bring back Brookside??

[joko]

Does anyone else think they should bring back brookside?

I know it went downhill in later years, but that's because merseytv seemed to concentrate on hollyoaks and grange hill.

it was great in its day.

I cannot believe they chose to get rid of it and keep hollyoaks - and then even made another late night version of hollyoaks!

[funnywebsite]

I am afraid Barry is past it now, he's lost all his gorgeous hair

[andy hughes]

Viewing figures rule, and Brookside simply wasn't hacking it, compared with Hollyoaks.

Returns rarely work in TV. People get all misty-eyed and nostalgic about the times when they enjoyed a soap, but life - and soap actors - movve on. Brookside was of its time, but people want different styles of TV, and brookside is unlikely to fit in these days.

As you said joko, it was great - in its day, and that's the key, its day has gone.

[Cymbeline]

I DEFINITELY think they should bring back Brookie! They don't have to keep the same actors. It was my favourite soap...gritty, real, sexy and funny. Ashamedly, I became such a fan of "Barry" - actor Paul Usher, whilst I was at Uni that I considered turning up to some of his gigs (he's a musician, don't you know) and trying to make him fall in love with me!

[funnywebsite]

We all fancied Barry, he was so dishy. Nasty man but tasty.

[sunflower68]

Yes joko, I agree. I loved Doreen and Billy Corkhill, when they were so broke and he lost the plot. So gritty. I always wanted to be Barry's sister (what was her name?) Remember when Sheila got raped, that was so well-done. Compared to how it ended, it's really a shame. The plot with Jimmy Corkhill at the end of the series was an embarrassing shame. It didn't need to end like that.

[joko]

only just got my computer back so just got your replies - I agree with all of you - its a tough one