Neighbours Spoilers 20th - 24th March 2017

[Ruffed_lemur]

This is implying that Sonya loses the baby?? Anyone else think that??


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Looks like it to me. Sounds like Sonya and Mark are gutted.

[kaz21]

Also the fall out from it, will create more problems for Sonia and todie.

[PennyMartin]

I'm pretty annoyed they make Toadie cheat on Sonya, mainly because it paints Toadie in a bad light thus absolving Sonya of any wrong doings with her inappropriate closeness with Mark. Now, pretty much all the weight is gonna be on Toadie, and Sonya won't really be made accountable for her wrongdoings... once again.

That being said, this is just how I think it will turn out so nothing is set in stone.

[kaz21]

I'm pretty annoyed they make Toadie cheat on Sonya, mainly because it paints Toadie in a bad light thus absolving Sonya of any wrong doings with her inappropriate closeness with Mark. Now, pretty much all the weight is gonna be on Toadie, and Sonya won't really be made accountable for her wrongdoings... once again.

That being said, this is just how I think it will turn out so nothing is set in stone.

I agree with you, it sounds like all the blame will be on toadie. Mark and Sonya need to take some responsibility for there part in all the mess. I mean yes they didn't force toadie to cheat, but they haven't helped the situation.

[Vickig7]

I think so!

[Pantherboy]

The latest TV Week has this plot teaser for the week of March 20 - 24:


Escape Artist. Toadie Abandons His Pregnant Wife And Flies To London In Search Of Dee And Willow.

Toadie's life comes to a halt - quite literally - when he makes an irrevocable decision this week in Neighbours.

It's a devastating moment for Toadie (Ryan Moloney) when he discovers "Dee" (Madeleine West) and Willow have disappeared without a trace from Ramsay Street.

"It feels like he's lost Dee all over again," Ryan, 37, tells TV WEEK. "He's finally got her back in his life, and he's gained this incredible daughter, who he never even knew existed & is paramount to his life.

"To have them disappear all over again...it's awful."

Toadie makes it his mission to figure out where Dee & Willow have gone & why.

"He has no idea why they've left, but resolves it must be a problem that can be sorted out," Ryan explains.

After some serious online sleuthing, Ben discovers Willow's new Instagram account. She's been posting photos of London landmarks.

And with that, Toadie jumps straight on the first plane to London, leaving behind pregnant Sonya, who begrudgingly gives her support.

Back at home, Sonya is still recovering from her amniocentesis. Mark assures Dr Karl he'll look after Sonya & not leave her side.

But little do they know just how badly this promise will backfire in the near future.

When Nell wakes up in the middle of the night & goes to her mum's room, she's surprised to find Mark lying on the bed beside her.

Later, when Toadie calls from London, he's shocked when innocent Nell tells him: "Mummy's asleep in bed with Mark."

"It's utterly heartbreaking for Toadie," Ryan says. "And on top of whether or not he thinks they're actually doing anything in bed, Sonya knows he is sensitive about her relationship with Mark.

"Regardless of what their relationship actually is, they just keep getting closer and closer. Toadie feels like he's being railroaded and is potentially going to be raising someone's child."

This miscommunication stirs something deep within Toadie, and his search to find Dee & Willow intensifies.

Meanwhile, Karl grows concerned about Toadie's impulsive actions. He's also suspicious about Dee's true motives. Karl decides to follow Toadie to London & talk some sense into him.

When Toadie finally manages to contact Willow, he begs her to persuade Dee to speak with him in person.

The meeting is arranged, & Toadie waits for Dee to arrive at his hotel room.

Still feeling upset with Sonya, Toadie avoids her calls. When he eventually answers her Skype video call, he makes it clear he's angry about the situation with Mark.

Quickly ending the conversation when there's a knock on the door, Toadie closes the Skype call window. Or so he thinks....

Having feared he'd lost Dee yet again, when Toadie comes face to face with his first love, he finally allows himself to give in to his true feelings.

But what he doesn't know is the woman he's developed feelings for is not actually Dee. She's Andrea, an imposter who has been scamming poor Toadie the whole time.

"For Andrea, it's all part of her plan," Ryan says. "It's just her getting her way one last time - one more manipulation."

Discussing the complex storyline, Madeleine says while it all began as a scam, her character, Andrea, truly does love Toadie.

"I think Andrea develops genuine feelings for him," Madeleine, 36, says. "As time goes on, she becomes enamoured with Dee's life, with it's perfection & ease."

Madeleine adds that Andrea is amazed by the way Dee inspired "so much love & devotion from Toadie".

"She decides she'd like that life for herself," she says.

