In other broadcasting news, Channel Ten has bought the rights to show new soap opera Out Of The Blue. The Manly-based series will start filming next month, and was commissioned by the BBC as a replacement for Neighbours. It is currently thought that Out Of The Blue will act as the 6pm lead-in for Neighbours on Ten from later this year.

Alan Dale (Jim Robinson) has been cast in the London production of Spamalot and will be treading the boards as King Arthur from March. He'll also be appearing in the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Skull and will shortly be back on Australian screens as Ray Walsman in the second series of Sea Patrol.

Last week saw Genevieve Lemon (Brenda Riley) win the Judith Johnson Award For Best Perfomance By An Actress In A Musical for her role as Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot The Musical, at the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards.

Television schedules released today show that each episode of Neighbours will have ten showings across Five and Five Life.

On Five, each episode will debut at 1.45pm, with a repeat at 5.30pm and in the early hours of the next day, at 5.10am. The 5.10am showing will have no ad break, but will be signed for the hearing impaired. There will also be an omnibus at 12.30pm on Saturdays.

On Five Life, the previous day's episode will be repeated at 9.00am, while that day's episode will be shown again at 7.00pm. There will also be an omnibus on Sundays. These three showings will be repeated, an hour later, on the Five Life +1 channel.

In further news, the documentary New Neighbours On Five will be screened at 6.10pm on Sunday 10th February, the evening before Neighbours makes its debut on the channel. It will feature interviews with cast members and celebrity fans, behind-the-scenes footage and archive clips.

Five has today announced the timeslots for Neighbours, and it's good news for long-term fans. The show will be broadcast on weekdays at 1.45pm and 5.30pm, almost the exact times it has been shown on BBC One for over twenty years.

It was also announced that Neighbours will get a Saturday omnibus on Five at 12.30pm (which will also be shown on Sundays on Five Life) and a catch-up showing on Five's sister channel, Five Life.

UPDATE: We've since had it confirmed that, as on BBC One, the 1.45pm showing will be a new episode, with the 5.30pm episode a repeat. The show will be sponsored on Five by Weight Watchers.

Delta Goodrem (Nina Tucker) has been announced as the likely candidate to take over as the new face of L'Oreal. The role was filled, until six months ago, by another former Neighbour, Natalie Imbruglia (Beth Brennan), but the Sydney Daily Telegraph is reporting that Goodrem is the rumoured favourite to succeed her.

Quiz show The Weakest Link is set to take the Neighbours BBC One evening slot, when the soap moves to Five next month. The quiz, hosted by Anne Robinson, has been on BBC Two (with occasional specials on primetime BBC One) since it began in 2000. The Children's BBC shows will be shown earlier to accommodate The Weakest Link, which, at 45 minutes, is 20 minutes longer than an episode of Neighbours. The Weakest Link is set to change channels on Monday 11th February, the same day that Five will begin screening Neighbours.

The 1.40pm lunchtime slot has already been filled by medical soap Doctors, which swapped places with Neighbours in November, leaving our favourite Australian soap to play out its final months in a new 2.10pm timeslot.

Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson) has been nominated in the categories of International Female Solo Artist and International Album at the 2008 Brit Awards. This is Kylie's seventh nomination in the Solo Artist category (having won in 2002), while her album Fever won her the International Album award, also in 2002.

Kylie is also set to perform at the awards ceremony - due to take place on Wednesday 20th February in London's Earl's Court.

Five has this week started trailing the arrival of Neighbours on their channel, and finally provided us with a date for the move. Monday February 11th will see the much-publicised change in channels, and more details of the move, including confirmed timeslots, should be available shortly. The trailers can be viewed on the Trailers page in our Multimedia section.

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Congratulations to Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson) who was awarded an OBE in the Queen's annual New Year's honours list. Elsewhere, her former co-star Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson), who returns to UK TV screens this week in the soap Echo Beach, has denied press reports over the years that he and Kylie had a serious falling out and stopped speaking. He has also admitted that he's proud of his Neighbours past and hopes that his new role in Echo Beach will lead on to more work.

