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Post by Charity's Neck Brace on Jul 18, 2004 18:53:40 GMT
Name them here!
Mine would have to be...
- Jimmy killing Tony Dixon
- The death and discovery of Trevor Jordache.
- The parade explosion
- Marcus tracking Ollie and Eleanor down before falling to his death
- Susannah's death
Remind me of some more!
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jul 20, 2004 22:45:22 GMT
Most of those were after I'd stopped watching! Hmm, let me see.
Sheila's rape and aftermath. Sue Johnston put in a terrific performance.
The nurses held hostage.
The Grants discovering their grandchild hadn't been aborted as Debbie's dad told them.
Annabelle's affair and Paul confronting her.
Anything with Harry Cross.
The murder of Sue Sullivan and confession of Barry Grant
Trevor Jordache being killed.
That's all I can think of at the moment.
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Post by Alf Roberts on Sept 5, 2004 11:52:47 GMT
I liked all of it in the early years! It was such a revolution - real houses! Wow! The characters went to work and these scenarios were featured! Wow again! And it was controversial. Before Brookie, soaps lived in the 1950s. The modern world did sometimes intrude (Ernest Bishop's shooting, the hooligans smashing up Ken's house or Eddie Yeats' 1982 CB radio romance with Marion Willis in Corrie, for instance), but, in the main, the world of the 70s/early 80s was kept at a distance. In 1982, Brookie changed all that. One of my fave scenes was Sheila Grant doing the ironing and watching Corrie! Brookie was the first soap which had characters who watched OTHER soaps!  |
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Post by Jade on Sept 5, 2004 14:33:24 GMT
Great Brookie moments were do u start? U lot have mentioned some great moments, here are some memorable moments:
The death of Clint and Ron sent to prison,
The free Beth Campain,
Jacqui having a baby for Max and Susannah,
Tony being bullied,
The death of Imedla,
Tony's confession,
Adele having an abortion (Leo),
The return of Jan,
The death of Diane,
Nikki being raped by Luke,
The death of Jason and Greg (The club blew up),
Lindsay theathening 2 kill Gary over custody of Kylie,
Lindsay turning gay,
Jackie found in bed with Shelley,
Jimmy and Jacke divorce,
Jimmy has mental health problems,
Jimmy gets Cancer,
The whole drugs thing, which resulted in the death of Ron's son,
The death of Jimmy (Junior),
Bev setting a light the Dixon house,
The Mike/Ron/Bev love triangle,
The death of Cracker,
Tim going 2 jail,
Katie trying 2 kill herself,
The death of the Gordon parents,
Ruth and Sean reunite,
Dan abusing Luke.
God! Where should i stop the list is endless! Brookie was sensational!
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Sept 7, 2004 17:15:39 GMT
I agree, Alf. Brookie in its early days really broke the mould. It was brilliant and compulsive viewing. I really enjoyed seeing them on Living many years ago. I used to tape it. LOL! I started doing it if it was something good, then went on to all of them but stopped at the end of 1990 because it went boring and Sheila left. Brookie were the first to go 5 nights a week (not including Crossroads who started that way). In about 87 they had an ep on each night for Christmas week. The omnibus was actually slightly different to the weekday ones for some reason.
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Post by Nick on Jan 21, 2008 17:58:41 GMT
can anyone help me with a Brookside question?
Me and my friend were reminiscing about the glory days of Brookside earlier
and we were talking about Bev McLoughlin...now then she had an older married sister in the programme..can anyone remember who she was..its driving us mad !!!!!
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Post by Nick on Jan 21, 2008 18:44:54 GMT
We have solved it..it was Lyn Rogers-Frank's second wife
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Post by CG Wendy on Jan 22, 2008 1:00:43 GMT
I didn`t watch it from late 89 til it ended. So here are my fave moments up til then....
