Forget Downton Abbey, Neighbours is the best show on TV. No kidding. Shaun Wilson-Miller on the set of Neighbours with the cast. I'm just going to say this: Neighbours is the best show on the Ten network and it's time it gave birth to a spin-off series. Obviously you have questions. Such as, how long have I had a brain disorder and when does the new season of Homeland start? I found myself defending Neighbours to a media professional of many years standing the other day. Someone I respect and whose opinion I value. Someone who has no interest in Neighbours. But I'm like an annoying religious zealot now, and he got the full lecture. And as I made my conversion speech I realised I wasn't using the same argument I used to use in the past when I talked about Neighbours, which was look, they have to churn this stuff out, it's on five nights a week, and that in itself is a massive job - just getting something on air. best villain on television: Stefan Dennis as Paul Robinson in Neighbours. I was now praising the writing. The flippin' writing on Neighbours. The actual plot. Neighbours attracts good actors but so does everything. Acting is never the problem with TV shows. I'll tell you something else. If it'd been cemented at 7pm for 25 years, it'd have a million viewers every night. It has death, sex, blackmail, problem gambling, health worries, and the best villain on television, Paul Robinson, who remains undiluted by sentiment. He's the one who needs his own series. And Neighbours needs to be recognised - by its own network, by you - for the solid drama it really is. I'd watch it before I'd watch Downton Abbey. Any day. It's better than you think. Is Neighbours the best show on TV? Tell us what you think below.