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 its prime-time slot, but I wonder how many, like me, will dip in tonight to at least get a sense of 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 sightings 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 comeback in ten years? Say farewell to Brookside Close!
On this day…
- 2004: A Familiar City
- 2003: More PDA and Phone Nonsense