“There’s not too many people in this country who haven’t heard of Neighbours,” muses Jason Donovan, whose role as Scott Robinson on the Australian soap opera has already ensured his place in history as the archetypal 1980s heart-throb. Even today, the show still attracts around a million daily UK viewers on Channel 5.

Donovan, now aged 47, is still a household name in Britain after following up his small screen success with a pop career – he has sold more than 13 million albums to date – and starring role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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