Natalie Imbruglia (Beth Brennan) has separated from her husband, Silverchair singer Daniel Johns. The couple married on New Year's Eve 2003, but took the decision to split after their careers took them in different directions and they struggled to spend any time together.

And finally, Delta Goodrem (Nina Tucker) has denied recent rumours that her fiance Brian McFadden has been banned from marrying her, by his father, until he gives up smoking. Delta explained that the only reason for the delay in their wedding plans is their busy work schedules.

Former Neighbours scriptwriter Susan Bower has been named as the new executive producer of Neighbours. She will take over the role from Ric Pellizzeri who has been the executive producer for five years, and will be starting on set when the show resumes production on Monday 21st January.

Susan has worked on numerous Australian dramas, including McLeod's Daughters, Home & Away, All Saints and A Country Practice, and penned several Neighbours episodes in the mid-to-late 1990s. Ric Pellizzeri, meanwhile, will take up a new role in Drama Development for FremantleMedia.

A couple of former Neighbours turned chart-toppers are set to team up next year. Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson) and Delta Goodren (Nina Tucker) will be joining forces to record a track in aid of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Hospital in Melbourne. Details are still being finalised, but it's expected that the song will be recorded early in the new year.

The Soap Show will be providing Neighbours fans with a few treats this festive season, with three of the show's actors, past and present, set to give audio interviews. Between now and January 14th 2008, look out for interviews with Lara Sacher (Serena Bishop), Eliza Taylor-Cotter (Janae Timmins) and Natalie Blair (Carmella Cammeniti).

Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson) and Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson) will be back on TV this Saturday night, as they both perform on the final of The X Factor. The songs won't be revealed until the night, but Kylie is set to perform a duet with finalist Leon Jackson, while Jason will sing with Same Difference.

Jason will then be back on ITV1 in the New Year, appearing as Daniel Marrack in the drama Echo Beach.

As the time for Neighbours to change channels in the UK approaches, Five are preparing a documentary to be shown the night before the big move. Filming is currently underway at the Neighbours studios and locations in Australia, while several Neighbours actors based in the UK will also be taking part.

And there'll be a chance for fans to get involved next week when a segment for the documentary will be filmed at Alan Fletcher's Waiting Room gig in Manchester on Wednesday 12th December.

BBC One is set to take its longest Neighbours Christmas break in several years. 2007 is the final Christmas and New Year period that Neighbours will feature on the channel before its move to Five, but the BBC clearly aren't feeling festive, as they'll be taking the show off air on Friday 14th December, bringing it back three weeks later, on Monday 7th January 2008.

Viewers on Australia's Ten Network have a slightly longer break to contend with. The annual season finale will this year air on Friday 14th December, with the 2008 season premiering on Monday 14th January 2008.

BBC One has announced plans for a new Australian soap to fill the gap left by Neighbours. They've ordered 130 episodes of Out Of The Blue, set in Manly and centred around a group of thirtysomethings who return for a reunion, only for one of them to be murdered. Production will begin early in 2008, and it is thought that it may replace Neighbours in the early evening slot when it moves to Five in the Spring.

Perfect Blend would like to send our congratulations to Delta Goodrem (Nina Tucker), who this week announced her engagement to boyfriend Brian McFadden. It's thought that McFadden popped the question last weekend as the couple returned to Sydney.

Also celebrating is Benjamin Hart (Adam Rhodes), who's become a father for the first time. Little Isabella was born on Friday.

Neighbours will be returning to television screens across Scandinavia thanks to a new deal with FremantleMedia.

Viewers in Sweden will be able to watch on TV4, viewers in Norway on NRK3 and viewers in Finland on MTV3, with Fremantle's VP of sale, Justin Hatfield, commenting: "Neighbours' fresh, up-to-date look has proved very attractive to new broadcasters especially now that there is an obvious starting point for viewers to join the show."

