List of Neighbours characters introduced in 1987

Athlete Pete Baxter, Des and Sally's father, Malcolm Clarke, and mechanic Tony Romeo made their first appearances in November.

When Neighbours needed a golden Labrador puppy, they turned to animal trainer Luke Hura and his canine actors agency, who provided them with Bouncer.

[19] This led to him being called the "Punk who turned Hunk" by John Kercher in his 1989 Neighbours: facts, features, interviews with your favourite TV stars book.

Neil Wallis and Dave Hogan, authors of The Neighbours Factfile described Rob as "a nice ordinary guy with very simple tastes, though a bit too fond of both his favourite beer – Tooheys – and betting.

[30] Rob opens his own garage in Erinsborough and moves into Number 22 Ramsay Street with his adopted daughter, Gail (Fiona Corke).

He goes into partnership with Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) but problems crop up due to the two men being polar opposites and constant arguing.

Gail is distraught to discover her biological mother, Louise is dead but finds her father, Ian Chadwick (Robin Bowering).

Their engagement is met with hostility from Gail and Gloria's son Dean (Andrew Larkins), but they realise their respective single parents love each other and are meant to be together.

It's a great pity that Mr Udagawa was not asked back for the 20th anniversary celebrations, as it would have been nice to see how his career has progressed since those Erinsborough-obsessed days of the late 1980s.

Paul invites Mr. Udagawa to dinner and is successful and steps up his quest to secure a business deal by announcing that he and Gail Lewis (Fiona Corke) are engaged to be married.

When Mr Udagawa is prepared to withdraw his investment from the hotel after manager Terese Willis (Rebekah Elmaloglou) lies about her cancer diagnosis, Paul persuades him to give her another chance, which he does.

[35] In Neighbours: The Official Annual 1991, John McCready and Nicola Furlong said that Sharon Davies (Jessica Muschamp) never got any peace and tranquillity when Hilary was around.

In another feature, Lowculture called Beverly the "resident awesome all-powerful Neighbours doctor who came inbetween Clive Gibbons and Karl Kennedy".

Perrone told Kelly Bourne from TV Week that Gino is the son of a chef who was supposed to start work in the coffee shop.

He also takes to charming the females in the show and even tries to steal Mike Young's (Guy Pearce) girlfriend Jane Harris (Annie Jones).

[45] A writer for the BBC described Jamie's most notable moments as "Being involved in a car crash which left his mother, Daphne in a coma" and "Returning to the Street in 2004 to claim his inheritance.

[49] Ian Morrison, author of Neighbours: The Official Annual 1992, stated "If Melanie offers to lend a hand beware...her efforts don't always turn out as she would like!

[51] A Coventry Telegraph reporter observed that Melanie became "a soap favourite" and branded her a "girl next door with a foghorn laugh, the dizzy secretary with a heart of gold who had thousands of viewers tuning in to watch her antics.

Fearing Jane is now more attractive than she is, Amanda manipulates her daughter into removing her make-up, tying her hair back, and wearing her glasses again.

Amanda's brother Joe (Mark Little) overhears the conversation, takes the receiver and tells her off for being too selfish to attend their mother's wedding before hanging up.

Then I get to the last scene and I've got to punch Craig McLachlan, and Jason Donovan tries to break up the fight, while Kylie Minogue is riding on my back trying to strangle me.

[56] British newspapers reported that Crowe was to reprise role as part of the serial's 20th Anniversary celebrations in 2005 but his representative later confirmed that this was not true.

[61] Hadley Freeman of The Guardian jokingly asked in her article on Crowe's auction following his divorce from Danielle Spencer; "Where is Kenny Larkin's leather jacket?"

A writer for the show's official website commented, "imagine how different Erinsborough would have been had Mr Cooper hung around longer... we might not have ever met Dr Karl Kennedy and that would have been a very sad day.

Greg's behaviour changes and starts becoming erratic, until one day he breaks down and confesses to his boss Jim Robinson (Alan Dale) that he caused Colin's death.

Greg decides to quit his job and leaves town, after telling his friend Tony Romeo about an opening at the garage for a qualified mechanic.

When he and the other Erinsborough residents learn that Pete will not be able to support himself while he attends the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, they hold a scavenger hunt to raise the money.

Pete tells him to mind his own business and later snaps at Todd Landers (Kristian Schmid) when he asks him to help with sports training at Erinsborough High.

Carrafa previously made a guest appearance in a 1985 episode, as Danny Ramsay's (David Clencie) biological father Tim Duncan in a flashback sequence.

[77] Tony arrives in Erinsborough after many years away and asks Jim Robinson (Alan Dale) for a job at his garage after hearing from his friend Greg about the place.