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This week on Bin Night, we’re joined by Majella Davis for a heartfelt and hilarious deep dive into the journey that took her from rural New South Wales to Ramsay Street. From twin sister dynamics and early band dreams to almost quitting acting altogether, Majella shares the real story behind the resilience, rejection and random twists that led her to Neighbours.

*Content note: This episode contains discussion of miscarriage and baby loss.

What we get into:

• Growing up a country gal in rural NSW and why Bananas in Pyjamas helped spark her love of performing
• Having a twin sister, competing for the spotlight and their band Girl in a Drum
• Drama school struggles, brutal audition knockbacks and the moment she nearly quit acting to become a midwife
• Her first audition for Neighbours for the role of Nicolette and a chemistry screen test with Tim Kano
• Landing her first major TV role as Krista Sinclair and adjusting to sudden fame
• Her close friendship with Tak and how they bonded between scenes
• The emotional toll of filming Krista’s miscarriage scenes, including the research she undertook to portray it truthfully and sensitively

#Neighbours #MajellaDavis #KristaSinclair #RamsayStreet #AustralianTV #binnightpodcast

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Support:

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention). Red Nose 1300 072 637 or https://rednose.org.au/ (support for miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss). If life is in danger, call 000.

United Kingdom: Text Shout to 85258 (free, confidential 24/7 crisis text support). Sands 0808 164 3332 or https://www.sands.org.uk/ (support for miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss). If you are in immediate danger, call 999.

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This week we’re joined by the brilliant Lucinda Cowden for a proper trip down memory lane. Expect Neighbours secrets, kids’ TV chaos, theatre, London life and a few stories she probably shouldn’t admit to.

What we get into: 

• Life as a kids’ TV presenter in the 90s… and the very accidental moment that got one of her mates fired
• Her early days as an actress, leaving home young, and the resistance she faced from her parents
• Her brand-new plays at Melbourne Fringe, including one featuring our very own Tak, plus Ryan Moloney and Sally-Anne Upton
• The unexpected inception of the song she wrote for the Neighbours tour (and how it took on a life of its own)
• Auditioning for Neighbours - originally going for Charlene and Jane - and the true origin story of Mel’s iconic laugh
• Returning to the show later in life, and why the second time around was so much better
• Her years living and working in London, and what eventually drew her back home to Australia

See Lucinda’s plays: ‘SoapBoxed’ and ‘From Arthur to Martha’ 

https://flindersfringe.com.au

Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll. New episodes every Thursday.

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If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

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From an extraordinary childhood journey to an acting career full of unexpected turns, Sally-Anne Upton reflects on the life experiences that shaped both her craft and her resilience as a performer. A wide-ranging, funny and deeply human conversation about chance, craft and the moments that no one — not even a psychic — could ever have predicted.

What we get into: 

• Moving to Australia by boat from the UK at just seven years old, an experience that would quietly shape her independence and sense of adventure
• Beginning her working life as a nurse, and how caring for others ran in parallel with the early years of her acting career
• Her time on Wentworth, where she fully embodied the raw, unforgettable character of Juicy Lucy
• Joining Neighbours and how the pandemic unexpectedly transformed Vera Punt from a short-term role into a regular character
• The early beginnings of her stage career and the importance of live performance in shaping her confidence as an actor
• Collaborating with the iconic Lynne McGranger, and what she learned from working so closely with a true Australian television legend
• The surreal and slightly unbelievable stories of discovering that Boris Johnson and Mel Gibson are genuine fans of her work (kind of). 
• How she’s ‘genuinely psychic’ and incredibly, predicted a Neighbours reboot (not once, but twice).
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Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll. New episodes every Thursday.

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com: use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE: thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

Watch just tak on YouTube (and subscribe so you don't miss special live events).

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Sara West, best known to Neighbours fans as Cara Varga-Murphy, joins us in this episode of Bin Night with Tak & Matty.

Sara opens up about her journey from being a “wayward kid” whose mum sent her to drama school to keep her out of trouble… to becoming an award-winning filmmaker and Logie nominee.

