channel 4 brookside

Brookside was a British soap opera, created by Phil Redmond (also responsible for Grange Hill and Hollyoaks), originally intended to be called Meadowcroft.Airing it's first episode on the 2nd November 1982, Brookside proved to be a successful show, becoming one of Channel 4's highest rated shows. Forum Member. Phil Redmond's classic, ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.

Brookside is set in a small street called Brookside Close. Brookside, Channel 4 Liverpool Soap Rehearsal Image Gallery 1984 This set features some of the most famous actors from the early cast of the popular and sometimes ground breaking Channel 4 soap opera “Brookside”. Channel 4 soap Brookside has been axed with its final episode coinciding with the show's 21st anniversary in November. Channel 4 treatment of Brookside. Brookside first aired in 1982 and ran for 21 years. Information Edit. Numbnuts91 Posts: 16. 30/04/18 - 18:13 edited 30/04/18 - 18:15 in Soaps #1. Brookside. The pictures were taken during their rehearsals for a version of the show to be staged at the Everyman Theatre to raise funds for a local charity. Multiple series available. Date unknown 10 0 0 6 Well Being Well Being Date unknown 6 0 0 6 Next Brookside Next Brookside Date unknown 17 0 0 6 The Magic Box The Magic Box 1985 6 0 0 6 Eleventh Hour Eleventh Hour Date … Brookside was Channel 4's highest rated programme in the 1980s, reaching view counts of over nine million. The end of the Liverpool-based soap was signalled last year when it was moved from its peak-time slot. It initally followed the lives of people in six houses, but over the years more houses were built, and so were businesses. Awards. Channel 4 jointly announced with Brookside's makers, Mersey TV, that the show will disappear from the schedules for good. CREDIT: Channel 4 Brookside probably got to it's most controversial and shark-jump moment when the eldest brother and sister in well-to-do family, The Simpsons, were discovered to be having a …

Is it just me or is the way channel 4 treated brookisde in the end wrong for a show that did so much for the channel?