NEIGHBOURS legend Alan Fletcher has revealed he wants to land a TV role in the UK and would love to “gatecrash” EastEnders.
The 68-year-old Aussie soap veteran is currently focused on his music career and a 34-date UK and Ireland tour.
However, he’s also on the hunt for a UK agent that can bag him a role on the box on our shores after
The long-running soap has come to an end after Amazon MGM Studios decided against making more episodes beyond 2025.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Alan says: “Like a lot of Aussie actors, I would crave to come and work in the UK. And I’m looking to try and find myself a UK agent because I think the UK makes some of the best television in the world.
“I think in terms of comedy, which I love to be involved in, the Brits are like the Australians. We do understand satire and so there’s incredibly sharp and witty television made here.
“And in terms of drama, the thing I really love about being in the UK isseeing how olderactors, and I put myself in that bracket now, how older actors really get a good run on television and film. And some of the best UK actors, of course, are the older contingents.”
in 2022 when he popped into the Bridge Street café and asked for a taxi.
Kellie Bright’s starstruck Linda Carter was lamenting Neighbours coming to an end ) when Alan stepped in.
Regarding a possible return to the show, Alan says: “That would be enormous fun as well, just to sort of gatecrash EastEnders. I actually went in and filmed a little skit of them a few years ago, which was enormous fun. Yeah, so there’s all sorts of doors opening.”
But for now music takes precedence.
He explains: “Now that I can dedicate myself to music, it takes an enormous amount of time to write and produce and record music and then to plan tours and to get out on the road. So, you know, it’s an exhausting job.”
“I mean, this tour I’m on now around the UK, this is 34 venues. It’s the length and breadth of the country. The logistics alone are incredible to plan, not to mention ticket selling.
“So it’s a very testing experience, and it’s one I embrace and want to do more of.”
The Karl Kennedy star is on the promo trail for his latest single, Back To School, a poignant ballad on how to nurture a loving relationship.
“The title was about what I’ve learnt in studying philosophy, that love is something you can’t take for granted, you have to really look at it,” says Alan.
“I mean, that’s a bit of a cliche, but a lot of people don’t spend the time. So it’s really saying, let’s get back to school and learn how to love.
“It’s a very musical, laid-back track, and it gets a great reaction from people.”
Both Alan and wife Jennifer went back to school, as it were, when they attended a lecture on love by philosopher Alain de Botton that helped to improve their own relationship.
“It was quite transformative for us, because it reminds us that perfect love is a bit of an 18th century creation,” says Alan. “And in reality, we all love each other’s flaws, rather than trying to change each other.
“And once we heard that, and kind of accepted that, and went, ‘yes, absolutely, that’s what it is’. So now if either one of us in the relationship do something that the other one would normally think is annoying or troublesome, now we look at it and go, ‘oh, it’s adorable that you do that’.
“So just accepting that we are who we are, and trying to change people, mold them to be the perfect human being, is a waste of time.”
At the tail end of last year Alan also released a classic slice of Americana in Tell ‘Em, a duet with Jennifer that tells the tale of lost love.
“It really is the first cut, the deepest I suppose, that notion of the first relationship you have and how it kind of never leaves you, even though you break up and move on with your life and you have other loves, there’s some little tiny part of you that’s still wishes that somehow you’ve been able to work it out all those years ago.
“So essentially just saying, look, I know we’ll never be together, but I just think of you all the time, or in flashes.”
Both tracks will be joining Alan on his tour which is taking place now and runs until September.
