Beth Jordache: Last News

BROOKSIDE gave us TV’s first pre-watershed lesbian kiss and kickstarted the careers of some of the nation’s best-loved stars including Anna Friel and Sue Johnston. First airing in November 1982, the Channel 4 soap was set in Liverpool and filmed on an actual close built especially for the show. Aside from that kiss between Beth Jordache and Margaret Clemence, it had some iconic storylines before it came to an end in November 2003 - including the incestuous love affair between brother and sister Nat and Georgia Simpson.

Brookside.The actress, who starred in telly drama Marcella and a string of films including Rogue Trader, Goal! and a Midsummer Night’s Dream, said her grandma hated her pre-watershed snog with Nicola Stephenson in the since axed Channel 4 soap.Anna, 45, said she has spent the best part of 30 years trying to live it down even though it helped land her a National Television Award and turned her a star.She told The Chap magazine: "I never want people to forget that I come from Rochdale, but I’d like them to forget I did Brookside."Looking back, all that controversy with Brookside was a good start, it made people know who I was but hopefully - and not just because I kissed a girl on telly - for all the right reasons."My grandma said she hated me kissing that girl."Now I hope you won’t be doing that anymore', she said 'None of that old nonsense'."My mum only said, 'I don’t really like that, Anna'.

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