Neighbours resumes production with ‘extreme measures’ in place after being shut down due to coronavirus… but when will Home and Away return?
Production on long-running Australian soaps Home and Away and Neighbours were halted for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
And now it’s been revealed that the cast and crew of Neighbours have finally returned to Ramsay Street to film again, but with ‘extreme measures’ in place.
According to The Daily Telegraph, shooting began on Monday, with precautions including temperature checks and social distancing.
Neighbours resumes production with ‘extreme measures’ in place after being shut down due to coronavirus… but when will Home and Away return?
The publication reports that strictly only cast and crew are allowed on set and there are strict hygiene measures. Scenes also have limited cast members to reduce risk.
Meanwhile, script writers have returned to work on Home and Away, but actors are still at home in lockdown.
It remains to be seen when the Channel Seven show will resume filming.
The show’s executive producer Jason Herbison told The Daily Telegraph that they’ve come up with ‘guidelines’ to ensure everyone’s ‘health and safety.’
Safety first! The publication reports that on the set of Neighbours, strictly only cast and crew are allowed and there are strict hygiene measures. Scenes also have limited cast to reduce risk
What’s happening in Summer Bay? Meanwhile script writers have returned to work for Home and Away, but actors are still at home in lockdown (pictured is Home and Away star Sam Frost)
‘It is our goal that impact to the screen will be minimal. We love a challenge and so far, we have found creative solutions to every issue,’ Jason said.
He added that they will edit cast together if they have to, once filming begins.
‘In some cases, cast will be scheduled separately but edited together to give the illusion of larger groups,’ he said.
He added: ‘There are no scenes that require intimacy or physical contact.’
New measures: The show’s executive producer Jason Herbison told The Daily Telegraph that they’ve come up with ‘guidelines’ to ensure everyone’s ‘health and safety.’ He added that they will edit cast together if they have to, once filming begins
Earlier this month, actress Georgie Parker said that the cast of the hit show were eager to get back to work and have been having virtual rehearsals to prepare.
The 55-year-old told Channel Seven: ‘We’re just waiting for the okay to get back to work, in whatever shape that will be.
‘We were handling it really well because the crew are brilliant and the cast is sensational.
‘The Home and Away production team were really mindful about what we were doing. We adapted as well as a drama can, but we’re lockdown and waiting for the okay to go back to work. We are all itching for it,’ she added.
‘I’m on the phone a lot to Ray (Meagher) and we’re all keen to get back to it. But we don’t want to do it unless we get the okay and it’s all safe.’
‘We’re all itching for it’: Earlier this month, as Home and Away returned to TV screens, star Georgie Parker (pictured) said that the cast of the hit show are eager to get back to work and have been having virtual rehearsals to prepare