ended in 2022 after 37 years, and it is the longest-running drama series in Australian television history. At the 47th Annual TV Week Logie Awards held on 1 May 2005, Neighbours became the 22nd inductee into the TV Week Hall of Fame. Watson also dabbled in television in the US, producing Dangerous Women, a short-lived soap opera based on the Australian Prisoner series. Personal life and death Watson was a private man and rarely gave interviews. He retired in 1992 and did not produce any new television drama from then onwards. On 26 January 2010, Watson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the media as a pioneer in the creation and production of serial television drama. On 8 October 2019, Watson died aged 93, after a short illness. Neighbours announced his death on their official Twitter account. The show's executive producer, Jason Herbison described Watson as a "pioneer of drama", while writer Bevan Lee called him "a trailblazer in Australian commercial television drama". Both Lee and television historian Andrew Mercado believed Watson should be inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. References External links 1926 births 2019 deaths Australian soap opera writers Australian television personalities Members of the Order of Australia Australian male television writers