Brookside - The Close is Attacked by a Homophobic Gang (17/8/1988)

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@bobstermaher Жыл бұрын

Used to love Brookie. My favourite soap at the time. Me and an old pal used to watch it religiously and talk about the characters and where the storylines might head. Funny really thinking about it... Two 18 year old lads who went drinking and clubbing together on the pull every weekend but yet still found time to watch Brookie and chat for ages about it. Can't imagine my son doing anything like that!

@Nickpaintbrush 6 ай бұрын

I was the same, but at 19 watching the first episode then every week after lol

@tonyjonesbassoonwhippet2271 6 ай бұрын

My m8 Wayne was Brookie mad at the same age. Didn't matter what we were doing, when it was time for Brookside, he was off home😂

@Recklessvikingadventures 6 ай бұрын

Stv have started it from scratch were currently on episode 330

@jimbroadstent 5 ай бұрын

@@Nickpaintbrush too many blerts and scallies in dat

@colinroberts8319 Жыл бұрын

Loved brookside. It was in its element in the 80s.

@bobstermaher Жыл бұрын

Left the rest miles behind. Storylines were next level. Same can be said of the characters. Some proper cliffhangers which got you thinking all weekend

@dominewimbury2039 Жыл бұрын

The way Barry says "alright!" makes me lol. It's only because I was only three at this time, but I watched The Scousers sketches on Harry Enfield's Television Programme later on 🤣

@ferralpip Жыл бұрын

Alright Alright calm down calm down eh ya what laaa😂

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 11 ай бұрын

@@ferralpipits the way us scousers say it

@chrisbfreelance 6 ай бұрын

The leader of the gang played the builder in Alan Partridge series 2.

@mitchb77 6 ай бұрын

“You gotta do ya bench presses” etc 😂

@Mr_Sh1tcoin 6 ай бұрын

Go-on, show him ya toolbelt.

@Ray-M59 6 ай бұрын

“You’d make a good James Bond, Alan”

@mitchb77 6 ай бұрын

@@Ray-M59 Brilliant!! That scene is brilliant!

@swagalicious34 6 ай бұрын

@@Ray-M59Dr Nowt

@DaveyC95 Жыл бұрын

Sue Johnston was the best actor on the show..She's had a really good acting career since. John McArdle looks so young too lol

@dollyrawlins5470 Жыл бұрын

One of the best actors in Britain both her and Ricky Tomlinson

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 7 ай бұрын

@@dollyrawlins5470Caroline Aherne made the right choice with having Sue and Ricky as Denise's parents in the Royle family

@therespectedlex9794 7 ай бұрын

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 Gave her Peter Hooky a hard time though.

@loxism72 6 ай бұрын

@@therespectedlex9794so he says after she died. She's not here to deny it so Peter Hooks a scumbag. It's telling new order want nothing to do with him.

@Davidcross0121 6 ай бұрын

Watching early episode on stv and I can't believe how different Gordon looks.

@VengaboysRbackINtown 6 ай бұрын

It’s a different actor.

@glennveale4309 Жыл бұрын

God I feel nostalgic. What great days.

@FanVarious Жыл бұрын

Used to love Brookside back then.

@kevintraynor4508 6 ай бұрын

Wish they would bring this show back instead of showing crap like Big brother and love island

@jackcrawford3921 6 ай бұрын

It's on STV Player

@Griffo5446 5 ай бұрын

So true 👍

@88rtd Жыл бұрын

This is groundbreaking

@mattpoulter1832 Жыл бұрын

Barry vs the main lad.. they were working together in the DVD that wasn't made settling up

@BlowinFree 6 ай бұрын

Cous cous mentioned in brookside 1988!!!! Wow well before their time

@LdevArt 5 ай бұрын

Brookie always were pioneers. Best soap theres ever been

@TheBlackPrince447 6 ай бұрын

The acting is Oscar worthy 😂

@adrianpaisey3299 5 ай бұрын

😂

@Griffo5446 5 ай бұрын

I used to watch brookie regularly. Never missed an episode.

@johngilmore697 5 ай бұрын

Dutch girls must be punished for having big boobs

@deanishere7237 5 ай бұрын

I bet you wished you could have that time back now lol

@jamesmurray2345 6 ай бұрын

You woke me up, but answered the door straight away😅

@hilarityensues 6 ай бұрын

" Eh! Eh! Alright! Alright! Calm down! Calm down!"

@GhastlyCretin 6 ай бұрын

You wha?

@stevegordon5689 6 ай бұрын

@@GhastlyCretin G’Wed

@Kev-lfc10-163 6 ай бұрын

@@GhastlyCretincalm down, calm down.

