Back in November 1982, the original (and, arguably, the best) soap opera was born.
Brookside came into TV lovers’ lives 34 years ago on November 2, airing on Channel 4 where it stayed for 21 explosive years.
Famous for its groundbreaking storylines – from the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss to tackling drink and drug abuse, incest, the first British whodunnit and, not forgetting, the body under the patio – Brookside won nations of soap lovers over and is still missed to this day.
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