David Bishop was a
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in the
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n
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NeighboursNeighbours is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. The series follows the lives of families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough. Storylines explore the romances,...
, played by
Kevin HarringtonKevin Harrington is an Australian actor who is perhaps best known for his role as David Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. He first appeared as best man at father Harold's wedding to Madge in 1988, before becoming a regular in 2003. He was originally chosen partly for his facial...
. He first appeared in 1988 for his father
HaroldFor the former American football player, see Harold Bishop, Jr.Harold Wayne Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours played by Ian Smith. Smith first appeared on screen as the character from January 1987 and departed originally in September 1991...
's (
Ian SmithIan Smith is an Australian soap opera character actor and television screenwriter, best known today for his long-running role as the caring, kindly coffee shop owner Harold Bishop in Network Ten's long running serial Neighbours....
) wedding to his High School sweetheart
Madge RamsayMargaret Mary "Madge" Bishop played by Anne Charleston was one of the matriarchs of Australian television soap opera Neighbours...
(
Anne CharlestonAnne Charleston is an Australian actress currently based in Galway, Ireland and the UK. She is probably most famous for her role as Madge Bishop in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and more recently as Lily Butterfield in Emmerdale.-Early career:Anne Charleston first became widely recognisable...
). Fifteen years later in 2003, David returned to
ErinsboroughErinsborough is the fictional setting for the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, which premiered in March 1985. Erinsborough is about 18 km from the Melbourne City Centre...
on a more permanent basis with his wife
Liljana BishopLiljana Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Marcella Russo. She first appeared in 2003 and remained in the show until her presumed death in 2005 following the Neighbours plane crash....
(
Marcella RussoMarcella Russo is an Australian actress who is best known for playing Liljana Bishop in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2003 until 2005, when her character was killed off in the Neighbours plane crash....
) and their daughter,
SerenaSerena Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Lara Sacher. She first appeared in 2003 and remained in the show until her presumed drowning 2005, following a major plane crash caused by Robert Robinson .- Entrance :Her character was initially used to a...
(
Lara SacherLara Sacher is an Australian actress who played Serena Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2003 to 2005.- Biography :...
) in tow. The character remained on the show up until his death in 2005 following the Lassiter's joyflight disaster.
David was the eldest child of Harold and Mavis Bishop.
David Bishop was a
fictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative or dramatic work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr through its Latin transcription character, the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its...
in the
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
n
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
soap operaA soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on television or radio. The name "soap opera" stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble,...
NeighboursNeighbours is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. The series follows the lives of families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough. Storylines explore the romances,...
, played by
Kevin HarringtonKevin Harrington is an Australian actor who is perhaps best known for his role as David Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. He first appeared as best man at father Harold's wedding to Madge in 1988, before becoming a regular in 2003. He was originally chosen partly for his facial...
. He first appeared in 1988 for his father
HaroldFor the former American football player, see Harold Bishop, Jr.Harold Wayne Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours played by Ian Smith. Smith first appeared on screen as the character from January 1987 and departed originally in September 1991...
's (
Ian SmithIan Smith is an Australian soap opera character actor and television screenwriter, best known today for his long-running role as the caring, kindly coffee shop owner Harold Bishop in Network Ten's long running serial Neighbours....
) wedding to his High School sweetheart
Madge RamsayMargaret Mary "Madge" Bishop played by Anne Charleston was one of the matriarchs of Australian television soap opera Neighbours...
(
Anne CharlestonAnne Charleston is an Australian actress currently based in Galway, Ireland and the UK. She is probably most famous for her role as Madge Bishop in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and more recently as Lily Butterfield in Emmerdale.-Early career:Anne Charleston first became widely recognisable...
). Fifteen years later in 2003, David returned to
ErinsboroughErinsborough is the fictional setting for the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, which premiered in March 1985. Erinsborough is about 18 km from the Melbourne City Centre...
on a more permanent basis with his wife
Liljana BishopLiljana Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Marcella Russo. She first appeared in 2003 and remained in the show until her presumed death in 2005 following the Neighbours plane crash....
(
Marcella RussoMarcella Russo is an Australian actress who is best known for playing Liljana Bishop in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2003 until 2005, when her character was killed off in the Neighbours plane crash....
) and their daughter,
SerenaSerena Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Lara Sacher. She first appeared in 2003 and remained in the show until her presumed drowning 2005, following a major plane crash caused by Robert Robinson .- Entrance :Her character was initially used to a...
(
Lara SacherLara Sacher is an Australian actress who played Serena Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2003 to 2005.- Biography :...
