'Neighbours' to screen controversial plot

Neighbours will air a controversial storyline later this year, script editor Pete McTighe has said.

Speaking to website The Perfect Blend, McTighe promised that the upcoming storyline is likely to be the focus of debate when it airs.

"We have controversy-central coming up on air in 2009," he teased. "It's a huge story, and is likely to stir up quite a bit of debate.

"I honestly reckon the stuff we're producing now is the best we've ever done. Just you wait til July 20!"

News of the controversial plot follows McTighe's claim that the show is going "back to its roots and concentrating on families".