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 1991, by order of first appearance. The 7th season of Neighbours began airing on 21 January 1991. All characters were introduced by executive producer Don Battye. Rachel Blakely and Genevieve Lemon made their debuts in August as and respectively. Andrew Williams joined the cast as Brenda's nephew, in September, as did Simone Robertson as . Lorraine Bayly began playing in November and in the same month , son of established characters Paul and Christina Robinson was born.