A couple of former Neighbours will be on UK screens this Sunday evening. Blair McDonough (Stuart Parker) will be appearing in 60s drama Heartbeat as Aussie sheep shearer Mick. You can catch him at 8pm on Sunday, on itv1.

Meanwhile, Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson) will be performing her single, 2 Hearts on Sunday night's Strictly Come Dancing results show, which you can see on BBC One at 6.50pm.

Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson) has recently been in Australia promoting his most recent role as the voice of a game show host for PlayStation 2’s new quiz game Buzz. Donovan, who was involved in the creation of the game, claims one of the characters is based on his ex colleague and girlfriend Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson). He added that he now feels comfortable with his often mentioned association with Minogue. "I could think of worse people to be associated with,", "There's always a level of frustration when you're trying to move forward in your own ways." "But she's such an incredibly successful, iconic figure that you wouldn't be able to escape it, so why try? Embrace it.". Having recently appeared in Minogue’s TV special The Kylie Show and talked about his relationship with Kylie in his biography Between The Lines, Donovan seems to appreciate that time in his life more than ever. But he’s still adamant on making a special appearance in Neighbours; "I can guarantee you that will not happen.".

Jason can also be on your small screens from this week as his new DVD All The Hits And More goes on sale. The film captures Donovan on stage at the Hammersmith Apollo in London during his recent greatest hits comeback tour.

LastBroadcast are going to be interviewing Neighbours' Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy) soon, and they want your questions!

They'll be interviewing him on Saturday December 1st and want to ask as many of your questions as possible, so to submit your questions, click here.

GMTV's telly pundit, Richard Arnold has just returned from an all-expenses paid trip to Australia, courtesy of Five. Richard spent almost a week down under in order to film a behind-the-scenes special, presumably as part of the channel's publicity campaign for the show's upcoming UK move in early 2008. Richard spent time interviewing the cast and touring the sets, Lassiter's backlot and heading on the Neighbours tour bus to Pin Oak Court.

Next Monday sees a change to the BBC broadcasts of Neighbours, as it swaps places with Doctors from Monday 26th November, and will be broadcast at 2.10pm. It is currently unknown whether this change is a permanent move, or simply a temporary measure to test a possible new timeslot for Doctors, when Neighbours moves to Five in the Spring.

Their latest UK tour kicks off next week and to coincide with it, Waiting Room are releasing a new single. So Wrong will be available on iTunes from Monday 26th November. Also coming soon is a new live CD, recorded at the regular Neighbours Nights in St Kilda's Elephant & Wheelbarrow pub, the CD includes Best of You, I Predict a Riot, Chelsea Dagger, Somebody Told Me, Tainted Love and many more, and will be released on iTunes on December 17th, or can be bought from the UK gigs.

After just over 12 months in the role, Dan Bennett will next week leave his position as Network Ten Drama Executive. Bennett was widely believed by Network Ten and Neighbours insiders to have been headhunted from Home and Away in 2006 with a Network Ten management brief to turn Ramsay Street into a clone of the higher rating (in Australia) Summer Bay. This was a move that many insiders feared would alienate viewers already jaded by Network moves to achieve similar changes in previous years, and it is understood that much of Neighbours' reduced comedy and increased sensationalist storylines in the last two seasons were a result of this continued push from Network Ten.

Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy) is about to return to the UK for another Waiting Room tour and will be interviewed next Sunday (November 11th) on Edinburgh's Talk 107 radio station. You'll be able to listen to the interview on their website and if anyone has any questions they'd like to be put to Alan, you can send them to paul.gray@talk107.co.uk

Following the success of last year's series for Children In Need, the BBC are again opening the salon for their reality series Celebrity Scissorhands which sees a variety of celebrities training as hairdressers. Amongst the celebrities this year are comedienne Ninia Benjamin, Hollyoaks actress Carly Stenson and Neighbours' very own Ben Nicholas (Stingray Timmins). The series will last three weeks and will kick off on Sunday 28th October on BBC Three.

