Stephanie McIntosh (Sky Mangel)

[Bossy7]

I believe she is only visiting her grandad, Harold.

Thanks PANTHER.

Always liked Sky, will be fun to have her back on canvas. Its almost like HAROLD never left.

[Pantherboy]

DS article:


Neighbours confirms return date for Sky Mangel
Stephanie McIntosh arrives back as the fan favourite.

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/nei...l-return-date/

Neighbours spoilers follow.

Neighbours has revealed when Sky Mangel will arrive back in Erinsborough.

New spoiler pictures offer a first look at Stephanie McIntosh reprising her role as the fan favourite.

Sky's comeback scenes air on Wednesday, July 3 as she turns up for a visit to her grandfather Harold Bishop.

Neighbours' new photos show Sky exploring Eirini Rising for the first time and catching up with familiar faces like Susan Kennedy, Karl Kennedy and Toadie Rebecchi.

Harold moved into the Eirini Rising retirement complex late last month.

Ian Smith has reprised the role of Harold on a semi-regular basis, filming for one day per week.

He recently told Digital Spy: "It's back on a 'bits and bobs' basis. I'm not sure whether they asked me to come back full time or not, but if they had, I would have said no because I am retired.

"But I'm back for one day a week and gee-whizz, it's a luxury to have that one day a week. How many older actors get that luxury? It's wonderful to keep busy."

He continued: "I received the call out of the blue. I was standing on a pier, with a fishing rod in my hand, and my phone went. It was the boss asking me whether I'd come back. We did so much talking, I think it was at least half an hour.

"At the end of it, I was back on the show doing bits and bobs and a smile came back on my face for the first time in a while. It was fun, I like phone calls like that."

Neighbours officially announced Sky's return last month. Stephanie played the role as a show regular between 2003 and 2007, later making returns in 2015, 2020 and 2022.

In a social media post, the soap explained: "Sky Mangel returns to Ramsay Street!

"Hot on the heels of Harold... Sky will be dropping by to visit her dear old grandad. But what else has brought her back to Erinsborough? Stephanie McIntosh will be reprising her much loved role in the coming weeks."

Neighbours releases new episodes from Mondays to Thursdays for free on Amazon Freevee in the UK and US. In Australia, the show airs from Mondays to Thursdays at 4pm on Channel 10, with a 6.30pm repeat screening on 10 Peach.

[Pantherboy]

Nowtolove.com.au article:


Neighbours spoilers: Sky overhears unsettling news about her grandfather
?What did you say?'

https://www.nowtolove.com.au/enterta...shop-bad-news/

Fan favourite Sky Bishop returns to Erinsborough this week in Neighbours, concerned about the violent break-ins at the new retirement village Eirini Rising, where her beloved grandfather, Harold Bishop, is now a resident.

And when Sky (Stephanie McIntosh) overhears a conversation among those in charge, her fears for Harold (Ian Smith) only grow.

?Sky hears Susan [Jackie Woodburne], Toadie [Ryan Moloney] and Karl [Alan Fletcher] talking about more break-ins and the residents not feeling safe,? Stephanie, 38, tells TV WEEK. ?It validates everything she?d feared about him returning to Erinsborough and leaving her in the first place.?

This week, Sky looks into Harold?s living conditions, wanting him to return with her to Queensland, where he?d been living before making the major decision to move.

?Sky wants Harold to live stress-free,? Stephanie explains. ?When she learns of the robberies and how reckless the kids [the youths breaking into the complex to steal things] can be, it shakes her faith in him being so far away from her at his age.?

Sky questions the ability of the three women running the complex ? Susan, Terese (Rebekah Elmaloglou) and Jane (Annie Jones) ? and angrily declares she wants to take her grandfather out of Eirini Rising.

?Sky is imagining the worst-case scenario, which would be Harold getting hurt or being in a vulnerable position where he can?t fend for himself ? or that no-one will look after him the way she does,? Stephanie says.

Sky is in Erinsborough to bring Susan, Terese and Jane back to reality ? considering all that?s gone wrong already, are they really equipped to run the retirement village? And will Harold be leaving sooner than the Ramsay Street residents could have imagined?

?No-one seems to have it together to put her mind at ease,? Stephanie says of what Sky has encountered. ?On top of what she feels about it, she witnesses Jane in a slightly intoxicated place thanks to the emotional strain in her personal life, and it all feels very wrong.?

Neighbours airs Monday to Thursday, 4pm on 10 and 6.30pm on 10 Peach.

[Bossy7]

Will watch just to see JANE tipsy!