with and such a professional – as was everyone on the show.

    "It's easy to forget – because Neighbours has been such a stalwart on our screens for so long – that there are some incredible storylines and some fine actors who make up the body of the cast. I think that's what has guaranteed the show's longevity – it's the striving for quality.

    "As we progressed through this particular storyline, it became all the more difficult, challenging and multi-layered. But everyone rose to the challenge and I really enjoyed my time there."

    The announcement of Dee's return made big headlines on both sides of the world. What did you make of the reaction?

    "It was really heartening. It confirmed for me the reason I came back. I essentially returned because Dee was remembered with such love. I felt that I had an obligation to fulfil people's fantasies, and answer their questions on where Dee has been.

    "I hope we have done the storyline justice. Now that I'm on the other end of it, all I can say is that it's possibly the most convoluted, complicated and at the same time satisfying storyline that I've ever portrayed in 20 years on television."

    Dee appears in Toadie's dram in Neighbours
    In real life, you're a mum of six. Are you looking forward to your children getting a chance to see Dee on screen?

    "I really am. My kids are still all really young and they're a little bit confused when they see me on television. A lot of the content from the other shows I've done is material that I'm not ready for them to see until they're 16 or 18. They'd need to be mature enough to digest that and separate the mum they see around the house and the mum they see on the screen in lingerie!

    "But Dee was such a wholesome, sweet and generous character. My eldest has become quite fascinated by it and she's been watching old clips from Neighbours on YouTube, so she's really excited.

    "I was really lucky that the show actually cast a beautiful young actress who looks almost identical to my eldest child as part of the storyline, so I think she'll get an extra kick out of that!"

    Unlike most of the cast, you're not on Twitter, are you?

    "No, I'm a shocker with any kind of new media. I was forced under duress to start an Instagram account, purely in the beginning to promote my book Six Under Eight when it came out in April. So that's about as far as I've gone so far. I've always got plenty to say, but I also write for a couple of magazines and I find that becomes my soapbox."

    Would you like to come back over to the UK for a visit?

    "Oh definitely, it's just a matter of making it happen. If you know anyone who's prepared to furnish me with a trip at this time let me know, because school fees for six kids is blowing the budget! (Laughs.)

    "But I absolutely adore the UK. I still have family over there and I'd take any opportunity to get over to Europe. I've been watching The Crown with much relish and thinking that I can't wait to get back and walk the streets of London."

    Neighbours airs weekdays at 1.45pm and 5.30pm on Channel 5.

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