Tuesday, November 04, 2003

End of Brookside

After 21 years the Liverpool-based soap opera is coming to an end tonight. It has always tackled controversial subjects long before the major soaps (Coronation Street and EastEnders), and it has certainly put most of it's characters through hard times. Sinbad, the window cleaner, nearly lost his legs and was accused of being a child molester. Jimmy Corkhill, lost his son to drugs, his wife left him, and he had a mental breakdown. And, the list goes on. Anyone who came to Brookside would be cursed with ill luck and disaster.

Brookside had it's grim and silly storylines, but it seemed to run out of steam and viewers about a year ago. After being dumped to a Saturday afternoon slot it has ended up on an even worse Tuesday late night slot. It seems that after years of being a flagship for Channel 4 it's being scuppered with little fanfair or dignity.

What are your views about Brookside or the other soaps? Email them to me at valis23a@aol.com
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