Neighbours

I have never seen the Australian soap opera, Neighbours, and this list of major events during the program's life tells me more than I ever wanted to know. I must at least remember that breathless Australian soap opera stars, tossed as they are from pillar to post, seem to have trouble avoiding falling over cliffs:

• 1985 - The first episode involving Des Clarke's bachelor party.
• 1986 - Clive Gibbons doing an emergency tracheotomy on Lucy Robinson after she was stung by a wasp.
• 1987 - Charlene and Scott's wedding with cameo appearance by Angry Anderson.
• 1988 - Daphne waking from her coma and uttering the immortal line "I love you too, Clarkey" to her husband Des, before dying of her injuries.
• 1989 - Madge Bishop and Harold Bishop winning the Lottery.
• 1990 - Kerry Bishop getting shot by a duck hunter.
• 1991 - Harold Bishop disappearing off a cliff into the ocean.
• 1992 - Todd Landers hit by a car and killed as he rushed to stop his pregnant girlfriend Pheobe from having an abortion.
• 1993 - Jim Robinson's Heart Attack.
• 1993 - The Waterhole explosion.
• 1994 - Julie Martin falling off a tower and dying during the Murder Mystery Weekend.
• 1994 - Mark Gottlieb jilting Annalise Hartman at the altar and telling her that he has decided to become a priest.
• 1995 - Mark Gottlieb discovering Lucy Robinson working as a go-go dancer.
• 1995 - Susan confessing to Brett Stark, whilst in Africa, that she performed Euthanasia on her mother.
• 1996 - Helen discovering Harold Bishop alive when he had been presumed dead for five years.
• 1996 - Cody Willis being shot by drug dealers.
• 1996 - Cheryl Stark getting knocked over by a car and Karl Kennedy giving her the wrong injection which killed her.
• 1997 - Helen Daniels dying in her sleep after twelve years on the show.
• 1997 - Ben Atkins race car crashing and bursting into flames.
• 1998 - Susan slapping Karl after finding out about his affair with Sarah Beaumont.
• 1998 - Joel Samuels' leg being trapped under a ute, with the water level rapidly rising around him.
• 1999 - Sarah Beaumont's wedding to Peter Hannay, in which her and Karl share one last passionate kiss.
• 1999 - The Scully house catching fire at the Millennium Eve party, with Lolly Carpenter trapped inside.
• 2000 - Steph Scully and Libby Kennedy having a serious accident on Steph's motorcycle.
• 2001 - Madge Bishop's death, after suffering from pancreatic cancer.
• 2001 - Whilst being trapped in a stable in Oakey, Libby Kennedy going into labour with Ben.
• 2002 - Rosie Hoyland's church catching fire, with her and Lou trapped inside.
• 2002 - Drew Kirk's death, after being thrown from a horse.
• 2003 - Darcy gets arrested for robbing the Kennedys and knocking over a pregnant Lyn.
• 2003 - Dee Rebecchi disappearing off a cliff after her wedding.
• 2004 - Susan exploding at Karl after she found out he and Izzy were having a baby, and the rest of the street witnessing it.
• 2004 - The Lassiter's explosion, in which the Coffee Shop, Lou's Place and the Doctors Surgery were all destroyed and Paul Robinson's return to the show during the chaos of the explosion.
• 2005 - Steph Hoyland is incriminated for the death of her grandfather, Charlie Cassidy.
• 2005 - Boyd Hoyland is believed to have murdered the father of Izzy's baby, Gus Cleary.
• 2005 - Izzy finally pushes Karl to breaking point - Karl almost dies from a heart attack on a lonely country road, but is taken to hospital and survives.
• 2005 - Boyd Hoyland is diagnosed with a big brain tumour.