<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8a588f39-5782-49a8-9434-409f19fb0e51/A80F69AB-00D5-443A-95C7-6A5DC222EB89/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html" href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.digitalspy.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.digitalspy.co.uk/img/F93749D3-A531-4ADA-8702-BA814993C802" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><H1> Neighbours' Harold reveals quit reason</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P class="info">Tuesday, April 28 2009, 15:55 BST</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P class="info"> By <A href="#">Darren Rowe</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P><EM>Neighbours</EM> star Ian Smith has spoken about his decision to quit the series after more than 20 years of playing loveable local Harold Bishop.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.digitalspy.co.uk/img/302357FC-FA82-4948-AEA2-0802BD191D5C" alt="Neighbours' Harold reveals quit reason" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P>Last year, Smith, 70, <A href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a126572/neighbours-legend-to-leave-for-good.html" linkindex="75">announced</A> that he was quitting the soap and retiring from showbiz to travel around Australia with his wife of 40 years, Gail.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P>Speaking about his decision to walk away from <EM>Neighbours</EM>, Smith told <EM>Woman's Day</EM>: "The fire had gone out. I always said that if that happened, I'd go.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P>"I had to keep my promise to myself and to the show, because I'm still very fond of the show - I still watch it."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P>Last month, following a <A href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a148722/stars-join-neighbours-harold-campaign.html" linkindex="76">wave</A> of public support, Smith was <A href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a151251/smith-ritchie-score-gold-logie-nominations.html" linkindex="77">nominated</A> for his first ever Gold Logie award.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P>"It's so very nice," he said of his nomination. "To win would be unbelievable. It would be a recognition you couldn't ignore."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a154235/neighbours-harold-reveals-quit-reason.html"><P>The <EM>TV Week</EM> Logie Awards will take place on Sunday night in Australia with Smith the favourite to take away the night's top award.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A80F69AB-00D5-443A-95C7-6A5DC222EB89/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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