Classic Brookside - Why Not?

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I was just thinking, with all these repeat showings of 'classic' soaps like Corrie, Emmerdale and Holby City, I would love to see Brookside again.

Starting from the very first episode, please! It was November 1982.

37 years ago!!

Where has all that time gone....

It would be like watching The Royle Family but before they Royle Family was on.

Yes please, I’m in!

I remember watching the first episode on my new 14" black&white portable telly! It was my birthday present from a couple of days before. I was 13!

Brookside just had a totally different 'feel', compared to the other soaps at that time. Do you know what I mean?

I know it was all filmed in real houses, rather than on a studio set, but the characters and writing just had a harder, grittier edge aswell.

For the first 5 years, Brookside was brilliant. I watched it to the end but, it wasn’t the same. I’d be in too OP!

Ah man I loved Brookside! The scallies, Barry Grant, the patio!

Poor old Sinbad though, why did they do that to his character?

I'm in! Who did you like best? I remember Karen Grant having my jumper on & thinking I must be soooo cool. Definitely my favourite family. Who else was original - Petra & ? (Dead in bed husband)/ Heather (? Amanda Burton character) & Roger/ Paul & Annabel/ I want to say Alun Partridge (surely that can't be right).
Is that all - 5 households surely I must be missing someone

Ooh yes! I loved it!

Harry Cross and Edna 😀

Harry Cross was in the beginning wasn't he? Oooh did anyone watch the spinoff Debbie loves Damien?

Loved it. The jacksons, grants, Paul and Annabelle Collins, posh heather. I lived not far from Liverpool at the time - on a brand new housing estate. My headmistress knew the actress who played Annabelle; she persuaded her to open our school fete. Happy times.

Harry cross wasn’t in the beginning.

I loved it. Especially when Bob from Blackadder was in it.

And all the Casa Bevron stuff.

Lily Savage had a cameo. Paul Collins tried to shag her.

I loved brookside. Barry grant and Terry sullivan.
Every time i see Anna friel I think of beth Jordache
Damon Grant was my favourite.

I loved Brookside.

I moved to Germany when it was still on and my mum used to send me a video tape every week with the omnibus edition on

Yes. Said on a different thread yesterday would love brookside to be brought back. I loved max and Susana and Patricia Max’s first wife.

Used to love the fact the omnibus was on on a Saturday afternoon too.

Petra and Gavin (dead in bed)

Barry Grant was my first real crush!❤️

I watched it from fairly early on but gave up towards the end when the gangster storylines became completely ludicrous. IIRC it went off the rails with Lyndsey Corkhill/Bev Dixon gangster storylines, got itself back on track for a while then became too far-fetched at the end. I detested Bev.

Some amazing bits of TV, the rape of Sheila Grant, the domestic violence and death in the Jordache household, Jimmy's drug addiction.

The moby! Remember The Moby! I loved Brookie and would be “made up” if they showed repeats

Yes! I still really miss Brookie

I absolutely wish they'd re run it. I somehow ended up stopping watching it a couple of years before it ended so missed a bit that I'd love to see again! Maybe UKTV play would do it if we all write begging emails

They ran it again right from the start in the 90s and it was every bit as good as I remembered. I watched both "classic" and real time Brookie consecutively until the cult storyline. They lost me there. I agree it would be great to see it again.

Other Phil Redmond's I'd love to see again are Grange Hill and Hollyoaks. I bloody loved Hollyoaks when it first started, I don't recognise what it's become, although it's great to see Jacqui Corkhill still on the telly.

Sorry, meant Jacquie Dixon of course! Well, it has been almost 40 years!