[Brekkie]

Finally just caught up ahead of the new batch of episodes tomorrow, interesting just how few characters they've started having in episodes by this point (often only seeing characters from 2 houses, and even then not all of them). Only a handful of characters in most episodes, some very long scenes, often not much going on, it's very different to the show as it became- or even the first 20 or so episodes which had more characters and seemed to have a lot more going on.

It is quite refreshing in a way compared to the soaps of today where you might not see a main character for weeks on end.   Not too surprising they showcase more of the characters early on - they tend to show three of the four households each episode.

Of course back then it was just twice a week and I suspect on a very tight budget initially, so a core cast of 13 and a few more regulars who don't live on the close but are friends of the families works (something soaps don't seem to do now - almost everyone has to live in the location and increasingly be related to an existing character).     Indeed it's not even just about the number of episodes as the early Neighbours episodes don't really have that many more characters too.