Nicky Whelan (Pepper Steiger) will be appearing on Saturday 3rd November at Harrow Council's Sustainable Transport Events. For more details of this appearance, please visit our Neighbourhood Watch page.

Neighbours: The Perfect Blend is very proud to unveil our new look today, to coincide with the BBC One debut of the revamped 'back to basics' Neighbours. We've taken into account feedback from our readers and tried to keep the change to a minimum, blending the old look with some new graphics inspired by Neighbours' new opening titles.

We'd love to hear what you think of our efforts, and you can get in touch using our contact page.

Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson)'s new album, entitled X is set for release on 26th November, with the first single 2 Hearts due out two weeks earlier, on the 12th. A full listing for Kylie's 10th album can be found at her official website.

To coincide with the new album, Kylie will be appearing in The Kylie Show on itv1 later this year, where she'll be marking twenty years in the music industry with performances of some of her biggest hits.

Digital Spy reports that Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell couldn't resist a trip to the Neighbours set during a trip to Melbourne last week. Phil was reported to be "shaking with excitement" upon meeting the cast, explaining that he used to make his mum tape it for him if he was ever away on tour.

Irish broadcasters RTE have apparently struck a long-term deal with FremantleMedia, securing the future of Neighbours on their channels, as well as the rights to shows such as The Bill and Shortland Street.

The deal will see yet more money pumped into Neighbours, following the show's acquisition by Five in the UK earlier this year. It was announced this week that Neighbours' launch on Five is still pencilled in for the Spring of 2008, but could happen as early as February, and will coincide with a relaunch of the channel's news programming.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Izzy Hoyland) is set to return to Australian screens in the coming months, as host of the Australian version of the hit US show So You Think You Can Dance.

Auditions for the show are set to begin later this month and, as if that wasn't enough to keep Nat busy, she'll also be promoting the third album from her band, Rogue Traders, which is entitled Better In The Dark and set for Australian release on Saturday.

LastBroadcast are going to be interviewing Neighbours' Matthew Werkmeister (Zeke Kinski) soon, and they want your questions!

They'll be interviewing him on Friday October 19th and want to ask as many of your questions as possible, so email over any suggestions. Send your questions here.

Kyal Marsh (Boyd Hoyland) has been announced as one of the twelve celebrities taking part in the second series of Sky One's Cirque du Celebrite.

He'll join actors, sportspeople and television personalities including Shane Lynch, Lady Isabella Hervey and Hannah Waterman for the show, which will makes its debut on Sunday 7th October.

Alan Dale (Jim Robinson), who has spent recent years working in America, is set to return to Australian television with a villainous role in the second series of naval drama, Sea Patrol, which goes into production later this month.

Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson) looks set to make her return to UK screens in November with an appearance on the annual Children In Need telethon, ahead of her much-publicised Christmas role in Doctor Who.

Look out for personal appearances from various Neighbours stars at Westfield shopping centres across Australia over the coming weeks.

Sunday 23rd September will see Stefan Dennis (Paul), Eliza Taylor-Cotter (Janae), Natalie Blair (Carmellla) and Daniel O'Connor (Ned) appearing at Westfield Parramatta at 10.30am and Westfield Miranda at 2.00pm. Further dates and names of actors will be released in the coming weeks and the information will be available on our Neighbourhood Watch page.

The shortlists for this year's Inside Soap Awards have been announced, with Neighbours only making the list in one category, with Alan Fletcher (Karl) and Jackie Woodburne (Susan) nominated for Best Couple. Meanwhile, voting for Best Soap is still open, until Monday 24th September, the night of the awards. To vote for your favourite soap, visit the Inside Soap website.

Ian from The Soap Show would like to offer Perfect Blend visitors the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Neighbours stars Jonathon Dutton (Tad) and Blair McDonough (Stuart) in the play The Vegemite Tales, currently showing in the West End of London. Just send an email to answer this question: "What was Tad's real first name in Neighbours?" to info@thesoapshow.com and the lucky winner gets two tickets to see the play on a date of their choice before October 2nd.

