Ex-'Neighbours' actors for Xmas return

Natalie Blair and David Hoflin will revisit their respective roles of Carmella Cammeniti and Oliver Barnes during a short return to Neighbours later this year.

The real-life couple left the soap in 2008, when Oliver asked the recently-widowed Carmella to join him for a new life in Portugal with their baby daughter Chloe.

Holy Soap reports that Blair and Hoflin have signed up for a two-week stint and will film their scenes over Christmas.

Executive producer Susan Bower said: "It's wonderful to have Nat and David back on Ramsay Street. They both still have many friends among the cast and crew.

"Their visit will be short but, I promise, memorable."

It is rumoured that their appearance will coincide with a high-profile storyline involving a controversial couple on the street.