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Brookside

1982–2003 · 22 seasons

Gritty, kitchen-sink neighbourhood drama that grinds through ordinary lives and hard secrets with a plain, lived-in honesty.

Overview
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Free in the UK
  • Channel 4
  • STV Player
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • betrayal
  • trauma
  • crime
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

Free
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Details

Genres
soap, drama
Created by
Phil Redmond, Colin McKeown
Written by
Jimmy McGovern, Kathleen Potter, Chris Curry, Phil Redmond
Starring
Amanda Burton, Paul Usher, Dean Sullivan, Sue Johnston, Claire Sweeney, Gene Foad, Gillian Kearney, Helen Grace
Length
22 seasons, 2915 episodes, 90 min each
Network
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Languages
English

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