Brookside is back!

[Cupid_Stunt]

Is it just me, or is anyone else finding it abit meh at the mo?

I am as well. I’m sick of the exploits of Tony and his mates.

I think it picks up later in the year (1991). I’m thinking when Jimmy’s family arrives and when we start seeing the building work to the parade of shops

 

[LennyBriscoe]

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

My husband said last night “is he a terrible actor or is it just his voice?” It’s still 50/50 tbh

 

[Maid22]

This is my era too haha! Well it’s when I remember watching it. It’s weird watching Barry grant not being a villain!

I know, he's too nice!!

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

I've downloaded the STV app, but they're kinda back to front if that makes sense!!!

I suspect they are arranged the same as the STV app on Sky Q. Instead of putting the ones recently uploaded first they are in episode number order so you have to scroll through all the episodes already seen so far to get to the new ones uploaded

When we start getting into the hundreds it’s going to be even more infuriating

 

[Incognito_burrito]

I’ve got the last couple of weeks episodes to catch up on. Already I miss Harry, he’s so funny. I remember as a teen being annoyed by Harry but now I’m old I love him Sheila is really annoying now and I don’t think her a Billy go together well. It shows the writers were desperate for a story line when Bobby went.

 

[Maid22]

How I cringed at Gordon in the pub!
That dry roast, where was the gravy!?
Petra, awful acting, but her slapping her boss, well done.
Love Rogers dad, he was so right about him!

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

I don't remember the sink hole or the new couple!
I'd have parked my car on the grass to, they were all taking the piss driving over it!
The actress who plays Doreen is in it briefly, the itv drama Until I kill you, first time I've seen her in anything since Brookside!

Especially as there appeared to be access on the lawns in front of the houses on the other side of the close, the ones next to the Grants whose residents don’t feature in the show

 

[minnieminx88]

I think the actress who played Karen was about 20 yrs old at the time.
Moody 80's teen I was one

I had a feeling she was older. She def does the moody 80s teen well just a bit over the top imo

Another thing- sometimes i get the feeling esp with the Grants and Bobby and Sheila in particular, that their script is well… not scripted. Does that make sense?

 

[pixxyy]

I haven't watched HO for years either! So probably won't have a clue what's going on, but am defo watching, 2 of my all time faves back, Sheila and Billy!
Wonder who else will come back, so many from earlier years have passed
Don't think Terry will be back

If it is Jimmy's funeral gotta have Jackie, Nikki, Tinhead.
Sinbad who has made appearances in Hollyoaks with no name so easy to just make him same character

 

[Maid22]

I think they missed a trick there, find it strange that they didn’t!

Yes, strange how they never repeated it on All 4!

 

[RocksOff]

How exciting!!

 

[Lullabella22]

What

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The STV Player...

What’s that lol

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

Blimey. Second time I saw far more of Pat than I ever needed to ...

When he stood up in the bath

 

[Maid22]

OMG how have I missed this?? I didn’t realise they were showing it again. I used to love Brookside. Will go google STV now as I have no idea what channel this is ha. Looking forward to hopefully watching it soon.

Download the STV app, you've got 295 episodes to watch so far!!

 

[Noseyparker68]

Brookside taught me to never switch on a light switch during a gas leak thanks to Ron Dixon taking out half the parade in the gas explosion. As a 9 year old Susannah and Max’s kids taught me to always wear a seatbelt. That crash traumatised me (I watched it on YouTube as an adult and it was pretty tame )

Tinhead made me realise I was gay

Tinhead was gorgeous as soon as he started to get a gay fan base they had him in his boxers every show and bare arsed at one point

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

This week’s episodes were the last we saw of Bobby Grant. Apparently Ricky Tomlinson walked off set hence why there was no proper goodbye scene. We just saw Sheila seeing he had emptied the wardrobe of his clothes. The scene earlier in that episode where Barry is listening at his bedroom door to Bobby & Sheila arguing downstairs I suspect was just a audio replay of a previous argument between them hence why we didn’t actually see Bobby

Apparently Ricky was unhappy with the direction his character had gone over the last year or two

 

[kendallroysdownfall]

Wow. Welcome Lindsey Corkhill... and Lindsey Corkhill's hair.

 

[AdsB]

Not sure, but it must be soon

The length of time the parade has taken to build shows how realistic Brookside used to be before the patio onwards era.

 

[Maid22]

Chrissie: I'm looking for a change of image. Please can you cut my hair so it looks exactly the same but everyone's going to act like it doesn't?

Ha just watched that, I thought I can't see any difference!!
Yay we got abit of a look inside Dixon's front room!
That Josie is a right horror, why the hell does Mick keep taking her back.
Why is Rod putting frozen chickens on a shelf instead of the freezer!!

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

Tricia Penrose from Heartbeat as Damon’s love interest in this week’s episode