You can see why Neighbours was so popular back then. It was the older characters that made it great, not just Kylie and Jason.

Let’s get it right, in a show full of legendary characters, Mrs Mangel is in a different league. Quite easily the greatest character the show has ever had.

Vivean Grey, an icon of this programme and a blessing to her industry. Much missed. A joy to watch and an honour to reminisce. More of these please! 🙂💚⭐️

Loved Mrs Mangels arguments with Madge they were classic, I bet Vivean and Anne enjoyed playing those scenes !

This was when Neighbours was at it’s best. The 80’s & 90’s was the shows best era. I haven’t seen the shown in years

Mrs Mangel was absolutely brilliant & her sparring with Madge & Helen were legendary. Vivian Grey was an outstanding actress and was fantastic in another long running soap “The Sullivans”

The most iconic neighbours character ever. Especially at a time when they were all really strong characters.

So many memories seeing Mrs Mangel. Plus a young Clive at the start.

Absolutely love Mrs Mangel, I wish the show had a character like her now

The golden age of Neighbours. Loved Mrs Mangel and her put downs. Nice to see her finally finding happiness when she left the show.

Mrs Mangel what a legend. Pity people weren’t able to distinguish between the actor and the character forcing her to leave

5:05 that music brings back early childhood memories!

My stoney old heart welled up when Madge hugged Mrs Mangel.

God I feel old turning 40 this weekend and watched most of this in the mid 80s to mid 90s A child of that era or not I even know that it was simpler and a much more joyful time for most of us. Oh Joe Mangal, what a character he was too. I remember he came here to do shows. He was well liked. Not seen him in years though. Omg bouncer too 😊

Bless her. Vivian Gray spent her final years living in Shoreham by Sea, just a few miles away from where I live. Absolute legend.

I so loved the incidental music played in the background in Neighbours during that era! It's a pity it was never retained for years to come

Where in God's name can we find these old episodes? I would literally just binge the entire thing from the start, but I can only find a few DVDs from random seasons. There NEEDS to be a Neighbours streaming archive set up where every episode can be watched. I'd pay good money for it.

Great character I do beleive miss mangel was from Lincolnshire in uk

The best

It's a testament to the late Vivean Grey as an actress as to how good she was as Mrs Mangel. Despite being on the show for only two and half years, she created one of the most memorable characters to have graced the series. Everyone knows this type of woman. On the outside, she's a portrays herself as a caring, thoughtful Christian lady with high morals. In reality however, she was a nosy, judgmental woman who made life an absolute misery for everyone around her. She did have those moments where she was able to express kindness to others (most notably her granddaughter Jane), but too often her holier than thou attitude pushed people away from her. Vivien Grey was that convincing in the role that in real life she ended up having to leave the series due to people not being able to separate her from the part as she was being harassed by people and bombarded with hate mail from viewers.

Mrs Mangel was a woman of class, she spoke her mind. She might not always have got things right but a true neighbours legend

Often imitated, never duplicated. Vivean Gray was a superlative TV actress and her "Nell Mangel" was one of the greatest creations in TV soap.

I thought Mrs Mangel was quite a character, the old episodes were brilliant.

Love this, she was one of the best icons in any soap I have seen.

We need all episodes on some sort of streaming service, as all the episodes are special and remenising them brings joy and happiness to our lives again! Should be available to everyone

Vivian created neighbours more iconic character. She’s still there now. In presence. Two years she played her her legacy lives on and on

It was brilliant viewing back in the day ....Fantastic!!

She was so of her time. As a kid back then, she used to terrify me lol but I was very sad to learn that children used to harrass her in real life. She was a legend!

love every moment of it love Mrs mangle Neighbours please please update more of theses wonderful memories just remember Neighbours become good friends just think of us fans for the future

Loved Mrs Mangel. The days when Neighbours was at its best. Great storylines great actors and actually actors playing characters the same age and not 21 year olds playing 16 or 17 year olds like in soaps today.

I can remember these episodes like they were shown yesterday and I am 43 year been watching it since 1985. love it

Good clips but 5 of her finest moments missing : 1) Playing the organ badly at Harold & Madge's wedding 2) Giving Harold a lecture on the eve of his wedding 3) The newspaper fight with Madge in the driveway 4) The reaction to Henry finding a gun buried in her garden 5) Getting all smitten with Daphne's grandad at Des and Daphne's wedding

The sad music played at 5'05" in is one of the most iconic pieces they had and it was used for years and years. Love it. Great clips here.

A bloody magnificent legend. Neighbours forever.

Mrs Mangel was one of the handful of characters that made Neighbours in the 80s. That brief scene with Madge where they hug and recognise (and love) each other's differences was what made the show stand out from the crowd. A small, but absolutely momentous moment, never forgotten.

So many of the iconic stars in this clip. I would run home from college to catch this show from 1897 to the early 90s. Brings back wonderful memories of being young and Ramsey Street 💙

❤️Nell👍🙂

Pops be lucky to make it through the car journey

10:46 is not enough time to even scratch the surface of that icons greatest moments. Brilliant exit scene too

mrs.mangel is a great character

Dorothy Burke filled the void left by Nell Mangel.

Mrs Mangel Aka Vivean Grey is typical English actor born in the UK. Great character doesn't take no nonsense.

Madge, Harold, Lou and Mrs Mangle were the actual best characters in this show.

She's iconic, and an inspiration.

Just found out she was only there 2 years. 1986-1988. Thought she was there longer. Other big stars left same year, like Kylie and Jason too.

