Neighbours veteran Harold Bishop is making one more Ramsay Road comeback, it has been introduced.
One of many Australian cleaning soap’s most recognisable faces, performed by actor Ian Smith, he’ll return as soon as once more some 15 years after his departure as a daily character, on the age of 85.
“After 15 years of residing away, the legendary Harold Bishop is returning to Erinsborough,” the present revealed in a press release shared on social media.
The place all of it started: Kylie Minogue as Charlene Mitchell, Craig Mclachlan as Henry, Anne Charleston as Madge Bishop and Smith as Harold within the late Eighties
“We’re thrilled to welcome Ian Smith again to the present and the opening titles, the place he belongs.”
Smith first appeared on Neighbours in 1987 as an outdated flame of Madge (Anne Charleston), and the pair went on to get married.
However tragedy struck when Harold was washed out to sea whereas on vacation in 1991, presumed lifeless – with Madge left with solely his glasses, washed on to a rock.
After all, something can occur in soapland, and Harold returned in 1996, remaining on display screen till 2009.
Smith on set with Minogue, Jason Donovan, Annie Jones and Stefan Dennis for the ‘remaining’ episodes in 2022. Pic: Fremantle/Channel 5
Throughout that point, Harold had his home burgled by a gambling-addicted girlfriend, suffered a stroke that fully altered his character, and tried to strangle the person he blamed for the aircraft crash that killed his son.
The character has made temporary visitor appearances within the cleaning soap since his exit – together with in what was thought on the time to be the ultimate ever episode in 2022 after the collection was axed by Channel 5 – however that is the primary time since 2009 that Smith’s return has appeared indefinite.
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Regardless of a non-continuous present run, and beforehand saying on Austalian TV that he wished to retire, he’s the longest-serving actor on Neighbours, having first appeared 37 years in the past.
Neighbours returned in 2023 after being picked up by streaming channel Amazon Freevee.
