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Brookside on STV

  • 02-05-2023 8:10pm
    #1
    Shakyfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭


    Anyone been watching this? Running from the beginning in November 1982 with 5 episodes added every week. A lot slower paced than modern day soaps and no overdramatic storylines so much more enjoyable.



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  • #2
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    No over dramatic storylines?

    1st rape covered in British soap iirc, 1st lesbian kiss, body buried under the patio......



  • #3
    Shakyfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭Shakyfan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120548185#Comment_120548185

    Not at the beginning! The body under the patio wasn't until the mid 90s, the rape storyline wasn't until 1986 - they're only up to mid 1983 at the moment!



  • #4
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Yeah that's true.

    I vaguely remember watching it back when it was in its infancy.



  • #5
    Shakyfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭Shakyfan


    All the soaps have had those dramatic storylines back then but they weren't as frequent as they are now. You had a bit of everyday life in there too like the Grants going shopping on a Saturday because Bobby got stuck in a union meeting at work on the Friday, or the Collins family buying a new car. Different times..



  • #6
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058294933/brookside-on-stv

    Are you based in Ireland?

    When I try to sign up for the STV Player I get the usual "not available in your country" response.



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  • #7
    Shakyfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭Shakyfan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121048546#Comment_121048546

    County Antrim.



  • #8
    Robert Jackson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Robert Jackson


    The Nat and Georgia storyline was the greatest thing ever shown in the history of soaps



  • #9
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Marie Jackson was a classic. Also Harry Cross.



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