She was certainly unique from one extreme to another here. Never in the center as she'd bounce back and forth and she really prized Bouncer her dog as well, maybe more than anyone else. It's so weird watching a neighborhood seeing some one off that they may not of always liked but she indeed was the most memorable as well. I wonder what she was like in real life?! And top acting from Bouncer as well!

Beautiful storytelling

Piece de resistance was Bouncer actually waving goodbye at the end... 💧❤️

Mrs Mangel was a representative of old Australia and the Ten Pound Poms. Brilliant actress.

3:33 - 😂😂😂 Everyone knows someone like Mrs Mangel lol

My Gran used to watch Neighbours for years and it was the first show I ever watched at a few days old. She used to love Mrs Mangel and she stopped watching soon after she left because "it isn't the same without her". My gran was an opinionated battle axe so that's probably why she was such a fan, saw herself in the character.

We used to rush home from school in time for neigbours here in the UK. I remember when it started. Same with home and away. Fantastic TV

What beautiful stage sets, even now they look great!

I was about 4 or 5 when mrs mangle was on neighbours. Think my older brothers teased me and said she was a witch! Every time she appeared on screen it scared me 😂

One of my favourite characters Mrs Mangle Interfering old fuddy duddy

Great to see Bouncer again, just loved that pooch 😀

One of the most iconic and great characters to live in Ramsay Street. This is Neighbours at its best! Very sad the real reason she left, there was so much more she could have done in the show. RIP Vivien Grey - what a legend! 😊

Apparently her real name was Jean Gray, Vivean Gray was for work.

Clive. My childhood crush.

Vivian was superb. She created the greatest character in its history. Shame she never returned. She retired and nobody knew what happened to her. She had many more years left in neighbours.

This was Neighbours at it's best. The late 80's/early 90's, when we all started getting into it. The characters like Mrs Mangle were so strong even though we hated her here in the UK haha. Many of us grew out of watching it from about 1993 onwards after the storylines became too silly but it will always have a place in our hearts.

That last scene, especially the bit with Anne Charleston, gives me goose-bumps.

Omg Clive is in it! He looks so young! Nice seeing Mrs Mangel again!

This era represents my earliest childhood memories. Watching this before I was even in school. Aged 3 or 4.

Loved Mrs mangle I've not watched Neighbours since the late 90s it was great in the 80s that's my favourite years of Neighbours

I was upset when she left the show. I remember that. She used to peep out her curtains lol

Vivian Grey was a great actress. Totally agree with all the other posted comments.

Mrs Mangle a legend

She was a legend :)

The part where she was on her own after the police officer left ,was quite sad especially the background music. It is testament to the vast uncredited talent of Vivian gray that make this scene quite sad to watch.

What about to that scene when Harold Bishop goes to bed and finds out that he is in the same bed as Mrs Mangel.

Been watching a few of your vids featuring '80s Neighbours. I've discovered two things: 1) I love and miss so many of those characters. 2) I LIKED and STILL LIKE 1980s fashions! Thanks for the memories x

Mr Worthington played Stan Dobbs in Prisoner

Mrs Mangel was the best character in Neighbours

The music at 5-5.50 mins - brought back memories!

Vivean was born in the same place as I live in Cleethorpes England. This for some reason though goes under the radar even in her home town. It was years before I knew this. That portrait that was painted of her was so funny!

Bouncer 🦮

Back when it was much more simple and easy to live. At least people acted properly no fake

The OG #Stickybeak ! x

Vivian Gray was a nice lady, she was a regular customer at a Hardware shop worked at in England.

Everybody knows a Nell Mangel.

she was an exceptional actor

Mrs Mangel was the iron lady of Neighbours

PS. The scene where she falls off the ladder in the Clarke's house and loses her memory is missing from this collection of clips

Mrs Mangel was one you could call the witch of the series, she did sort of tone down as years when on and she got amnesia, but her leaving was a big blow considering there no one near as mean around to replace her and there was no more rivarly for Madge.

She put Hyacinth Bucket to shame.

The OG Nell

My darling, beautiful, gorgeous Nellie-kins! Ramsay Street wasn't the same without my sweet one! Love you, Nellie, my precious, my sweetie-darling! Come back - you are very much missed!

Old Mrs Jessop from camberwell to east burwood

Bouncer!! I love Bouncer :))

The actress was getting a ton of hate mail. I swear they made her love bouncer so that Vivean would get more fan mail and her goodbye was perfect. I think if a villain is evil enough to get real life hate mail. They deserve merit and praise. Not hate. Absolutely brilliant actress.

My Favorite Background music min 05.05

But of useless info for you. Vivian Grey who played Nell Mangal was actually British. And Elaine Smith who played Daphne is Ian Smith aka Harrold's daughter in real life.

Need to ask a question. I always remember an episode of Neighbours way back then when Mrs Mangle was sitting on her chair and I think it might have been Sky walked in and she was just sitting in her chair looking forward and wouldn't speak and the house was a mess. Sky then ran across the road to maybe Harold's house and said somethings wrong with Mrs Mangle and when they came back to the house the camera panned to her dusting the mantlepiece and she was just fine. Does anyone remember this and what the storyline was? I just clearly remember that happening but can never find the episode or info about it. And I seem to be the only one who remembers it lol.

Mrs Mangel she is actually British Born and immigrated to Australia like most have for decades.

Mrs Mangel. The original karen.

Mrs mangel makes sense now and what’s with the back ground music Where we really listening to this type of music in the 80s

I remember really hating her for some time but from memory she changed and mellowed later on, if I remember correctly (?)

Nicolette is what I imagine a young Mrs Mangel would be like.

Despite being a far less likeable character than Charlene, who left a few months earlier than she did, a lot more people came to say goodbye to her than the latter.