@Svvithred 6 ай бұрын

Eh! Ya startin'?!

@Lordrixson5489 6 ай бұрын

The ring leader was the biggest puff there!

@lepreconlon5586 6 ай бұрын

He was probably insecure 🤣

@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb 6 ай бұрын

More than likely..

@bestbehave 6 ай бұрын

He was curious

@gregmcfarnon1140 6 ай бұрын

That's why he's the ringleader.

@BoysOnFilm 5 ай бұрын

Puff? Which time tunnel did you travel through?

@UpTheAnte1987 6 ай бұрын

I thought we were going to get a Westside Story song and dance at one point

@essen00cat 6 ай бұрын

Anyone else get this randomly recommended without even viewing any bs content 😅 ? Maybe they are trying to tell us something.

@AnyOldSite 6 ай бұрын

Closest thing I’ve watched recently that’s Scouse was a video of Pete Wylie walking around Liverpool, other than that, yes, me too.

@reynardbizzar5461 5 ай бұрын

Yes me too

@brettpritchard265 5 ай бұрын

I did yeah. Don't understand why. I watched Brookside years ago when I was a little kid but the algorithm can't know that.

@peterbrown8880 7 ай бұрын

That was a superb Soap in it's heyday, very fond memories of this episode

@MrDaveyboy125 6 ай бұрын

It's worse than Eastenders. It ain't even a soap - it's a melodrama.

@drexlspivey5828 6 ай бұрын

I had absolutely no idea until now that Brookside was actually a comedy

@spartybrearly7221 Жыл бұрын

These no-marks are lucky Bing wasn’t then living on the Close. The full force of the B.R.A would come tumbling down on them!

@Hulk2k6 Жыл бұрын

People still were pretty prejudiced in the 90s but had come a lot further than the 70s and 80s

@stephenmcconnell1000 Жыл бұрын

Canine excrement!

@mr.thegreat557 11 ай бұрын

Brookside was the best soap ever. They ruined it when they started employing actors who weren’t proper scousers.

@stevegordon5689 6 ай бұрын

Same with Emmerdale never knew the Yorkshire dales were so diverse!

@bobstermaher 6 ай бұрын

@@stevegordon5689 lol... I know exactly wym

@spudhead1161 5 ай бұрын

There was a few who weren't scousers in Brookside at the beginning.

@mr.thegreat557 5 ай бұрын

@@spudhead1161 that’s right. Those actors were originally cast to provide a class difference and add a deliberate dynamic to the show.

@spudhead1161 5 ай бұрын

@mr.thegreat557 I mean the ones pretending to be scouser, ie Sue Johnson.

@ifcukin8mufc168 5 ай бұрын

How times have fcuking changed ! Try that scene today ?

@dannyharrison9211 Жыл бұрын

I remember this episode when I was 10 loved brookside

@KebabMusicLtd 6 ай бұрын

I very well remember this very episode. The character who played Rodney's brother-in-law was later sacked from the show because he wouldn't agree to say some line. I think it was during this scene.

@lepreconlon5586 6 ай бұрын

Wow I never knew that, I remember he randomly just left and they barely mentioned it, that’s a bit unfair though sacking him for that.

@TheGuvOfWythenshawe Жыл бұрын

Literally two days after I turned 9 years old! 1988 alone was the year Margaret Thatcher brought in Clause 28, better known as Section 28 which led to a group of lesbian activists storming the Six O'Clock News on BBC ONE. Of course, Britain was very much a different place and homophobic articles about people who were either homosexual (or perceived to be as such) would of been in the gutter press and employers could even sack such people on the spot! Thankfully, it's a much better place now and homophobia is in a minority. Back on topic, Brookside was definitely ground-breaking and didn't (usually) border on the far-fetched side of things sister soap Hollyoaks (especially since around the back end of the 1990s onwards) often does as well as other soaps!

@davidjones6470 10 ай бұрын

I was 8, mad init,😊

@MiaMantri 8 ай бұрын

In a lot of ways it is better but in other ways there is still a long way to go. I'm an autistic transwoman and was subjected to a 10-year hate campaign that was transphobic and ableist in nature for trying to get reasonable adjustments. A lot of transphobia uses recycled arguments homophobes used in the 1980's. Don't get me wrong, I do think there is generally less homophobia than there used to be and I think there will be some people for whom things are easier now, I just feel there is a belief that it's all good now but there is still a lot more to be done. That said I do think that a lot of people see the past through rose-tinted glasses and I think classic soap scenes like this remind people of the reality of bygone eras and that it wasn't always as rosy as a lot of people would like to believe. Brookside was very much ahead of its time, it was never afraid to tackle hard-hitting and controversial issues.