And listen out to an interview with Jonathon Dutton on The Soap Show from Monday 24th September (a snippet will be available on the show from September 17th).

Here at Perfect Blend, we're planning a few changes to the site to coincide with some big changes to the show itself in October, and to give things a freshen up in preparation for our fifth birthday in February. As well as changes to our appearance, we're also hoping to add some new content. So, we'd like to hear from you - what do you love or hate about PB? What would you like to see more or less of? We can't promise to use every suggestion, but we'll do our best.

You can send your thoughts to us via our contact form.

Daniel O'Connor (Ned Parker) and Natalie Blair (Carmella Cammeniti) have been crowned King and Queen of Teen at this week's Dolly Magazine Teen Choice Awards. Unfortunately Dan couldn't be at the ceremony in Sydney but Natalie managed to pop by to collect her award.

Also present was former Neighbour Delta Goodrem (Nina Tucker), who was there to present an award, as she prepares for the launch of her third album.

Jesse Spencer (Bill Kennedy) and fiancee, and fellow House star, Jennifer Morrison, have reportedly called off their engagement. Jesse proposed during a trip to Paris at the beginning of the year but the couple, who had been dating since 2004, have released a statement explaining that they won't be getting married but "we are still very close, and we look forward to continuing to work together on House."

Meanwhile, Natalie Blair (Carmella Cammeniti) has denied recent rumours in the press that she is in a relationship with co-star, and on-screen sometimes boyfriend, David Hoflin (Oliver Barnes). Natalie insists that the rumours are just that, and that she and David have only been spending time together recently as friends.

The Bank Holiday on Monday 27th August will mean a slight change to the Neighbours timeslots - the episodes will be shown as 1.15pm and 6.40pm.

UPDATE: The evening showing has now been cancelled - there will only be ONE showing of Neighbours, at 1.15pm on Monday 27th August.

Annie Jones (Jane Harris) is currently filming a guest role on new police drama City Homicide - but narrowly missed out on being directed by her husband, and former Neighbours director, Paul Moloney. She's being directed by another former Neighbours crew member though - Jeffrey Walker, who directed several blocks of Neighbours episodes a few years ago.

Delta Goodrem (Nina Tucker) is preparing for the launch of her brand new single, In This Life. The song is said to reveal "a more sexy and mature sound" for the artist and is set to be released on Australian radio on August 28th, ahead of going on sale on September 15th.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Izzy Hoyland), meanwhile, is planning a move to Los Angeles to try and crack the notoriously difficult American music market, as well as looking for new acting roles. Her band, Rogue Traders are starting to see some success in the US, with the imminent release of their single Voodoo Child while, back home in Australia, they are preparing for the release of new album Better In The Dark later this year.

The launch of ITV's new teatime chatshow, That Antony Cotton Show may have been successful in beating rival shows Richard & Judy and The Weakest Link, but despite Antony pulling in 2 million viewers, Neighbours continued to win in its time slot, picking up a 17% share of the audience and 2.3 million viewers.

Caitlin Stasey (Rachel Kinski) has been nominated in the Fave Female TV Star category for this year's Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. Voting is open from Sunday 12th August until Sunday 23rd September. Also nominated in the category of Fave Band are Rogue Traders, the group featuring former Neighbour Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Izzy Hoyland).

Click here to vote for Caitlin and Nat!

Before the first volume of episodes has even hit the shops in Australia (it's due out there on Monday 17th September), word has reached us of volume two in the collection. Due for release on Monday 22nd October, the second box set will again contain three discs, each of which will have a different theme. Disc one will feature some of the major fires from the show, including the cottage fire from the 1992 season finale, the fire at number 26 from the Millennium street party and the Lassiter's fire which brought 2004 to a dramatic conclusion.

