Neighbours veteran Harold Bishop is making yet another Ramsay Street comeback, it has been announced. One of the Australian soap's most recognisable faces, played by actor Ian Smith, he will return once again some 15 years after his departure as a regular character, at the age of 85. 'After 15 years of living away, the legendary Harold Bishop is returning to Erinsborough,' the show revealed in a statement shared on social media.
Of course, anything can happen in soapland, and Harold returned in 1996, remaining on screen until 2009. During that time, Harold had his house burgled by a gambling-addicted girlfriend, suffered a stroke that completely altered his personality, and tried to strangle the man he blamed for the plane crash that killed his son.