Brookside is back!

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Tinkerbell cat said:
Ooooh can't wait to start this. I have virgin, not sky, wonder can i get it on there. I was so young when Brookside came out, but still remember the nightclub bomb and the helicopter crashing into the garage :D
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I remember the nightclub bomb. Even at 11 years old I thought having a bomb 18 months after the gas explosion on one shopping parade was a bit far fetched 😂
 
AdsB said:
I remember the nightclub bomb. Even at 11 years old I thought having a bomb 18 months after the gas explosion on one shopping parade was a bit far fetched 😂
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Do you remember the hostage situation that went on? I remember thinking how far fetched that was 😂
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Maid22 said:
I'm looking forward to rewatching, saving it for the weekend, used to love it!
I downloaded the STV player app to watch it on
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That will be my Sunday viewing :)
 
Tinkerbell cat said:
Do you remember the hostage situation that went on? I remember thinking how far fetched that was 😂
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I tuned back in for that couple of weeks. Then it ended in the helicopter crash (on the parade of course 😂). The last big storyline before it lost it's weekday time slots and got dumped on Saturday afternoons.
 
I caught episode 1, looks almost like it was filmed in a home movie style 😁
Loved seeing the old cars, the yellow Citroen 2CV, Bobby Grant's Austin Princess & Barry's gas guzzler Jaguar.
I remember when these new-build estates were springing up & hanging around the sites with pals, being a nuisance to the night watchman.
Soaps like Neighbours definitely took inspiration from Brookside a few years later.
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Roger's underpants oh my 😲 😲 😲
 
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Maid22 said:
Does anyone know what the schedule is ? Is it like the other classic soaps 2 episodes a day?
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STV Player are showing 10 episodes per week, I think they are available from a Tues or Wed.
You can watch all 10 in one sitting.
I'm no techie but I think there are nearly 3,000 episodes of Brookside, and putting all those on their Player, available all at the same time, just wouldn't be possible.
 
Bobby Chariot said:
STV Player are showing 10 episodes per week, I think they are available from a Tues or Wed.
You can watch all 10 in one sitting.
I'm no techie but I think there are nearly 3,000 episodes of Brookside, and putting all those on their Player, available all at the same time, just wouldn't be possible.
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Thank you, I quite like that 10 episodes in one go!!!
 
minnieminx88 said:
Im wfh today 😉 and have caught up to episode 6. I didnt watch the early ones as not old enough ☺ but i didnt know the corkhill guy was a teacher. What was his name??
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Billy!!
Also the guy who was helping “Gaz” to move in. I recognise him from something else. Who was he?
 
minnieminx88 said:
Ahhh yes. I just about remember now. Thanks
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Ooh its a bit risque isnt it. I had an episode on just now and heard ‘gary windass’ say “im going bare back” 😳
Quickly switched off as my 10 yr old was about. No wonder i wasnt allowed to watch!!
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Yes, you are right, it pushed the limits at the time, before the 9pm watershed too.
You often hear Damon and the other youngsters swearing, bastard, piss off etc.
 
Bobby Chariot said:
I caught episode 1, looks almost like it was filmed in a home movie style 😁
Loved seeing the old cars, the yellow Citroen 2CV, Bobby Grant's Austin Princess & Barry's gas guzzler Jaguar.
I remember when these new-build estates were springing up & hanging around the sites with pals, being a nuisance to the night watchman.
Soaps like Neighbours definitely took inspiration from Brookside a few years later.
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Roger's underpants oh my 😲 😲 😲
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Yes i love seeing the old cars etc. The decor in the houses too. It’s quite nostalgic.
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So am sat absolutely racking my brains over this Gavin character. His voice i recognised most and i was wondering where it was from. Wiki’d him and went through his list of appearances in various things. Got nowhere. Then saw it. He was Ches in My Family 🤷🏻‍♀️😂
 
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Iv just got to episode 2 now thanks to this thread, my mum used to watch Brookie and I watched back in the later years (I was born 91)
Im comparing Roger to my next door neighbour (always looking out the window watching what neighbours are doing and what everyones up to!)
Love seeing the old cars and styles of homes/fashions.
 
mummy_3 said:
Iv just got to episode 2 now thanks to this thread, my mum used to watch Brookie and I watched back in the later years (I was born 91)
Im comparing Roger to my next door neighbour (always looking out the window watching what neighbours are doing and what everyones up to!)
Love seeing the old cars and styles of homes/fashions.
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Keep watching, a few storylines & characters start to emerge in these first 10 episodes.
The picture quality begins to get a bit better too.
 
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