Disc two will have a 'Charlene' theme and will include her first meeting with Scott and her wedding to Scott amongst many others.

Disc three is entitled 'fan favourites' and will include episode 2000, the murder mystery party and Cheryl's death amongst others. To see a full list of the episodes which will be included, as well as a sneak preview of the cover design (featuring spoilers for UK viewers), click here.

Neighbours legend Kylie Minogue celebrated the 20th anniversary of her music career last Friday with a bash in London attended by family, friends and many of the people she worked with over the years, including long-time manager Terry Blamey and Pete Waterman, who helped her achieve success with her recording career in the UK and beyond. Kylie was also reunited at the party with her old flame and former Neighbours husband Jason Donovan. It was during her time starring alongside Jason as Charlene to his Scott that Kylie was first approached by Mushroom Records music mogul Molly Meldrum (who also once appeared on Neighbours in a storyline in which he tried to persuade Charlene to become a pop star!) to record a cover version of Little Eva's The Locomotion. Kylie and the rest of the Neighbours cast had performed the track at a benefit concert for a Melbourne AFL club in July 1987 and on August 3rd 1987, Kylie hit the No.1 spot in Australia with her version of the song. Also at the bash was fellow Ramsay Street resident turned pop star, Natalie Imbruglia (Beth), who joined Kylie in dancing the night away to some of her biggest 80s hits.

Natalie Imbruglia (Beth Brennan), who this week lost her contract as the face of L'Oreal, will shortly release her new single, Glorious, closely followed by an album of the same name, which will contain some of her greatest hits, as well as five new songs.

Caitlin Stasey (Rachel Kinski) has shelved plans, for the moment, to start girl-group The Snow Bunnies, but still hopes to one day launch a pop career.

Delta Goodrem (Nina Tucker) is reportedly taking a more upbeat approach to her third album. Four songs are apparently already earmarked as singles, with the album due for release later this year.

And Natalie Saleeba (Rosetta Cammeniti) has revealed that she is dating Tim Rogers, frontman of Australian alternative rock group You Am I.

Carla Bonner (Steph Scully) was yesterday fined $1000 for a car crash she was involved in a month ago. Following the incident, at Knox City shopping centre, in which Carla reversed into another car, Carla gave the name and address of a friend and was found to be driving with an expired driver's licence. She was not in court yesterday, as she had already pled guilty by letter and paid for the damage. The magistrate took these actions into account, as well as the fact that although she was charged with unlicensed driving, it was in fact a licence that had not been renewed.

FremantleMedia has finally given a statement on the recent announcement that Neighbours will move from BBC One to Five next year. Having been described as "greedy" by the BBC when the change was announced, Fremantle have now said that, although money did play a part, they also felt that Neighbours had "become an invisible part of BBC's schedule" and that they were also swayed by the idea of an "Australian soap hour".

Former Neighbours actress Rebecca Ritters (Hannah Martin) will next week return to Australian screens with a six-week guest role in medical drama All Saints, as nurse Rachel Simms.

Meanwhile, Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Izzy Hoyland) has finished filming horror movie Prey, with rumours circulating that her headline-grabbing lesbian shower scene would never see the light of day, with some feeling that it's too gratuitous.

The Herald Sun has confirmed that FremantleMedia has plans underway to move Neighbours from its home in Nunawading to a new purpose-built venue. It is said that the new location "will feature studios, post-production suites and interactive features, such as a Neighbours shop and perhaps a museum."

Lynne Randell, former pop star and assistant to Molly Meldrum, who made a cameo appearance in the 1986 season of Neighbours, has died. She was found dead at her home in Toorak, Melbourne, on June 7th, 2007. Click here to read more about Lynne and her Neighbours appearance.

The Herald Sun is currently running a special Neighbours week, with various features on the show, past, present and future. They're also offering the chance for viewers to vote for their favourite Neighbours moment and at the same time, enter a prize draw to win a trip to the set (open to Australian residents only). To enter, click here and follow the links, but be warned that the link does contain spoilers.

