Neighbours "Episode 3896" (partially found episode of Australian soap opera; 2001)

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Status: Partially Found

Neighbours is an Australian soap opera that first premiered on the Seven Network on March 18th, 1985 before moving to Channel 10 for the rest of it's run until July 29th, 2022, with the show being set to resume on Amazon Freevee in late 2023. The show follows the lives of the The Ramsays, the Robinsons and the Clarkes, who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, with their wacky adventures making them want to move out to the south.

The show has had a large variety of guest appearances from other huge named celebrities like Lily Allen, Chris Lowe, Emma Bunton and Paula Abdul. As part of episode 3896, the Australian children's group The Wiggles made their appearance on the show and unlike other episodes with celebrity cameos, this one has not resurfaced in full.

Plot

The episode would follow Lou as he is getting ready to go to court, supported by Susan and Drew, who takes Lolly to see The Wiggles at the community festival. Tad and Paul throw a party and upon realizing that they don't know half of the attendants, Flick suggests they call the cops by pretending to be an annoyed neighbor. The Wiggles then appear at the door to the sound of loud music and Emily and Flick invite them and surprise the attendants.

Availability

This episode is known to have aired three times, the first time on November 12, 2001 on Channel 10 in Australia, the second on BBC One on January 11, 2002 in the United Kingdom, and for the final time also in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2006 on UKGold. Since that final airdate, the episode has not been seen since. A digital copy of the episode later made its way to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia but other details surrounding this archival are unknown.

During one of Greg Page's "Remembers Or Tries To" Q&A videos, he said that the script for episode 3896 was at the Powerhouse Museum, meaning that it was at the now defunct The Wiggles Exhibition. He also mentions that he has the episode but he can't share it for copyright reasons. On October 15, 2020, the show's official UK Facebook page posted several snippets from the episode. This and various production photos and screenshots are all that can be found of the episode today.

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Videos

The first part of Greg Page's Remembers... Or Tries To Q&A series (mentions the episode at 7:10)

The Wiggles wins Outstanding Achievement Award at ARIA 2003 (short clip of the episode at 2:06-2:11)

See Also

TV

• The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)
• The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)
• The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live action series; 1997-1998)
• The Wiggles Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid 2000s)
• The Wiggles (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)
• The Wiggles Show (found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)
• Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)
• The Wiggles (partially found Taiwanese adaptation of children's series; 2003-2007)
• Wiggle and Learn (lost unreleased original version of children's TV series; 2006)
• A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (rumored/lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)
• Dorothy The Dinosaur (unreleased fourth season of children's TV series; 2016)

Concerts

• The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)
• Wiggly Party Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)
• Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of The Wiggles live performance; 2000; existence unconfirmed)
• Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)
• The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)
• Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (partially found footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)
• Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)
• Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (partially found pro-shot recordings of concert tour; 2006)
• Greatest Hits In The Round (partially lost Acer Arena performance of The Wiggles; 2010)
• Christmas Celebration (lost footage of The Wiggles final performance; 2012)
• The Wiggles LIVE In Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert (partially found footage of Indian Ocean earthquake fundraiser performance; 2005)
• The Wiggly Big Show Tour (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; 1999)
• The Wiggles Reunion Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 2016)
• Sailing Around The World Live! (partially lost recordings of The Wiggles tour; 2005-2006)
• Pop Go The Wiggles Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles tour; 2007)
• Big Red Car Tour (partially found footage of The Wiggles concert tour; 1995-1996)
• The Wiggles (lost video recordings from Wonderland Sydney concert; 2001)

Videos

• Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of music video from album; 1996)
• Wake Up Jeff! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
• A Wiggle Tale: Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (found promotional VHS tape; 1999)
• Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)
• The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)
• Dancing Ride (found The Wiggles music video; 2001)
• LIVE Hot Potatoes! (found uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)
• Overture Introductions (lost pre-show videos from The Wiggles tour; 2004)
• The Wiggles (partially found unreleased music videos of children's group; 2000s-2020s)
• Toot Toot! (found original version of The Wiggles video; 1998)
• Pop Go The Wiggles (lost unreleased version of The Wiggles video; existence unconfirmed; 2006)

Music

• Get Ready To Wiggle! (lost "The Wiggles" UK album; 1999)
• The Wiggles Show (partially lost songs from Latin American children's series; 2006)
• The Wiggles (partially lost re-recorded instrumentals of Australian children's band; 2000s)

Miscellaneous

• WiggleWorld (partially found interactive children's website; 2000-2001)

Other Soap Operas

• Beacon Hill (lost television soap opera; 1975)
• Coronation Street "Episode 1202" (lost episode of ITV soap opera; 1972)
• The Corsairs (lost pilot for ABC soap opera; 2002)
• Dark Shadows "1219" (partially found episode of gothic soap opera TV series; 1971)
• EastEnders (lost broadcast tapes of BBC soap opera; 1986; 1989)
• EastEnders (lost footage of Frances Cuka's scenes and Barbara Windsor's auditions as Peggy Mitchell; 1991-1994)
• EastEnders (lost footage of Jean Fennell as Angie Watts; 1984)
• El Oasis (partially found Latin American telenovela; 1994-1997)
• Emmerdale Farm (lost episodes of ITV soap opera; existence unconfirmed; 1981)
• Executive Suite (partially found television soap opera; 1976-1977)
• Faraway Hill (lost early soap opera; 1946)
• Florizel Street (lost dry runs of Coronation Street; 1960)
• Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato (lost Filipino TV soap opera; 1962-1963)
• Models Inc. (found primetime soap opera; 1994-1995)
• O Direito de Nascer (lost adaptation of a radio play to TV; 1964)
• Pardon the Expression (lost pilots of Coronation Street sitcom spin-off; 1965)
• Seven, Bessie Street (partially found soap opera script of Coronation Street creator; pre-1957)
• Springhill (partially lost second series of British soap opera; 1997)
• United! (lost British soap opera; 1965-1967)