Fletcher: 'Neighbours has drama coming up'

A Neighbours cast member has revealed that fans can expect dramatic storylines on its upcoming 6,000th episode.

Alan Fletcher, who plays long-running character Dr Karl Kennedy, said that there is lots of "human drama" coming up with attempted murder, a wedding, an old character's return and the show's first gay male character.

Fletcher told AAP: "The clever thing about the storyline at the moment is that the 6,000th episode is not just about one story. It's actually about three stories all coming together at the same time.

"It's like the street is in upheaval in many areas. Paul Robinson has a very big story which culminates around that time and then continues on after it, Libby Kennedy has a massive story and the way Toadie Rebecchi is affected by that is really interesting too. It's really good human drama."