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 7 ай бұрын

@@MiaMantriI'm gay and autistic got no time for hate crime like what you went through

@SCARFACE-gp4fy 6 ай бұрын

It was a fantastic place back in the day it was Great.

@ebakindeji5941 6 ай бұрын

So you think homosexuality doesn't harm anyone, eh?. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5u2onyugpJsgacsi=kmEaJj_55oT5kH7B kzbin.info/www/bejne/baOXpGptra-ceNksi=004jRdPoy8-lBlXW Tell that to the parents of those children.

@paulmajor8865 7 ай бұрын

Both Brookside and fellow northwest soap Coronation Street were the programmes of the day

@davidlondon2810 5 ай бұрын

Gordon’s father was the only one who hadn’t had a blow dry at the ‘air dressers 😂

@benpynemusic Жыл бұрын

Was all calming down until Sheila decided to throw her weight in and kick it all off

@RichardPonsford-kv2uy 6 ай бұрын

You might not know but brookside was actually a fly on the wall documentary

@Caz8142 3 ай бұрын

It was a soap opera, not a documentary

@RichardPonsford-kv2uy 3 ай бұрын

@@Caz8142 come on, It was a joke, I Used to love that show and I’m from Cardiff

@howardarends8309 5 ай бұрын

They are the worst put on scouse accents by that gang 😂😂😂

@badgermcspoon11 Ай бұрын

Forgot just how good Brookside was, I remember watching this at the time the close joining together.

@davidjones6470 Жыл бұрын

Good old Barry

@muk8804 Жыл бұрын

Though he was a triple murderer 🤹

@clareb8015 Жыл бұрын

Love Barry.

@slimjim4239 5 ай бұрын

is this a sketch from harry enfield

@prash_t 5 ай бұрын

Brookside was the first show I saw on Ch 4. An era when we only had 4 choices

@paulmajor8865 4 ай бұрын

Alan partridge was a Brookside character a few years before this

@VitoDuval 6 ай бұрын

Bring back Brookie !!!!!!

@IainFrame 5 ай бұрын

Actors pretending to be homophobic are unintentionally hilarious. The only profession more camp than actors is air flight crew (trolly dollies)

@David-vg8lx 5 ай бұрын

Best actors ever

@wiggywaggo9647 5 ай бұрын

Haha tremendous wasn't it

@johnhuggins1394 5 ай бұрын

Harry Enfields Scousers were based on the male characters in Brookside 🤣

@rudeboyranking642 5 ай бұрын

Fell asleep on couch but his hair is blown and dried 😂😂😂

@NECinho 5 ай бұрын

Are these professional actors? Or did they encourage keen amateurs in those days. Also that gang rocked up like something from the Wanderers / Warriors!!

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 Ай бұрын

Warriors come out to play warriors come ouuuttt to pla ey eyy 😂

@the_trooper_72 6 ай бұрын

I think the title of the video is a bit wrong.... Homophonic gang attacked by residents of brookside is better...

@jdooris83 Жыл бұрын

Funny how the leader of this gang would be in Settling Up with Barry(different character obviously)

@ruleyramundo 6 ай бұрын

Calm down, Calm down. A A A A A A A A A A A

@mackaybrown4847 5 ай бұрын

What happens does Barry Grant get with that other lads Mother? So many questions. Might start streaming from the beginning what season we on ?

@JOHNNY-zx1lc 6 ай бұрын

I miss England.

@Wrestoktwella 6 ай бұрын

We now live in a world of mobile phones

@davidjones6470 10 ай бұрын

3:40 love it,

@Mike--Oxmall 3 ай бұрын

My left ear really enjoyed this.

@Climinator-op6kh Жыл бұрын

Loved Brookie and it's Harry Enfield counterpart The Scousers. 😂🤣

@JazzFunk22 9 ай бұрын

Calm down Calm down 🎶🎶 🧔🏻

@budthechud9795 5 ай бұрын

The good old day's when gangs like that were the norm.

@dondraper2488 11 ай бұрын

They all shook hands then went in Ron Dicko’s garage for a bum….

@mr.thegreat557 11 ай бұрын

😂

@eddiebirch2067 6 ай бұрын

Funny as

@iliketowatchvideos47 5 ай бұрын

Watching this im glad its 2024 ffs wtf how depressing

@saxongreen78 6 ай бұрын

"Eh! Eh!... _CALM DOWN!"_

@tomakafrankconlon3207 6 ай бұрын

Can you get that Barb?

