Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera that was first broadcast on 18 March 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1986, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's executive producer Reg Watson. The 2nd season of Neighbours began airing from 20 January 1986. The episode marked the first appearances of , and . and also arrived in January. began appearing from February, while Nikki's mother, , made her debut in March. The following month saw the first appearances of , and . Madge's brother, , arrived in May and debuted in June. July saw the first appearances from and . Sam's mother, , arrived the following month, along with . and debuted in September. was introduced in October.