As if Kylie Minogue's (Charlene Robinson) appearance in the Doctor Who Christmas special wasn't enough, now her former screen husband Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson) wants to get in on the act too. He's admitted that he'd love to play "the Doctor" and is hoping to get a call from producers when they next recast the role.

And, keeping it in the family, Alan Dale (Jim Robinson) is currently filming a guest role in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. The series is due to be screened early next year and Alan is said to be "thrilled" with the role and the chance to work on a British drama.

Some extra information about tomorrow's Neighbours Night on BBC Three, featuring five new episodes of Neighbours Revealed has been released, and it seems that Ben Nicholas (Stingray Timmins) and Kyal Marsh (Boyd Hoyland) will be our presenters for the evening, providing links between the five documentaries.

Also, contrary to the original press release, the evening is set to start at 8.25pm and not 8.30pm, just in case any of you were planning to set the video. If you do happen to miss the shows the first time around, they are being repeated in the early hours of Sunday morning and at various points throughout the following week.

The nominations for this year's National Television Awards have been released.

Neighbours features in three categories with Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy) up for Most Popular Actress, Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy) up for Most Popular Actor and Neighbours itself up for Most Popular Serial Drama.

You can vote for your favourites by visiting the website. Shortlists will then be released in early October with the awards being screened on ITV, live, on Wednesday 31st October.

Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson) began filming this week in Cardiff for her role in this year's Doctor Who Christmas special entitled Voyage of the Damned.

Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson) recently began filming the lead role of Daniel Marrack in ITV's new soap-style primetime drama, Echo Beach, appearing alongside other former soap actors including Martine McCutcheon and Johnny Briggs. Jason will also be appearing on an episode of Celebrity Ready Steady Cook with his half-sister, and fellow Neighbours actor, Stephanie McIntosh (Sky Mangel).

Brooke Satchwell (Anne Wilkinson) is currently filming Channel Nine's new drama series, Canal Road, in which she plays nurse Bridget Keenan, in Sydney.

Another Channel Nine drama series, now in production, is Underbelly. Currently being filmed in and around Melbourne, the series, focusing on the city's murky underworld, will feature several former Neighbours actors, including Kevin Harrington (David Bishop) as Lewis Moran, Caroline Gillmer (Cheryl Stark) as Judy Moran and Madeleine West (Dee Bliss) as Danielle McGuire.

Benji McNair (Mal Kennedy) recently married, according to TV Week, his long-term girlfriend, Gennie, at a friend's farmhouse near Lorne. In attendance were former Neighbours actors Jacinta Stapleton (Amy Greenwood) and Ben Geurens (Toby Mangel).

Voting is now open for the 2007 Inside Soap Awards and, as usual, Neighbours and its actors are shortlisted in every category.

Nominees this year include Eliza Taylor-Cotter (Janae) and Jackie Woodburne (Susan) for best actress, and Alan Fletcher (Karl) and Stefan Dennis (Paul) for best actor, while Ben Lawson (Frazer) and Natalie Saleeba (Rosetta) are up for best newcomer.

To place your votes, click here or purchase a current copy of Inside Soap.

It seems that, two years after we last had any information on a new Neighbours DVD release, something is coming - and soon. Australian DVD retailer ezydvd.com.au is listing Neighbours: The Iconic Episodes - Volume One for release on September 17th 2007. The three-disc set is reported to contain many of the defining Neighbours episodes - including Harold's arrival, the 1000th episode, the Scullys' arrival and Max and Steph's wedding to name but a few. Click here for more information and to order.

The Vegemite Tales, the stage play about a group of Australians sharing a flat in London, is set to return to London's The Venue, Leicester Place, later this month and amongst the cast will be Blair McDonough (Stuart Parker) as Dan and Jonathon Dutton (Tad Reeves) as Eddie. For further details, including information on how to book tickets, visit The Vegemite Tales website.