@englishchief373 6 ай бұрын

Bobby Grant and Twiggy along with Dave would've smashed em all....😆

@spunkychops7484 6 ай бұрын

Let the bumming begin !

@VitoDuval 6 ай бұрын

😂

@iliketowatchvideos47 5 ай бұрын

Intelligent

@davidjones6470 Жыл бұрын

Classic!!!!

@damiendonaghy1638 6 ай бұрын

What excellent acting 😅😅😅

@johnjoyce341 Жыл бұрын

Was that Andrew Sachs from Fawlty Towers.

@therespectedlex9794 7 ай бұрын

The old fella? Don't be daft soft lad. Isn't it funny. Just because their old Dad seems gay doesn't mean they should be. Good old 1988.

@waynewalters4987 6 ай бұрын

This is top tier. Hahaha

@Eltonlaleham Жыл бұрын

1988 was a bloody horrible year and I was only 19 that year sadly and I wish I had been 25 or even 30.

@bobstermaher Жыл бұрын

Why was it horrible? 1988 was a cracking summer and the music scene was changing dramatically!

@rbrb288 Жыл бұрын

He didn't, did he ?

@therespectedlex9794 7 ай бұрын

Why horrible? Kylie Minogue, Sinclair Spectrums, no Internet...

@Eltonlaleham 2 ай бұрын

@@bobstermaher I was an age I hated been and also, I did not back then know stuff that I have learnt since and also I was more easily lead by nasty fake exfriends of mine.

@bobstermaher 2 ай бұрын

@@Eltonlaleham fairs

@D-777i 3 ай бұрын

Ahhhh....1988, twas a good year.

@bio-plasmictoad5311 6 ай бұрын

My mother was mad about brookside.

@paulyc454 5 ай бұрын

Wait… was jimmy part of the gang? I didn’t start watching Brookie til about 1990 ish

@bigfish5705 6 ай бұрын

Better than the crap these days

@iliketowatchvideos47 5 ай бұрын

Was it? 😂

@stephenkissane4268 3 ай бұрын

It's the builder from Alan partridge!

@nickgreen105 6 ай бұрын

So much denim.

@stevensharp5135 6 ай бұрын

Shame for the old fella at his time of life.

@rudeboyranking642 5 ай бұрын

Just couldn’t beat a bit of Brookie

@ianandy1234 5 ай бұрын

“Alright, Alright calm down!”

@herrgrift7720 5 ай бұрын

Joey Barton's dad

@purpleonmymind Жыл бұрын

So funny, forgotten all about this episode 😅

@paulmajor8865 8 ай бұрын

I was 4 nearly coming to 5 when this was aired

@0flan 5 ай бұрын

Day do doh don't da do. Love brookie it was grrrrreattt. Sof lad .

@westminsterwatcher5152 Жыл бұрын

DES TAVINER WOW!

@SnookerMafia-or6nu 6 ай бұрын

Alright there Reggie babe.

@westminsterwatcher5152 6 ай бұрын

@@SnookerMafia-or6nu 😂😂😂😂

@bestbehave 6 ай бұрын

Ronnie Pickering???

@matj88 6 ай бұрын

Who? Someone famous 😅😅

@meisterlymanu5214 6 ай бұрын

garlic bread was invented in 88.

@jdh6752 6 ай бұрын

Why didn't they just use their mobiles to phone the police?

@iliketowatchvideos47 5 ай бұрын

Durrrrr

@TheCryptoRat 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@therespectedlex9794 7 ай бұрын

Friggin ell! Just who are the gays? Look at that thumbnail.

@dononeeye9912 6 ай бұрын

They were preventing brookside from becoming puffside 😂

@justinboon3811 3 ай бұрын

The old boy was just about to get stuck in calm down

@hugoboss5895 5 ай бұрын

Like all uk soaps the land the close was built on was cursed. The only luck you ever have is bad😂

@mehere3013 6 ай бұрын

dont get quality like.this now ,

@DCI-Frank-Burnside 5 ай бұрын

Alright! Calm down, calm down.

@Marvindorfler1 6 ай бұрын

This Is how things actually go down in real life. Totally accurate portrayal

@RhythmEmotions 4 ай бұрын

What time was this on lol swearing and slurs

@amib7309 4 ай бұрын

it was hardly swearing and also in terms of slurs it was ‘88 so like i don’t think many people would have been that bothered tbh

@RhythmEmotions 4 ай бұрын

@@amib7309 Just soaps now have zero swearing I grew up watching brookside just can't remember time it aired and calling someone a dickhead lol if it happen on emmerdale offcom would be swamped