Neighbours in 1987

1987 was Neighbours 3rd year in production.

This year saw the departure of Shane Ramsay, the last of the original members of the Ramsay family. Other departures this year included Clive Gibbons. New arrivals included Harold Bishop, Henry Mitchell and Melanie Pearson.

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Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Madge Ramsay	Anne Charleston	Full year	162	333	1
2	Paul Robinson	Stefan Dennis	Full year	160	411	5
3	Charlene Robinson	Kylie Minogue	Full year	155	278	10
4	Scott Robinson	Jason Donovan	Full year	153	411	6
5	Jim Robinson	Alan Dale	Full year	150	428	8
6	Helen Daniels	Anne Haddy	Full year	149	441	3
7	Henry Ramsay	Craig McLachlan	From February	139	139	-
8	Des Clarke	Paul Keane	Full year	138	397	7
9	Jane Harris	Annie Jones	Full year	137	191	18
10	Mike Young	Guy Pearce	Full year	132	273	9
11	Daphne Clarke	Elaine Smith	Until October	127	396	4
12	Harold Bishop	Ian Smith	Full year	125	125	-
13	Mrs Mangel	Vivean Gray	Full year	118	184	15
14	Gail Lewis	Fiona Corke	From March	102	102	-
15	Lucy Robinson	Kylie Flinker & Sasha Close	Full year except April	97	278	11
16	Eileen Clarke	Myra De Groot	February to April and from July	61	136	19
17	Beverly Marshall	Lisa Armytage	From July	53	53	-
18	Rob Lewis	Ernie Bourne	March to October	52	52	-
19	Jamie Clarke	S.J. Dey	July to November	27	27	-
20	Sally Wells	Rowena Mohr	From October	23	23	-
21	Clive Gibbons	Geoff Paine	Until February	21	183	2
22	Shane Ramsay	Peter O'Brien	Until March	20	289	7
23	Susan Cole	Gloria Ajenstat	January	8	49	20
24	Hilary Robinson	Anne Scott-Pendlebury	June to July	7	7	-
25	Melanie Pearson	Lucinda Cowden	July & November to December	6	6	-
=	Tony Romeo	Nick Carrafa	From November	6	6	-
26	Sam Cole	Thomas Hamston	January	4	34	21

Guest Characters