It’s been 21 years since Brookside first hit our screens and tonight it bows out for the final time in, what I imagine is, a little watched late-night slot on Channel 4. I wonder how many people will tune in? Clearly not enough people have been watching since Channel 4 moved it from it’s prime time slot but I wonder how many, like me, will dip in tonight to at least get some idea about what is going to happen. Will all the old scores be settled?
I was never really a big Brookside fan but I do recall, occasionally, following individual storylines. Gordon Collins was probably one of my first sights of a relatively normal gay person on television and, I imagine, that is true for a lot of people in their teens at the time.
I wonder what we’ll be saying about it in the next few years? Will it make a Crossroads style come back in ten years? Say farewell to Brookside Close!Â
On this day…
- 2004: A Familiar City
- 2003: More PDA and Phone Nonsense