Standing in the hotel room, Toadie & Dee imagine a different world where they could be together. The two meet in a passionate embrace.

What Toadie doesn't realise is he failed to end his Skype video call with Sonya. And she now has a front-row seat to the pair's reunion!

After his act of adultery, Toadie is instantly filled with remorse.

"All he can think about is what a terrible mistake he's made," Ryan says. "He loves Sonya & has no idea how he's going to fix this."

Will his devastated wife ever forgive him? Or could this enormous betrayal destroy their marriage?

With his head spinning, Toadie flees the hotel & runs straight into Willow. Disoriented & confused, he tries to evade her questions, only to step straight into traffic - and right into the path of an oncoming car!

Willow rushes to her father's side as he lies motionless on the ground.

Will Toadie survive?

[Aussieguy]

Just gets worse and worse for poor Toad

[Perdita]

Sonya Rebecchi's life changes forever on Neighbours next week as she witnesses her husband Toadie cheating on her – from the other side of the world!

Thanks to the wonders of technology, Sonya (Eve Morey) is watching on in utter devastation from Australia when Toadie finally gives into temptation with Fake Dee Bliss in a London hotel room.

Next week's unmissable episodes see Toadie (Ryan Moloney) follow Fake Dee and Willow to the capital after they leave Erinsborough abruptly, having got their hands on his cash at long last.

When Toadie arrives in London, he's doomed to face a series of bombshells – with the first coming when he calls back home for a catch-up.

As Sonya is unwell and Mark Brennan has been told to keep an eye on her, Nell innocently tells her dad that the pair are in bed together.

Sonya Rebecchi and Mark Brennan in bed together in Neighbours
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Fearing the worst, Toadie jumps to the conclusion that they've slept together and he later makes his feelings clear in a furious showdown when Sonya calls him on Skype.

The pair's virtual argument leaves their marriage in tatters, but things only get worse when Toadie doesn't hang up properly and Fake Dee (Madeleine West) suddenly visits his hotel room.

Totally unaware that Sonya is still watching his every move, Toadie gives into temptation with Fake Dee in a terrible mistake, which could prove to be the final nail in the coffin for his marriage.

Sonya Rebecchi witnesses Toadie cheating on her in Neighbours
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Neighbours fans will have to tune in to see how far things go between Toadie and Fake Dee, but Steph Scully (Carla Bonner) tries her best to console a devastated Sonya in the aftermath.

Then just when the future couldn't look any more bleak for the Rebecchis, there's another shocking development when Sonya suddenly experiences contractions and fears she's going into labour prematurely.

With Mark by her side, Sonya is rushed to hospital – but will she lose the baby?

Steph Scully tries to console Sonya Rebecchi in Neighbours
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Steph Scully tries to console Sonya Rebecchi in Neighbours
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Neighbours airs these scenes on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22 at 1.45pm and 5.30pm on Channel 5.

Digital Spy

[indigodance]

Sonya encouraged this mess doing her usual "I'm right" routine over and over again regardless of the effect of others - and yet again plays the victim. Poor Toady has been pushed and pulled emotionally every which they can. As for Mark - he will be a total nightmare as a father, him and Sonya are a good match (identical twins in fact !!) - they are so co-dependant there is no room for growth in any relationship, let alone letting their kids explore and push the boundaries of their own lives when the time comes.

How many times do Sonya and Toady need a counsellor to work through her latest mess .... a solid relationship wouldn't need so much external support. And as for counselling others and inflicting her opinions on them, she is far too personally unstable, and if anything ... down right dangerous !

[Pantherboy]

Digital Spy article on how the filming for this week's London episodes took place:


7 secrets about Neighbours' London episodes as Toadie arrives for a showdown with Fake Dee

Including how it took three months to put together.

http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neig...rets-revealed/

Neighbours returns to London for the first time in 10 years next week, as the explosive conclusion to the Fake Dee Bliss storyline takes place on British soil. But hang on a minute, how did they manage to film a week's worth of episodes over here without anyone realising? Is there some TV magic at work?

Very intrigued by this soapy mystery, we did some digging to find out the following seven secrets about Neighbours' London week.


1. We'll see a host of iconic London locations

As you've probably already heard, Neighbours' dramatic storyline sees fan favourite Toadie Rebecchi arrive in the capital to search for his back-from-the-dead wife Dee Bliss, following her abrupt exit from Erinsborough. Still unaware that "Dee" is actually a ruthless conwoman called Andrea Somers, a distraught Toadie wants answers on why she left without saying goodbye.

