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Brookside fans reacted well to Barry and Sue's romance and viewership ratings began to rise. [23] Mal Young decided to kill off Sue in a mystery whodunit murder storyline, following Miles' decision to leave the series. Brookside was nearing its 1000th episode and the production team wanted to create a memorable story to coincide with it. [24]
Brookside is a British television soap opera, set in Liverpool, England, which began on the launch night of Channel 4, 2 November 1982. It ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003. [2] It was produced by Mersey Television and conceived by Grange Hill and Hollyoaks creator Phil Redmond. [3] [4]
The child abandonment story was so controversial that it received more complaints than the show's incest story between Nat (John Sandford) and Georgia Simpson (Helen Grace). Despite the rise in viewer complaints, the show's creator Phil Redmond credited the story for helping Brookside regain half-a-million viewers to its television ratings. [24]
Ultimately, Damon's death led to the splintering of the Grant family within Brookside. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The character's funeral was watched by 7 million viewers, against Channel 4 's record rating of 8.4 million set in 2005, [ 33 ] and in The Daily Mirror , critic Clare Raymond claimed it to be one of the "most touching soap scenes". [ 34 ]
Trevor Jordache is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by Bryan Murray. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 8 March 1993. The character only appeared briefly in twelve episodes, but was a featured in one of Brookside's most controversial plots, the "body under the patio ...
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Karen Grant only appears briefly in the first episode, after she, brother Damon and their friends escape number 8 when Paul Collins opens the front door; her appearance is brief and uncredited, as she only has one line.
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