Sheilas rape and following storylines
The aftermath of Damian dying
Billy Corkhills money problems
Bobby Grant getting a vasectomy ;D
George Jacksons trial and afterwards
The death of Petra Taylors hubby and its aftermath
The row betreen Sheila Grant and Maria Jackson.....it almost rivaled Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanners famous fights in Corrie
;D ;D
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Post by Nick on Jan 22, 2008 10:38:33 GMT
ooh that was a good row
'You're nothin but a buncha gypsies'
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Post by sootycat on Jan 22, 2008 15:20:41 GMT
I loved early Brookie, I stopped watching well before the end.
My abiding memory was the Christmas one, with Sinbad having that Turkey on a lead and selling it to everyone. ;D
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jan 22, 2008 15:40:41 GMT
I was talking to Pam about Brookie back in October when we were waiting to sail on Oriana. She used to watch but gave up in the early 90s. She didn't even know when it ended. It's a shame really it became a shadow of its former self due to trying to compete.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Jan 22, 2008 18:43:35 GMT
it started off being groundbreaking and original and ended up trying to keep up with the Jones' with disasters etc...
I think I stopped watching it when Mandy Jordache left
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Post by CG Wendy on Jan 22, 2008 19:25:03 GMT
I would love to have seen that 'body under the patio' storyline. With the lead up to it and the aftermath too
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Post by Nick on Jan 22, 2008 19:48:54 GMT
it was gripping..the storyline went on for about 3 to 4 years..but because Brookie was only twice a week then you didn't get it rammed down your throat and sick of it..unlike nowadays with 5 or 6 episodes a week
one of the most shocking storylines was the murder of Sue Sullivan when she was pushed off the scaffolding..but none of the story had been leaked and what we didn't know was that she would be holding her baby at the time and he died as well...I was stunned
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jan 22, 2008 20:40:36 GMT
Oh yes. I tuned back in when the body was discovered but lost interest again after the trial.
I remember that one with Sue Sullivan then the revelation she'd been pregnant with Terry's baby. Terry completely lost it, and with good reason, when Barry confessed. They do like their whodunits to be wearing jeans. They did the same with Sheila's rape.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Jan 22, 2008 20:50:02 GMT
She also had her other baby in her arms do you remember..?/
I remember the Sheila whodunnit..they all had jeans and white trainers on
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jan 22, 2008 21:27:26 GMT
I do. I never really liked Sue but agree it was shocking. Murdering an innocent mother AND baby! Barry Grant had never stooped so low. I had a French visitor at the time. During the 80s we'd bored each other senseless about our soaps. LOL! She enjoyed that too and wanted me to tell her who did it. Watching at the time I always had the feeling she fell while backing away and 'whoever' had been up there was trying to stop her.
Do you also remember all the complaints over the rape for being too shocking? We only saw her dragged behind a bush. Funny how things have become more shocking and barely anyone bats an eyelid.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Jan 23, 2008 12:37:08 GMT
Did Barry Grant actually push Sue over the scaffolding? Why? And did he get sent to jail?
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jan 23, 2008 13:18:46 GMT
They said he did but I'm still unsure. He held his hand out as far as I remember when she was perilously close to the edge. I don't think he did go to jail. He confessed to Terry but I don't remember the outcome.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Jan 24, 2008 12:21:26 GMT
Ta for that Pats.
I can remember as clear as day even now the look of shock on George Jacksons face when he was sent to jail because of that a-hole Tommy McArdle.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jan 24, 2008 14:20:21 GMT
Despite Tommy McArdle being an a-hole as you say, I liked him. Though when he had Barry and Terry hospitalised I thought he was a git.
Poor George Jackson. Hero like that.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Jan 24, 2008 16:10:28 GMT
Dunno who the actor was that played Tommy McArdle, but he must`ve been a great actor coz he absolutely terrified me
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Post by Nick on Jan 24, 2008 18:05:06 GMT
Malcolm Tierney
There were posters saying 'Free George Jackson' all over town at the time
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jan 24, 2008 20:10:51 GMT
He and Matty Nolan (can't remember the actor's name) were both in Terror of the Vervoids.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Jan 24, 2008 20:52:32 GMT
was it Tony Scoggo ,or something like that
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