A Country Practice1992
A Country Practice was the aussie drama/soap set at a medical practice in a fictional New South Wales town of Wandin Valley.
It was shown on ITV in the afternoons from 1982, but not all the ITV regions showed the soap,
Home and Away1990
In 1989 ITV began showing the Australian soap Home and Away, based around a caravan park of 'Summer Bay'
Home and Away1998
A different set of titles, using the same theme tune by Mark Williams and Karen Boddington, which was actually released as a single in 1989
Neighbours1987 In 1986, BBC 1 started showing Neighbours, the aussie soap based on families who live in thge six houses of Ramsay Street, a cul de sac in the suburb of Erinsborough.
Neighbours1987 / 1988 The soap quickly became cult viewing, and attracted huge ratings over 18 million, and the show was given an early evening repeat after CBBC at 5.30pm.
The episode on the left (introduced by Andy Crane and Ed The Duck) was written by one Ian Smith, the same Ian Smith who played Harold Bishop in the show.
Neighbours2005
Cheesy smiles galore in these opening titles...
The Neighbours logotype is called Brush Script
Neighbours2008
In 2008 Neighbours, Britain's favourite daytime switched networks from BBC One to Five
Shortland Street1995
Shortland Street is actually made in New Zealand, the soap is set around Shortland Street Hospital a fictitious Auckland City public hospital
Sons and Daughters1980s
Sons and Daughters, love and laughter, tears and sadness and happiness...
The series ran from 1981 - 1987 in Australia
The Sullivans1980s The Sullivans soap was about an average middle-class Melbourne family living through World War II
The Young Doctors1980s 2 different clips of the same titles from Anglia and Central here for you to enjoy.
The series was set in and around Sydney's Albert Memorial Hospital, in it's heyday The Young Doctors was rubbished by critics for its poor scripts and unconvincing acting, but that of course was its charm, like Crossroads. If real nurses wore dresses as tight and short as those in the soap, they'd probably end up in hospital beds themselves!
The series ran for 6 years.
The Young Doctors1980s Another set of titles here.
One memorable character was Ada, played by Gwen Plumb as the busy body kiosk attendant. Her character was involved in various laughable storylines including having her appendix removed in a lift, fell from a cliff suffered amnesia and then had heart surgery, she also suffered another heart attack whilst on duty.
The Young Doctors1980s
Another version from the late 80s with some Central continuity.
The Young Doctors was axed in Australia, 1982 this was actually due to the advent of one-day cricket. Kerry Packer frequently changed the time slot to accommodate cricket coverage on his Australian tv channel, ratings plummeted, and after 6 years the wards were vacated, kiosk emptied of sweets and sandwiches and the last glass of sweet white wine was poured at Bunny's Place.