 The real @-@ time episode was broadcast on 22 June 2011 in Australia and on 20 July in the UK . It was watched by 408 @,@ 000 Australian viewers upon its first airing , making Neighbours the highest rated show on digital multi @-@ channels that night . In the UK , an audience of 1 @.@ 30 million watched the episode . For his work on " Episode 6188 " , Dutton earned a nomination for Best Direction in a TV Drama at the 2012 Australian Directors ' Guild Awards . A TV Week website writer called the episode " an edge @-@ of @-@ your @-@ seat special " , which was " unmissable " . The Sydney Morning Herald 's readers gave the episode three out of five stars , while the paper 's television critic , Andrew Murfett , commented " The clock is omnipresent in tonight 's ' real @-@ time ' Neighbours episode . The gimmick of the formatting – the episode unfolds in real time over an action @-@ packed 30 minutes on Ramsay Street – means the clock appears almost every minute to remind us of what is a pressing deadline . It 's a clever device for fans who have perhaps fallen out of touch with the folks at Erinsborough . In fact it 's almost impossible not be at least mildly interested about the future prospects of Scott McGregor and Ashleigh Brewer in the aftermath of this 24 @-@ style ep . " 
