Home and Away and Neighbours fans will be delighted to know that Channel 5 bosses have decided to increased the weekly amount of epsidoes of both soaps.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused uncertainty in the production of television shows and films, but it's looking like some executive producers are making big decisions to return to some sort of normality.

In a statement, a Channel 5 spokesperson confirmed that weekly episodes will be upped from two to three from the end of the month. "We have taken the decision to increase the number of episodes for Neighbours and Home and Away from two to three per week for both soaps," the statement said. "Both programmes will continue to air on Mondays and Fridays, with the additional episode airing on

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