We talk about:

• How university changed her life and gave her the discipline she needed

• Winning an award for her debut feature film

• The first acting job that required her to shave her head – and how it temporarily made her “unemployable”

• Landing the role of Liza Minnelli

• Being nominated for a Logie (against Hannah Monson!)

• Joining Neighbours at a personal crossroads

• The responsibility and honour of representing the LGBTQIA+ community on Ramsay Street

• The impact Neighbours has had on the Australian TV industry and the hole it leaves behind

And yes… Matt gets attacked by a wild animal. Again.

Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll. New episodes every Thursday.

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com: use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE: thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

Watch just tak on YouTube (and subscribe so you don't miss special live events).

Catch up with all things @justtakpod on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook

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Hannah Monson (Neighbours’ Nicolette Stone) joins Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan) for Bin Night, the Neighbours podcast for UK and Australian fans.

In this episode, Hannah opens up about:

• the path into acting (Shakespeare first, singing absolutely not)
• her most unhinged auditions (including a leopard monologue)
• ADHD: diagnosis, relief, and how it showed up in her work
• imposter syndrome, Glitch, and the “screw-in tooth” story
• being cast as Nicolette, replacing Charlotte Chimes, and embracing Nicolette’s darker side
• pushing back on storylines and collaborating with writers
• Nicolette’s love life on Ramsay Street (including working with Chrishell)

Plus, a very special Bin Night family drop-in: Hana Abe Tucker, who played Aaron, David and Nicolette’s daughter. Hana’s also here with her mum Claire, sharing what life was like as a child actor on Neighbours and what Hana’s been up to since the show wrapped.

Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll. New episodes every Thursday.

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com: use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE: thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

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April Rose Pengilly (Neighbours’ Chloe Brennan) takes the bins out with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan). Her fairytale wedding in a castle, backstage Kylie moments, growing up on tour with INXS royalty, plus what a Neighbours revival could really look like.

In this episode, April opens up about:

• her fairytale wedding in a European castle with her husband, Adam

• arriving on Neighbours as a young actor from Sydney, feeling lonely at first, and the moment she found her confidence

• growing up on the road with her dad, Kirk Pengilly, touring the world with INXS

• the backstage encounters, including Kylie Minogue

• her upcoming horror film and stepping into a darker, more intense role

• her daily routines, rituals and mindset, and why structure keeps her grounded

• the hilarious story of her first audition, which accidentally turned into an awkward flirtation with the actor who later became her on-screen brother

• returning for the reboot and why it felt completely different to her original era

• the reality of Sydney real estate and why it’s getting harder for creatives to build a life there

• her love for Neighbours fans, and the responsibility she’s always felt to stay connected and give back

Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll. New episodes every Thursday.

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com: use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE: thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

Watch just tak on YouTube (and subscribe so you don't miss special live events).

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Zima Anderson will flip you inside the octagon and dazzle you with her art in this wildly honest chat that swings from Ramsay Street chaos to MMA grit and a near-death SAS Australia fall.

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Zima (Roxy Willis), takes out the bins with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), and they get into:

• Why Zima worried Roxy’s storyline had people talking about death cap mushrooms (and the weird reality of headlines)
• The SAS Australia accident where Zima fell eight metres and almost died
• How recovery changed her path and paused her MMA career
• Putting everything into creative writing, art and acting (two out of three so far)
• A top-secret upcoming horror film
• Freestyling in the studio and what comes out when she just lets it rip
• Zima’s latest track and the moment Tak and Matty start dancing like the daggy dads they are

Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a Bin Chicken Dilemma.

Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.

New episodes every Thursday.

Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).

Follow the chaos: @takandmatty on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000. Lifeline+1

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com - use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE - thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Watch just tak on YouTube (and subscribe so you don't miss special live events).

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“You get so overwhelmed by, sh*t, now I actually have to act!”

“I remember I was walking home from Moonee Ponds… and I got the email to say congratulations, you got the job,” Wendy says.

