Daily Star's Inside Hot TV newsletter sees Ed Gleave send you telly's hot takes straight to your inbox every SundayHit series Brookside won over legions of fans when it first aired in November 1982 on Channel 4 with its outrageous storylines and dramatic plots.
It stayed on screens for a whopping 21 years, ending almost to the day on November 4, 2003. The show was especially well-known for airing the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British television in 2004 and the first openly gay character on a British TV series, who was outed in a 1985 plot line.
Many of the stars of the show went on to have successful TV and film careers, while some decided to shun the spotlight and get a normal job.
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