Brookside

Brookside was a soap opera based in Liverpool, which was introduced with the new British television channel, Channel 4. Produced by Mersey Television, it aired from the network's first night on November 2, 1982 until low ratings called for its cancellation. The final episode was broadcast on November 4 2003.

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It became well known for its tackling of realistic and socially challenging storylines. In the 1990s it began raising more controversial and sensitive issues under the guidance of new producers such as Mal Young. It is especially well-known for broadcasting the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British television in 1994.

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Liverpool: Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough on Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary....

Channel 4: Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). It was created by an Act of Parliament and started broadcasting on November 2, 1982. Unlike the nation's long established public service broadcaster, the BBC, it does not receive public funding. All ...