Takaya Honda and Matty Wilson host Bin Night with Tak & Matty, the Neighbours podcast for UK and Australian fans. This week, Candice Leask (aka Wendy Rodwell) takes the bins out with the boys and proves why Wendy is one of Ramsay Street’s brightest gems.

In this episode, Candice, Tak and Matty get into:

• Wanting a part on Neighbours so badly you audition five times
• The creative influence of Ally McBeal
• Using The Sprinkler (dance move) to win over a Grade Four history presentation
• What Candice said to her mum the first time she saw Tak on Neighbours
• Candice (Wendy) and Matty (Aaron) learning lines in The Waterhole
• Birth stories, IVF, and the weird sounds of hospital hallways
• How getting married will absolutely deplete your Lego resources
• Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a Bin Chicken dilemma

Matty gives a chicken coop population numbers update, live from Snaketown.

Plus producer (Peeping) Tom pops up with a very (very) curly Bin Chicken dilemma - to circumcise or not to circumcise?! Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.

New episodes every Thursday. Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).

Follow the chaos: @takandmatty on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com: Use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE: Thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Watch just tak on YouTube (and subscribe so you don't miss special live events).

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Beekeeper. Commercial pilot. Eco-bunker baron.

Leave your assumptions at the door, because the real Ryan Moloney (Neighbours’ Jarrod “Toadie/Toadfish” Rebecchi) has some serious layers.

For 30 years, Ryan brought Toadie (and his undercuts) into our living rooms. Now he takes the bins out with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), and you’d better believe this Bin Night chat is deep and it is candid.

Content Warning: Suicide is discussed in this episode. If you'd like to give that a miss, skip listening to the three or so minutes from 54:03.00 to 57:16.00.

Ryan gives Tak and Matty a deep dive on:

• How we could have had Ryan Moloney plumber or Air Force pilot instead of Ramsay Street resident
• Growing up on TV and being on the lookout for projectiles in nightclubs
• Why sometimes you should stay until they fire you
• How he wanted Toadie to leave the show
• Growing produce, solar and working the land
• Beekeeping
• Hyperfocus, ADHD energy bursts and doing the impossible

Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a Bin Chicken Dilemma. Got a dilemma you’d like Tak and Matty’s help with? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.

New episodes every Thursday.

Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).

Follow the chaos: @takandmatty on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com - use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE - thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Watch just tak on YouTube (and subscribe so you don't miss special live events).

Catch up with all things @justtakpod on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook

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“I even got a call from Jason Herbison, our producer, asking if I’d stolen them!”

Rebekah Elmaloglou is here to set the record straight. She did not steal coffee pods from the Neighbours set.

The Kennedys’ couch however…

“I was given the couch! I did not steal the couch,” Bek says.

Bek Elmaloglou, aka Terese Willis, spends New Year’s Day taking out the bin with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan) and the set secrets are spilling left, right and centre.

There’s a lot of love in the house, as Bek, Tak and Matty catch up on:

• Bek’s worst ever moment with Matty
• Knocking down Lassiters
• Terese and Toadie’s fling
• The real friendships and camaraderie forged through intense filming schedules
• Perimenopause and the impacts of those tough hours on set and 4am alarms
• What Tak and Matty have learned from watching Bek parent her son
• Sleep-ins, and enjoying being a mum and wife now Neighbours has wrapped
• Grief for their characters and grief in their real lives
• Terese and Paul in Robinson Towers??
• Is there a universe in which we could see a Neighbours and Home & Away crossover?

Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a really moving Bin Chicken Dilemma. Got a dilemma? Send a voice memo or email: [email protected]

Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.

New episodes every Thursday.

Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).

Follow the chaos: @takandmatty on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

Support

If you’re having a tough time, please don’t struggle alone.

Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7). If life is in danger call 000.

UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, confidential, 24/7). If you are in immediate danger call 999.

Sponsors

BeautyBoat.com - use code BIN25 for 25% off your entire order.

RØDE - thanks for the mics making us sound so good.

Watch just tak on YouTube (and subscribe so you don't miss special live events).

Catch up with all things @justtakpod on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook

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