Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the soap in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Jason Herbison. The 32nd season of Neighbours began airing from 4 January 2016. and were introduced during the same month. March saw the first appearance of . , and arrived in April, while , and made their debuts in May. August saw the arrival of , while brothers and were introduced in September, along with Xanthe's mother .