Role in Neighbours up for grabs

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British fans of Neighbours are being given the chance to win a part in the show to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

Five, which shows the Australian soap in the UK, is searching for an aspiring female actress to play Poppy Rogers, a friend of character Mal Kennedy.

Auditions, using a script on the Five website, must be uploaded to YouTube.

Producers will pick their favourite five before a public vote to choose the final two, who will be put through their paces in Australia.

The show's bosses will have a week to decide who will win the month-long role.

The episodes will be shown in November shortly after the 6,000th episode of Neighbours.

Five channel controller Richard Woolfe said: "Neighbours has launched the careers of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce so this really is a life-changing opportunity for Five's viewers."

He said there was "a huge amount of untapped talent around the country" and that the winner would be able to "show off their talents" on "the international stage".

In the UK, Neighbours moved to Five in 2008 after being shown on BBC One for 22 years.