Australian Discussion Thread

[haaf14]

We're 2 weeks behind in the UK but I'm interested to know who killed Kate?

[dvj1208]

We're 2 weeks behind in the UK but I'm interested to know who killed Kate?

At Australia pace, we don't know yet.

[Jezz]

My guess is either Stephen Montague or Sienna (Mark's ex-girlfriend) killed Kate. I still feel that Mark was the intended target though so I think it would be Stephen on this basis because Sienna would prefer to kill Kate and then swoop on Mark.

[haaf14]

Thanks Jezz and dvj1280. Do you know when this storyline will conclude.

[Jezz]

No worries! I have no idea when the storyline concludes.

I guess you just have to keep watching and see what happens.

[haaf14]

No worries! I have no idea when the storyline concludes.

I guess you just have to keep watching and see what happens.

Jezz thanks again for answering but a couple of questions firstly has the whole Lauren-Daughter hunt has that ended? Secondly what are the viewing figures compared to Home and Away in Australia?

[Jezz]

No worries once again

1). Yes Lauren has ended the search of her daughter for now, but she may decide to start searching again in the near future though.

2). In Australia, Home and Away receives higher ratings figures than Neighbours but that's mainly because of the fact that Home and Away is on Channel 7 which is considered one of the five main channels in Australia, whereas Neighbours is on Channel ELEVEN and it is a digital channel that was launched on January 11 2011 and wasn't accessible for everyone who didn't have digital TV until November last year. You'd be surprised by the number of people who used to watch Neighbours and no longer realise that it's still on. Neighbours used to be on Channel 10 which was one of the five main channels I was alluding to earlier but it was later moved to Channel ELEVEN at the end of 2010.

On average, Home and Away rates at about 920,000 to 950,000 viewers a night whereas Neighbours rates at about 250,000 to 300,000 viewers a night in Australia. Home and Away is usually rated in the top ten programs in Australia on each night and Neighbours rates in the top 3 for the most watched programs on Digital Television that doesn't include the five main channels. The five main channels consist of ABC (Channel 2) , Channel 7, Channel 9, Channel 10 and SBS (Channel 28)

[haaf14]

Thanks for the info Jezz, so before they moved to Channel 11 what was the viewing like on Channel 10.

Here in the UK it is totally opposite a lot more people watch Neighbours than Home and Away. The viewing figures are similar to Australia here in the UK however it is Neighbours who gets 800 000 and H&A gets about 250 000 but also it dependant on the time of day because there is both afternoon and early evening showings of both programmes.

[Jezz]

On Channel 10, the show was averaging 500,000 to 600,000 viewers a night at around 2010 when the show was in the midst of a decline under Susan Bower. I do remember the episode involving Bridget's death rated over a million that night which was huge in 2009 and only the year before the show stopped airing on Channel 10.

In 2004 and 2005 when the show was considered to be at its peak it was rating at nearly 1,000,000 viewers a night alongside Home and Away.

In Australia, Neighbours was on Channel 7 in only 1985 until Channel 10 claimed the rights for it in 1986 and it stayed on Channel 10 until the end of 2010 and now it's on ELEVEN since 2011.

[haaf14]

Thanks Jezz. How well did it do for Kate's death.