Who was your favourite Brookside Character?

[Treacle]

Bad Boy Barry Grant. At one time they were re-running Brookie from the beginning, I'm talking a few years back now, it was on Granada plus. I loved Brookie and was annoyed when they moved the time slot for the end of the series. A re-run would be good, perhaps Saturday or Sunday afternoon on C4.

I doubt it was on Granada because it's not an ITV programme.

I remember the re-runs being on LivingTV and Sky One though.

[Treacle]

I think they should re-run the whole lot on E4, that's the most fitting place for it and it's a CH4 channel so it should be easy to get going. However I doubt it would fit in with E4's image? I would love a re-run up until it started to go silly. Then people might remember the good old days of Brookie more and not the mess it became. I think Channel 4 should re-run it again as a primetime soap, we would know all the spoilers but there's no harm in it. It would be quite fun actually and depending on what storyline they had going it might pull in more viewers for the channel.

[Siobhan]

Barry Grant rocked. From hard core socialist to hard core capitalist, on to murderer - his character was just great!

All soap/drama could learn alot from his character

[Treacle]

I loved it when it was all about kitchen sink drama. Brookie was even good when it used gangsters and drugs once upon a time. I think it's the only soap that could get away with it without people complaining about it. Jimmy was on drugs and the prog was still fantastic. I used to love him and Jackie. Then it went mental and didn't they break up and one had to stay upstairs and the other downstairs so Jackie went upstairs and said she had the bathroom so Jimmy went and got one of them public loos fitted. How dreadful!!! Then we had Jimmy's mental breakdowns right up until the end. He was still a brill character though. Part of Brookie's problem was sensationalism and Phil Redmond who just has to remain executive producer, they couldn't get him out!

[Meh]

All soap/drama could learn alot from his character

Now there's an idea. Forget Phil and Grant, EE should just get Barry Grant.

[Babe14]

Yeah!!!! Loved Barry Grant and he was so good in the Bill too....

Yes he was a real bad boy cop. He was in something else too can't remember the name ..might of been Liverpool something, think it had Sam Jannis in it,of course he played a bad boy in this too. Funny though I still think of him as Barry even in the Bill. I suppose it's because he still has THAT LOOK and those funny sayingsLOL! Des and Sheelagh great storyline.

In Brookie though he was so evil especially towards his best Mate Terry, he'd be looking out for him one minute then the next he'll be stabbing him in the back, remember what he did to Terry's wife Sue...

[Babe14]

I doubt it was on Granada because it's not an ITV programme.

I remember the re-runs being on LivingTV and Sky One though.

Sorry got confused. I stand corrected It was Living TV. (It was a few years ago and the ole memories not what it used to be!!)

[Babe14]

Now there's an idea. Forget Phil and Grant, EE should just get Barry Grant.

He'd liven the square up!

[Babe14]

i agree i am sure loads of the old fans and maybe some new ones would tune in to see it from the beginning to see how everything started and meet some of the characters from the begging it would be a pleasane change for a sunday aft compared to the rubbish we usually have to put up with

Also it would give those of us who'd missed a few episodes, especially the last lot to see them. I love watching all the old stuff. You really can see how things have changed.

[Siobhan]

I can't think of their name in Brookie but they were played by Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston.. now the Royles.. they were really good in Brookie