Neighbours

Noteworthy episodes

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Please note: All dates are the original Australian airdates.

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• 1985 - The first episode involving Des Clarke's bachelor party. (Episode 1)
• 1985 - Paul Robinson being shot by his first wife Terri after he found out she had murdered someone. (Episode 167-168)
• 1986 - Clive Gibbons doing an emergency tracheotomy on Lucy Robinson after she was stung by a wasp.
• 1986 - Clive Gibbons' Christmas dream after being knocked out at a Boxing match. (Episode 400)
• 1987 - Charlene and Scott's wedding with cameo appearance by Angry Anderson. (Episode 523)
• 1988 - Daphne waking from her coma and uttering the immortal line "I love you too, Clarkey" to her husband Des, before dying of her injuries. (Episode 690)
• 1989 - Madge Bishop and Harold Bishop winning the Lottery. (Episode 1113)
• 1990 - Bouncer the Dog dreams of marrying his canine sweetheart Rosie.
• 1990 - Kerry Bishop getting shot by a duck hunter. (Episode 1285-1286)
• 1991 - Harold Bishop disappearing off a cliff into the ocean. (Episode 1520)
• 1992 - Todd Landers hit by a car and killed as he rushed to stop his pregnant girlfriend Pheobe from having an abortion. (Episode 1721-1722)
• 1993 - Jim Robinson's Heart Attack and death. (Episode 1904)
• 1993 - Brad Willis and Beth Brennan's first attempt at a wedding is cancelled when everyone learns of Brad's affair with Lauren Carpenter. (Episode 1919)
• 1993 - The Waterhole explosion. (Episode 1950)
• 1993 - Brad Willis and Beth Brennan getting married in secret and then lying about it to avoid dissapointing their friends and family. They were then married for a second time. (Episode 2068)
• 1994 - Julie Martin falling off a tower and dying during the Murder Mystery Weekend. (Episode 2242)
• 1994 - Mark Gottlieb jilting Annalise Hartman at the altar and telling her that he has decided to become a priest. (Episode 2290)
• 1995 - Mark Gottlieb discovering Lucy Robinson working as a go-go dancer. (Episode 2358)
• 1995 - Susan confessing to Brett Stark, whilst in Africa, that she performed Euthanasia on her mother. (Episode 2528)
• 1996 - Cody Willis being shot by drug dealers. (Episode 2571)
• 1996 - Cheryl Stark getting knocked over by a car and Karl Kennedy giving her the wrong injection which killed her. (Episode 2710-2711)
• 1996 - Helen discovering Harold Bishop alive when he had been presumed dead for five years. (Episode 2733)
• 1997 - Helen Daniels dying in her sleep after twelve years on the show. (Episode 2965)
• 1997 - Ben Atkins race car crashing and bursting into flames. (Episode 2995)
• 1998 - Susan slapping Karl after finding out about his affair with Sarah Beaumont. (Episode 3110)
• 1998 - Joel Samuels' leg being trapped under a ute, with the water level rapidly rising around him. (Episode 3220)
• 1999 - Sarah Beaumont's wedding to Peter Hannay, in which her and Karl share one last passionate kiss. (Episode 3347)
• 1999 - The Scully house catching fire at the Millennium Eve party, with Lolly Carpenter trapped inside. (Episode 3445)
• 2000 - Steph Scully and Libby Kennedy having a serious accident on Steph's motorcycle. (Episode 3558)
• 2000 - Joe Scully delivering a baby in his Taxi whilist he and his pregnant passenger are trapped in a bushfire. (Episode 3670)
• 2001 - Drew Kirk and Libby Kennedy's scottish themed wedding. (Episode 3708)
• 2001 - Madge Bishop's death, after suffering from pancreatic cancer. (Episode 3740)
• 2001 - Whilst being trapped in a stable in Oakey, Libby Kennedy going into labour with Ben. (Episode 3920)
• 2002 - Rosie Hoyland's church catching fire, with her and Lou Carpenter trapped inside. (Episode 3999)
• 2002 - Steph Scully being jilted at the altar by Marc Lambert and realising that it was because Marc loved her sister Flick Scully. (Episode 4007-4008)
• 2002 - Drew Kirk's death, after being thrown from a horse. (Episode 4091)
• 2003 - Darcy Tyler gets arrested for robbing the Kennedys and knocking over a pregnant Lyn Scully. (Episode 4247)
• 2003 - Dee Rebecchi (nee Bliss) disappearing off a cliff after her wedding. (Episode 4293)
• 2004 - Lou and Trixie's wedding/Harold Bishop's stroke. (Episode 4395)
• 2004 - Susan Kennedy exploding at Karl Kennedy after she found out he and Izzy Hoyland were having a baby, and the rest of the street witnessing it. (Episode 4502 - "Publish and be Damned")
• 2004 - Max and Steph's wedding/Valda and Charlie's wedding. (Episode 4528 - Here Comes The Brides)
• 2004 - The Lassiter's explosion, in which the Coffee Shop, Lou's Place and the Doctors Surgery were all destroyed and Paul Robinson's return to the show during the chaos of the explosion. (Episode 4630 - "The End of an Era")

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• 2005 - Steph Hoyland is incriminated for the death of her grandfather, Charlie Cassidy. (Episode 4635 - "Rites and Wrongs")
• 2005 - Susan Smith (formerly Kennedy) confesses to Lyn Scully that she killed her mother, a plot point not brought up since 1996. (Episode 4634 - "Lasting Impressions")
• 2005 - Boyd Hoyland is believed to have murdered the father of Izzy's baby, Gus Cleary. (Episode 4644 - "Frisky Business")
• 2005 - Izzy finally pushes Karl to breaking point - Karl almost dies from a heart attack on a lonely country road, but is taken to hospital and survives. (Episode 4678 - "Arrested Development")
• 2005 - Boyd Hoyland is diagnosed with a big brain tumour. (Episode 4702 - "Karmacoma")
• 2005 - Paul Robinson is exposed and the destruction of Ramsay Street is avoided. (Episode 4744 - "Eau de Nouvelle Voiture" / Episode 4745 - "Civil Disobedience")
• 2005 - Darcy Tyler finally wakes up from his coma. (Episode 4747 - "Eyes Wide Open")
• 2005 - Karl finally finds out he wasn't the father of Izzy's baby. (Episode 4771 - "Hat Trick" / Episode 4772 - "Out With the Trash")
• 2005 - The 20th Anniversary Episode, featuring cameos from many past characters. (Episode 4773 - "Friends For Twenty Years")
• 2005 - Lassiters 20th Anniversary Plane Crash- death of Serena Bishop, Lil Bishop and David Bishop plus another character who is unknown at present. This is set to air on 25th October in Australia. Not much is known, but this is the idea that Dylan came up with and Paul is now organising the plane ride resulting in 4 deaths.