Episode 523 (Neighbours) "Scott and Charlene's wedding episode is practically the defining episode of what "Neighbours" was all about in the 80s. This episode featured the entire cast, and audiences loved watching the romance of off-screen couple Jason Donovan (Scott) and Kylie Minogue (Charlene) spill over on to the small screen." Andrew Mercado, author of "Super Aussie Soaps", called the episode "The biggest event ever in Aussie soap history." Elizabeth Day, writing for "The Guardian", commented "For many, the quintessential on-screen wedding remains the 1987 marriage of Scott and Charlene in Australian daytime soap "Neighbours". It was the apotheosis of a romantic teenage
Gayle and Gillian Blakeney the team on the successful national children's programme "Wombat", along with the puppet Agro. They enjoyed their roles as reporters for the next seven years. The program also included an ongoing mock soap opera segment. Another advertising appearance was in the mid-1980s, in a series of futuristic commercials for Coca-Cola, featuring Max Headroom. In 1990 they joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours as Caroline Alessi (played by Gillian) and Christina Alessi (played by Gayle) Alessi. Gillian and Gayle left the show at different stages during 1992. Following the success of former "Neighbours" actors Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan