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Old 30-08-2015, 18:11
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Was Eastenders made to try to compete with Brookside at being contempery?... I know Corrie was boring until 97..
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Old 30-08-2015, 18:27
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Brookie I would say. It was quite hardcore for a soap!
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Old 30-08-2015, 18:36
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They use to swear all the time in Brookside.
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Old 30-08-2015, 18:50
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Was Eastenders made to try to compete with Brookside at being contempery?... I know Corrie was boring until 97..
BIB - In your opinion. I enjoyed Corrie in the 'olden days'..
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Old 30-08-2015, 18:54
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Brookside I would say. However Eastenders wasn't far behind

Loved Brookside.
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Old 30-08-2015, 19:11
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Was Eastenders made to try to compete with Brookside at being contempery?... I know Corrie was boring until 97..
You can keep your grittiness - I'll take Corrie, with its wit, humour and brilliant character writing any day of the week.
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Old 30-08-2015, 19:13
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You can keep your grittiness - I'll take Corrie, with its wit, humour and brilliant character writing any day of the week.
It didn't capture real life... It was quite twee until Brian Park came along
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Old 30-08-2015, 19:18
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It didn't capture real life... It was quite twee until Brian Park came along
For about a year before 1997 maybe... certainly not in the mid-80s!
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Old 30-08-2015, 19:21
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Brookie was gritty northern, and EE was gritty southern they were both pretty good in the 80's
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Old 30-08-2015, 19:27
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Brookside definitely. The most realistic of all soaps too (until it got ridiculous towards the end).
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:01
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Brookside up until 1995 was the grittier soap
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:16
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God I miss Brookside from the old days. It really did reflect real life, it was proper kitchen sink drama.

I grew up on an almost identical new housing estate, built by the same developer that built Brookside Close and have always felt a huge affinity to the show, especially when my mum used to call our neighbours by the names of characters from Brookie

'oooh look Ron Dixons taking that bloody dog out for a walk AGAIN' haha.
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:19
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Brookside made me want to live in Liverpool

I've since visited it loads and loved it
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:19
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God I miss Brookside from the old days. It really did reflect real life, it was proper kitchen sink drama.

I grew up on an almost identical new housing estate, built by the same developer that built Brookside Close and have always felt a huge affinity to the show, especially when my mum used to call our neighbours by the names of characters from Brookie

'oooh look Ron Dixons taking that bloody dog out for a walk AGAIN' haha.
I'd love to move into one of the Brookie houses, No.8 was on Zoopla last year & it looked really nice on the inside!
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:39
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The show was obsessed with Heroin....it featured through out it's history
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:41
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Brookside. Shows you what happens though when sensationalism takes over. EE beware.
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:49
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Brookside
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Old 30-08-2015, 20:53
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The show was obsessed with Heroin....it featured through out it's history
To be fair, heroin was a massive issue in the working class regions of most northern towns and cities throughout the 80s and 90s. I can remember being told to be careful if I saw any 'smack heads' when I went out to play, they'd nick your bike as soon as look at you! And I grew up on a pretty nice estate!!!!
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Old 30-08-2015, 21:05
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Brookside up until 1995 was the grittier soap
Agreed.
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Old 30-08-2015, 21:14
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They had a much smaller cast too
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Old 30-08-2015, 21:54
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They had a much smaller cast too
I think the best thing about Brookside was it was more easy to identify with as as true to life as it could be - but at times with the humour of Corrie at its best.
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Old 30-08-2015, 22:53
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They had a much smaller cast too
But with a higher turnover especially towards the end
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Old 31-08-2015, 12:50
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Brookside was always cast as 'the thinking man's soap'.

Corrie was hilarious in the early 90's - the best TV sitcom ever!

EastEnders was fantastic under Julia Smith when the show first launched, but completely lost its way after she left. It found itself again in the early 90's - about 93 to 97 - when the Jacksons and David Wicks introduced a whole new foundation for the Square. Since then its wobbled along pretending to be great but really being a shadow of its former self.

I really feel sorry for people who missed out on the glory days of soap. The danger is they will be the TV producers of the future and will base their quality expectations on shows like Hollyoaks. God help us!
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Old 01-09-2015, 02:33
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Brookside softened as the decade went on, EE persisted, I do remember Barry Grant saying the word 'Boll*cks' in episode 1!
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Old 04-09-2015, 17:54
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Was Eastenders made to try to compete with Brookside at being contempery?... I know Corrie was boring until 97..
Speaking as someone who has actually been around longer than most here I would say Corrie was at it's best up until the 80s
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