AN iconic soap star will reprise her role for the first time in 38 years in an epic on-screen return.
Ahead of Neighbours‘ 40th anniversary, show bosses have brought back familiar faces.
Fans were recently left over the moon as Ian Smith returned to his role as Harold Bishop.
And now Neighbours have revealed Amanda Harris is making a shock Ramsay Street comeback.
Briony Behets will reprise her role as Jane Harris’s mum as she sets her sights on reconnecting with her family.
The 73-year-old’s on screen return is expected to air on Wednesday, April 23.
First look snaps show Amanda settling into retirement community Eirini Rising.
Her daughter Jane can be seen, as well as Amanda’s grandchildren Nicolette and Byron.
Amanda is the daughter of Mrs Mangel and made her Neighbours debut in 1987.
She starred in the role for just several episodes as a guest character.
In 2008, Briony returned to Erinsborough to play a different character – Kate Newton.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Neighbours star Ian Smith says he’s ‘defying the odds’ after terminal cancer diagnosis and being told he’d die this month” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6370227504112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]Meanwhile, Neighbours recently confirmed The Sun’s exclusive story that the soap had been axed again.
The show was rebooted by Amazon Freevee but the service shut down last year and episodes were shifted to Prime Video.
[authenticated-scripts src=”%3Cscript%20class%3D%22palin-poll%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fpollingwidgets%2Fv3%2Fwidget.js%3Fquestion_id%3D110850%26game%3Dpolling%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E” type=”embedded” width=”100″ /]Neighbours’ final ever episode is expected to air in December of this year.