There was murder and mayhem, an explosion and incest, a spot of drug smuggling and even a siege or two – action-packed to say the least for a suburban cul-de-sac on the outskirts of Liverpool.
This week marks 40 years since legendary soap Brookside hit screens across the UK during Channel 4 ’s first night on air back in 1982, and the impact it made on the telly landscape was huge.
One of the first programmes to share helpline details on screen as ground-breaking storylines played out, it grabbed headlines for everything from British TV’s first lesbian kiss to the ‘body under the patio’ storyline which aired the same year real-life serial killer Fred West committed suicide on remand.
