As far as excuses for work stuff-ups go, blaming it on booze is always a good option.

Fremantle Media, the production company behind long-running TV soap Neighbours, has laid the blame on holiday season swigging, after fans pointed out a bunch of embarrassing typos in the show's brand new opening credits.

The new title sequence, which features characters posing in front of green screen backgrounds of Ramsay Street, had misspelled the names of three regular cast members.

"It looks like the opening credits team may have had one too many sherries over Christmas!" producers said in a statement to UK website Digital Spy.