The Young Doctors to give new life to Aussie soap Neighbours?

A report in an Australian newspaper this weekend suggests that Channel Ten is considering bringing back the 1970s medical soap The Young Doctors. A hit throughout the late 70s and early 80s The Young Doctors made stars of many of its cast, including Alan Dale who went on to play Jim Robinson in Neighbours before moving to the US where he now stars in Ugly Betty.

The report says that Ten are in talks with Grundy, the company behind both Neighbours and The Young Docs, to resuscitate the classic soap as a 6 o'clock lead in to Neighbours. The Ramsay Street soap is still suffering from poor ratings despite a high profile revamp, and the latest news that show stalwart Ian Smith, who has played Harold Bishop on and off for two decades, is to quit can only add to the soap's woes.

Would you like to see the doctors and nurses of the Albert Memorial back on our screens? Could the original magic be recreated now that so many of the show's stars - Gwen Plumb, Alfred Sandor, Michael Beecher and others - have sadly passed on? Let us know your thoughts!