Since Toadie isn't exactly sure where "Dee" is, he has to follow a trail of clues left behind on "their" daughter Willow's Instagram page, as she's been posting pictures from some very famous landmarks.

Dr Karl Kennedy is also on Toadie's trail in the latter half of the week, after his wife Susan sends him to London to help out their old friend in his desperate time of need.

With both Neighbours legends hitting the streets of London, several scenes were filmed specially on location and you should expect to see Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and the London Eye all popping up in the episodes. And – spoiler alert – St Thomas's Hospital is there too...

2. Not all the scenes were filmed in London

This isn't too surprising if you really think about it, but not every scene set in London was actually filmed there. Fear not, as all of the scenes filmed at the iconic landmarks are totally genuine and the real deal (unlike Dee!) – there's been no sneaky CGI or other tricks with those.

The same can't be said for Toadie's "London hotel room", which was actually a set specially built at Neighbours HQ in Melbourne for this storyline.

As we hinted earlier, some scenes also take place at St Thomas's Hospital, but while we see exteriors of the building which were genuinely filmed in London, the hospital interiors were all shot in Melbourne on another specially-built set. But thanks to the magic of TV, it'll all be woven together seamlessly in the episodes – phew.

3. The London scenes were filmed three months apart

Showing just how far Neighbours plans its big stories in advance, the team actually had a massive three-month gap in between filming different stages of the London storyline. This is because Alan Fletcher and Ryan Moloney, who play Karl and Toadie, were never in the capital at the same time.

Alan filmed Karl's scenes in London on the afternoon of Thursday, October 6 last year. At the time, he was over here on a publicity trip to promote Neighbours' balloon crash episodes, but half a day was set aside for him to also do filming for London Week, which had been planned by the writers since halfway through last year.

Ryan didn't come over to the UK until January, when he did his own publicity work to promote the early stages of the Dee storyline (back when we thought she was the real deal).

Just like Alan, Ryan only had half a day to film his scenes. These were shot on the morning of Thursday, January 26, just hours after he'd hit the red carpet at the National Television Awards at The O2.

4. Fake Dee and Willow didn't actually come to London

Perhaps fittingly, Fake Dee and her troubled daughter only ever stepped foot in Fake London. Neighbours legend Madeleine West and new cast member Mieke Billing-Smith weren't involved in any on-location filming in the UK, so they only appear in interior scenes.

One tiny exception is a scene – already teased in Neighbours' official London trailer – where Willow witnesses Toadie getting knocked over by a black cab outside his hotel. This is one exterior scene which had to be filmed on location in Melbourne, due to Mieke not being present on the London trip. It looks very authentic though, with a red postbox even added in the background for good measure.

Incidentally, Madeleine told us in a recent Digital Spy interview that she'd love to pop over to the UK again at some point, but being mum to six young kids back home in Australia comes first for her at the moment.

5. The London scenes were filmed by a tiny crew

While there's a huge team behind Neighbours' everyday episodes, the location scenes in London were filmed by a tiny crew. For both trips, only a small handful of crew members were needed to come over, including a DOP/Camera Operator, Sound Recordist and Location Manager.

As you've probably noticed, Neighbours is doing a lot more location filming in general at the moment, as seen in recent scenes with the likes of Paige, David, Sonya, Mark, Leo and Amy heading out of Ramsay Street to go out and about in Melbourne. This means the Neighbours team are fast becoming experts at quickly filming short scenes out and about in small guerilla units.

6. Producers wanted to keep the filming top secret

When Neighbours filmed in London for Karl and Susan's wedding in 2007, everybody knew they were over shooting a special storyline in the UK. It was the same when Home and Away came over to London with the River Boys a few years ago.

In this case, nobody really knew that Neighbours had been filming in London until we saw a brief glimpse of Karl by Big Ben in the show's 2017 trailer. Even after that, it was a secret that Ryan had been filming until Neighbours officially announced the London episodes earlier this month.

Our insiders have told us that Neighbours were keen to keep their cards very close to their chests with this particular storyline, wanting the details of Fake Dee's final week to be kept under wraps for as long as possible.

Thanks to the quick and easy approach taken to filming, with cast never staying in one location for too long, Neighbours found it pretty easy to film without attracting too much attention on both filming days. They also found that Londoners are used to seeing cameras while out and about, with many simply going about their business while Ryan and Alan got to work.

7. The episodes are brilliant

We've been lucky enough to watch the London week in advance and fans are in for a treat, with standout performances from Ryan Moloney, Madeleine West and Eve Morey (Sonya) as the repercussions of what happens in London reverberate around Ramsay Street too.

We advise fans to strap themselves in for a bumpy ride and have the tissues ready...

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