Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1999, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's then executive producer Stanley Walsh. The 15th season of Neighbours began airing from 18 January 1999. , the mother of established character Sarah Beaumont, was introduced in February. May saw the arrival of , while began appearing from July. , and arrived in September. debuted in October, along with the five-strong Scully family consisting of parents and , and their daughters , and .