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The Latest Breaking News from Bobby Grant

Comedy legend to make Brookside return for Hollyoaks crossover episode

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The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025

Ricky Tomlinson will return to Brookside as Bobby Grant for special one-off episode

The 85-year-old will reprise his role as Liverpudlian trade unionist Bobby Grant in the episode

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025

Ricky Tomlinson to return to Brookside for one-off special episode

The 85-year-old will reprise his role as Bobby Grant alongside his former co-star, Sue Johnston.

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

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FourFourTwo · Dec 8, 2023

I've rewatched 150 episodes of Brookside – here's how the soap captured the nuances of Margaret Thatcher's Britain

If you want to understand how Margaret Thatcher shaped Britain, revisiting one particular 1980s soap opera is a great place to start. Brookside, a show set in a Liverpool cul-de-sac, ran for 21 years, airing just under 3,000 episodes between 1982 and 2003.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023

Ricky Tomlinson, 83, returns to Brookside as Bobby Grant for Eurovision

Ricky was hanging Ukrainian flag bunting outside Bobby Grant's family home

Liverpool Echo · Apr 28, 2023

Ricky Tomlinson gives 'update' on Brookside reboot as Loose Women hosts in stitches

The Royle Family star played Bobby Grant in Brookside

Liverpool Echo · Mar 7, 2023

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Brookside's Grant family where are they now? From other soap roles to spin-offs

This is what they got up to after leaving the Close

Liverpool Echo · Feb 16, 2023

Ricky Tomlinson to host Brookside event showing its first ever episode

Writers and producers such as Jimmy McGovern and Colin McKeown will be among those taking part in a panel discussing writing for TV and film

Liverpool Echo · Feb 14, 2023

Everything you need to know about Brookside ahead of streaming release on STV Player

The iconic Liverpool soap is returning to screens

Liverpool Echo · Jan 25, 2023

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