Brookside is back!

[Incognito_burrito]

Seen this weeks episodes and Sheila told Billy that someone called Paddy was Barry’s real Dad. I thought it was Matty. I googled a while back for a refresher on the episodes as I couldn’t remember a lot. Does anyone know if it is actually Matty or was google lying to me

 

[Maid22]

I agree. Petra’s acting has indeed been awful.
When Gavin died she did this over the top shaking thing ALL the time. And the bit in the supermarket with the biscuits. My god.

I read somewhere on line, the actor who played Gavin wanted to quit after a short while, shame, I loved him winding Roger up!!

 

[AdsB]

Ron talking about fire hazards, when in 7 years he's going to end up blowing up the parade

 

[Incognito_burrito]

Sinbad is really annoying in the repeats at the moment, has he been like this since he arrived?

Yes been annoying from his first appearance

 

[Maid22]

I have now

Lol, me to!!

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

Jamie, Tracey’s boyfriend, has his last scene in this week’s batch of episodes. The scene where he’s eating the trifle and Tracey throws the trifle bowl at him was his last episode

According to a thread on DS, he left due to a dispute over a jumper

McKee was fired from Brookside following an argument with a director, Nick Lauchland. McKee refused to wear a jumper that Lauchland had chosen for him and when Redmond got involved, McKee told him to "stuff" his job and he was instantly dismissed.

 

[AdsB]

Great to see it back on TV! I never knew that Amanda Burton was in it and I cannot stand her for some reason! Made worse at the moment because I am watching Waterloo Road and last year's Silent Witness - she is in the episodes I am watching just now in both shows! My wife is watching The Commander which stars Amanda Burton... and today I put on Brookside and there's bloody Amanda Burton!! I'm scared to go into work tomorrow in case we have a new start and it's Amanda Burton!

We've watched the first episode and it really is a blast from the past. It's a shame STV haven't made a month worth of episodes available at a time, at the five episodes a week pace we'll be watching for 11 years!

I probably won’t watch until the end anyway. It went downhill for the last couple of years of its existence

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

Has anyone noticed that apart from once when there was a scene of DD in the kitchen talking to someone (I think it was Patricia), we’ve not seen the inside of the Dixon’s house. All of their scenes so far have taken place outside the house, mostly on their front lawn or in the road

I wonder in real life if the production were making some changes to the interior

 

[HowlOwl]

He was a kid's TV presenter!

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As for attractive, it's got to be Barry Grant!

That rings a bell now, actually.

Oh yes, Barry - he had lots of female fans!

 

[Maid22]

I've just caught up on latest 5, (wish there was10), am finding some of it abit odd, like when flowers were delivered for Heather, her husband just read the note, then there was nothing, no scene of him asking her who they were from

 

[Sh1tRollsDownHill]

Spoiler: Filming

What a reunion!
Shame Dean Sullivan isn't here to be part of it. Trying to work out the logistics of it all here, haven't watched Hollyoaks religiously for a fair few years but have seen Sinbad and Mick, now Donny, scenes which were great! Looking forward to how the story goes there.
Jacqui now Diane would be interesting writing

 

[RocksOff]

It really is isn't it! Especially after the way he left!
Wonder if he got back with Sheila? Will our Claire make an appearance!!

Yes, absolutely @Maid22
I wonder what the back story is? And Billy is in it too, so things could get interesting!

Didn't Claire come on this thread?
It was a real pleasure to hear her side of things and it really annoys me that she is never mentioned in the credits, she was a massive part in the story

 

[Maid22]

I have always remembered Kate calling Annabelle Bella to try and signal to her that something wasn't right and I was a kid the first time I saw this.

And ordering chicken, she was really trying to hint that something was really wrong.

 

[kendallroysdownfall]

Bit of a boring week!
Noticed the spin off South, where Tracy and Jamie go to London is on STV, don't think I've ever seen it.

I don't remember this at all! I was obsessed with the Damon and Debbie spin off but on a rewatch it was crap! I really really enjoyed South. What a shame Jamie didn't stay longer term; I thought he was a really likable and convincing character.

 

[twinkleunicorn]

I know! I don’t think Sheila Grant is even 40 yet. And don’t get me started on Paul - I’d have put him at 67 rather than 57

Yes . I’m older than Shiela grant and I feel like she looks years older than me

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

I've just had a quick look to see what happens in this new year, no spoilers, but a huge storyline for the Grants, iykyk!!

The one that had a spinoff?

 

[Beverley macca]

I watch on youtube. I had to forward about 10 years tbh I did watch all episodes back in the day. Love it. I'm watching right this very moment. December 1999.

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

So that's the end of Frank and Chrissie's marriage, it was on the rocks for ages, but I don't get Josie, weeks ago she was so worried when Gemma went missing, then all of a sudden, she's left Mick and her kids again, awful woman.

Yes, Josie’s departure seemed to come out of nowhere with no prior warning e.g. we didn’t see her look anxious or unhappy with the current setup. I think only in the episode before she was dancing the Lambada with Ellis and seemed happy enough, even when Mick came in and didn’t like what he saw, she was still chirpy with Mick.

I have a feeling the actress quit abruptly so they had no choice but to write her out. Even with the scene where she comes back to pack her bags, I feel that was a last minute insert as there was no goodbye scene with the kids as Mick sent them to play in the back garden. Maybe the producers said can you come in and do at least one scene to tie things up with Mick which must have been on a day the kids weren’t on set.

Josie was always a bit flaky anyway, coming in and out of Mick’s life, with or without the kids. I preferred Mick when Josie wasn’t around

 

[HowlOwl]

Aw man first Paul then Alan - I thought the more traumatic Brookie scenes were the murder storylines but it turns out it’s Paul and Alan topless in bed (not together). What a time to have eyes

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AND NOW BOBBY IS IN BED IN AN OPEN DRESSING GOWN!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!

I cannot see what Sam saw in Alan, at all. Even his voice is annoying.

 

[AdsB]

I also don’t watch HO but I believe a couple of the Brookside actors are currently in it playing different characters so that will just mess with the space time continuum.

Also they are apparently filming on the close but it was demolished in the Brookside universe? I'm so confused .