After showing nearly 9,000 episodes, the Australian long-running series is trying hard to sign a broadcaster in Britain, where it has been a huge success for 36 years.
From June, Britain’s Channel 5 will stop showing the series, forcing producers to look for another channel.
“As you know, the future of the series has been shrouded in uncertainty lately,” one of the series’ producers explained to the cast and crew.
The text indicated that Australian Channel 10 “wants the series to continue if we succeed in finding another broadcast partner to replace Channel 5.”
The message pointed out that there are “talks underway, but there is no new party for broadcasting, and therefore production must be stopped,” explaining that “this chapter will be closed until the moment.”
In the letter, the producer emphasized their “desire to work together to give Kneepers the wonderful farewell it deserves.”
The text also included a phone number dedicated to helping actors and staff members to get through this stage.
An entire generation of Britons has grown up watching the characters of Charlene Robinson (Kylie Minogue), her on-screen boyfriend, Scott Robinson, and a cast that also includes Guy Pearce, Natalie Imbruglia, and Liam Hemsworth.
Even the spread of the big series prompted some Britons to adopt the Australian pronunciation method in the exit of letters.
Channel 5 said it would like to focus on British productions, despite the huge success of “Neppers”.
“We realize that this decision will be disappointing, but we are currently focusing on increasing investments in original British drama programs of great interest to our viewers,” the channel said.