) in tow. The character remained on the show up until his death in 2005 following the Lassiter's joyflight disaster.
About David
David was the eldest child of Harold and Mavis Bishop. David was every bit his father in terms of stature and principles.
David was first seen in the series in 1988 when he arrived to act as best man at Harold's marriage to Madge. David didn't take to her at first but later welcomed her by calling her "mother". During this brief visit to Erinsborough David tried to pursue relationships with Jane Harris, and with Prue who worked at Lassiters, but failed. Soon afterwards David returned to Adelaide. Later, David moved to Perth where he met Liljana Ristic, they married and they had a daughter called Serena.
In 2003 David and his family, along with and David's niece
Sky MangelSky Olivia Mangel was a character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Miranda Fryer from the character's first appearance in 1989 until her departure in 1991, and by Stephanie McIntosh since 2003...
(
Stephanie McIntoshStephanie McIntosh is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.-Background:McIntosh attended Firbank and then Melbourne Girls...
), came to stay with Harold at Number 24 while their new house in Eden Hills was being renovated. This dream was not to be as David was ripped off by former friend and adversary Thomas Morgan and left penniless. The Bishops stayed permanently.
David and Liljana's marriage went through some testing times including Serena's involvement with sexual predator Chris Cousens, the constant interference from Liljana's mother
SvetlankaSvetlanka Ristic, , was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Deidre Rubenstein. She first appeared in 2004 having two major storylines, both of which revolved around her assumed dead daughter Liljana Bishop.Of Serbian descent, Svetlanka lived in Perth, Western...
(
Deidre RubensteinDeidre Rubenstein is an Australian television and theatre actress, well known for her performance in Australian soap operas.Rubenstein graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1967 and has worked extensively in live theatre, television, films and as a narrator of audio books...
), the revelation that Liljana had a secret son Luka Dokic, and Liljana's affair with
Paul RobinsonPaul James Robinson is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Stefan Dennis. He appeared in the first episode in 1985 that was broadcast on Seven Network, and was in the episodes that was broadcast on Network Ten up until August 1992. Paul re-appeared for a handful...
(
Stefan DennisStefan Dennis is an Australian actor most famous for playing the role of Paul Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1985–1993...
).
Things got back on track in late 2005 when David, Liljana and Serena were included on a joyflight to celebrate Lassiter's 20th Anniversary along with Sky and several of their neighbours. The flight ended in tragedy when a planted bomb exploded on the plane, causing it to crash in
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. A few days later, David's body was found, but Liljana and Serena's were not. It was revealed months later that
Robert RobinsonRobert Robinson was a fictional character in the Australian soap Neighbours. He is the estranged son of Paul Robinson, and is portrayed by Adam Hunter. He made his first, brief, appearance on October 24, 2005 , and entered the show properly on March 28, 2006 and left the show on July 18, 2006...
had planted the bomb making Robert a murderer.
Trivia
- Kevin Harrington was cast not only for his acting abilities but also his uncanny resemblance to Ian Smith
Ian Smith is an Australian soap opera character actor and television screenwriter, best known today for his long-running role as the caring, kindly coffee shop owner Harold Bishop in Network Ten's long running serial Neighbours....
(HaroldFor the former American football player, see Harold Bishop, Jr.Harold Wayne Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours played by Ian Smith. Smith first appeared on screen as the character from January 1987 and departed originally in September 1991...
).
- David ran for the Erinsborough local council and became obsessed with winning the 'Best Street' competition.
- Every year since his mother's death, David had a champagne picnic and went birdwatching as they were her favourite pastimes.
- He discovered he had won $250,000 in the lottery and donated it to the Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an international movement, describes itself as an armed evangelical movement part of the Christian Church. It has a quasi-military structure and was founded in 1865 in the United Kingdom as the East London Christian Liberation Mission by William and Catherine Booth. It is well...
.
- His body was identified by his former brother-in-law, Joe
Joseph "Joe" Mangel was a fictional character who appears in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Mark Little. He first appeared in 1988 until 1991, and made a return for four months in 2005.-Character's background:...
(Mark LittleMark Little may refer to:* Mark Little * Mark Little * Mark Little , former baseball player* Mark Little English soccer player* Mark Little...
), and his niece, Sky MangelSky Olivia Mangel was a character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Miranda Fryer from the character's first appearance in 1989 until her departure in 1991, and by Stephanie McIntosh since 2003...
(Stephanie McIntoshStephanie McIntosh is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.-Background:McIntosh attended Firbank and then Melbourne Girls...
).