Erinsborough High

[Perdita]

Australian soap Neighbours is getting a spin-off series focusing on Erinsborough High. The show will run parallel to the events taking place in the main series, and will debut on streaming platform My5 in November.
‘Neighbours continues to be a popular show which has brought enjoyment to audiences for many years, so it’s hugely exciting to bring its first ever spin-off series to fans in the U.K. exclusively on My5,’ said Oli Thomas, VP digital lead at Channel 5.
The long-running soap has seen the likes of Margot Robbie, Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue begin their careers on Ramsay Street; the show first began airing in 1985. In recent years older stars have returned to the soap, with Gayle and Gillian Blakeney the most recent – and they’ve teased a whole lot of havoc is coming with them. When appearing on Loose Women, the duo spoke about their comeback and how excited they were to be back on set: ‘Neighbours invited us back and we realised it was almost 30 years since we first arrived on Ramsay Street. It was like a nostalgic high school reunion type of feeling.
‘Catching up with Stefan Dennis, there was a director and makeup artist from 26 years ago there, and the studio and the set hadn’t changed as much we’d thought!’ Gayle and Gillian Blakeney are the most recent characters to return. In late August the show confirmed details about its first-ever transgender storyline as newcomer Georgie Stone prepares to make her debut on the soap. Georgie transitioned when she was eight and has won awards for her work as a trans activist. Newcomer Georgie Stone prepares to make her debut on the soap. She wrote to the soap’s producers last year pitching the character and has worked with the writers on Mackenzie’s storyline; the plot will centre on 19-year-old Mackenzie Hargreave who will join Erinsborough High as a student, where she’ll meet fellow pupil Yashvi Rebecchi (Olivia Junkeer). After Yashvi becomes convinced that she met Mackenzie in her old home town of Bourke, Mackenzie will eventually admit that they went to primary school together before she transitioned, but that she was known as Michael at the time.


Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/05/neigh...0/?ito=cbshare

[Kyzaah]

I’m down for an Aussie Degrassi.

[Pantherboy]

Digital Spy article:


Neighbours star Olivia Junkeer promises "dark and gritty" scenes in online spinoff
Erinsborough High will be launching next month.

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/nei...-high-spinoff/

Neighbours star Olivia Junkeer has revealed that the show's new online spinoff will have a "darker" and "grittier" tone.

Show bosses have announced that Ramsay Street's teens will soon be taking centre stage in a five-part drama called Erinsborough High, revolving around the dramas at the local school.

Channel 5 has commissioned the project for its on-demand service My5. It will also be available to watch for Australian fans on 10 Play.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Olivia – who plays Yashvi Rebecchi – explained: "Erinsborough High is very, very different from the main show. It's darker, the sets are grungier, and there are a lot of differences with the scripts, camera and lighting. There's even swearing in it!

"It does connect to Neighbours and follows the same storylines. Yashvi still has the exact same mindset that she does in the main show, so whatever she's experiencing in Neighbours will still be relevant in Erinsborough High.

"But you'll also see Yashvi grow into a woman. The storylines are grittier, darker and more sinister."

Olivia also highlighted show newcomer Hendrix Greyson (Benny Turland) as one to watch in the spinoff.

She said: "You see a real big change in Yashvi's character and Hendrix's character. They're the main people from Neighbours that are in it.

"Erinsborough High shows the ups and downs of high school and being a teenager in the best way. I think it really relates well to teenagers now.

"It dives into social media, relationships between girls and boys, girls and girls, boys and boys. It shows every side to being a teenager and it's excellent. I really do recommend that everyone watches it."

Erinsborough High will launch in November.

Neighbours airs weekdays at 1.45pm and 5.30pm on Channel 5 (UK) and 6.30pm on 10 Peach (Australia).

[Kyzaah]

Is Mackenzie going to be in this series?

[Pantherboy]

Is Mackenzie going to be in this series?

Yes, I believe so (I think it is supposed to be the 6 in the photo in the article who will be the main characters in the 5-part series).


EDIT: In the last paragraph of this Digital Spy article it confirms that Mackenzie will be part of the series:

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/nei...regular-hopes/

[indigodance]

I think the storyline, like several others of late are too heavy on the preachy bit. Over dramatic from Shane and Susan..and as for the kids standoff with yashvi over the toilet ...well over the top.