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

[@bobstermaher]

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]

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

[@tonyjonesbassoonwhippet2271]

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]

Stv have started it from scratch were currently on episode 330

[@Eddyscadaver]

@@Nickpaintbrush too many blerts and scallies in dat

[@colinroberts8319]

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

[@bobstermaher]

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

[@preparetoholdyourcolour7080]

90s kid and this show was a big part of my childhood

[@chrisbfreelance]

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

[@mitchb77]

“You gotta do ya bench presses” etc 😂

[@Mr_Sh1tcoin]

Go-on, show him ya toolbelt.

[@Ray-M59]

“You’d make a good James Bond, Alan”

[@mitchb77]

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

[@swagalicious34]

@@Ray-M59Dr Nowt

[@dominewimbury2039]

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]

Alright Alright calm down calm down eh ya what laaa😂

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

​@@ferralpipits the way us scousers say it

[@DaveyC95]

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]

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

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

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

[@therespectedlex9794]

​@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 Gave her Peter Hooky a hard time though.

[@loxism72]

​@@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]

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

[@VengaboysRbackINtown]

It’s a different actor.

[@glennveale4309]

God I feel nostalgic. What great days.

[@TheBlackPrince447]

The acting is Oscar worthy 😂

[@adrianpaisey3299]

😂

[@FanVarious]

Used to love Brookside back then.

[@Griffo5446]

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

[@johngilmore697]

Dutch girls must be punished for having big boobs

[@deanishere7237]

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

[@kevintraynor4508]

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

[@jackcrawford3921]

It's on STV Player

[@Griffo5446]

So true 👍

[@88rtd]

This is groundbreaking

[@BlowinFree]

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

[@LdevArt]

Brookie always were pioneers. Best soap theres ever been

[@hilarityensues]

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

[@GhastlyCretin]

You wha?

[@stevegordon5689]

@@GhastlyCretin G’Wed

[@Ron-Lfc10-163]

​@@GhastlyCretincalm down, calm down.

[@Svvithred]

Eh! Ya startin'?!

[@mattpoulter1832]

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

[@jamesmurray2345]

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

[@peterbrown8880]

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

[@MrDaveyboy125]

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

[@drexlspivey5828]

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

[@UpTheAnte1987]

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

[@Lordrixson5489]

The ring leader was the biggest puff there!

[@lepreconlon5586]

He was probably insecure 🤣

[@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb]

More than likely..

[@bestbehave]

He was curious

[@gregmcfarnon1140]

That's why he's the ringleader.

[@BoysOnFilm]

Puff? Which time tunnel did you travel through?

[@badgermcspoon11]

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

[@essen00cat]

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

[@AnyOldSite]

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]

Yes me too

[@brettpritchard265]

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.

[@mr.thegreat557]

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

[@stevegordon5689]

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

[@bobstermaher]

@@stevegordon5689 lol... I know exactly wym

[@spudhead1161]

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

[@mr.thegreat557]

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

[@spudhead1161]

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

[@IainFrame]

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

[@dannyharrison9211]

I remember this episode when I was 10 loved brookside

[@spartybrearly7221]

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]

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

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

Canine excrement!

[@ifcukin8mufc168]

How times have fcuking changed ! Try that scene today ?

[@slimjim4239]

is this a sketch from harry enfield

[@KebabMusicLtd]

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]

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.

[@paulmajor8865]

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

[@davidlondon2810]

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

[@RichardPonsford-kv2uy]

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

[@Caz8142]

It was a soap opera, not a documentary

[@RichardPonsford-kv2uy]

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

[@prash_t]

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

[@mackaybrown4847]

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

[@paulmajor8865]

Alan partridge was a Brookside character a few years before this

[@NECinho]

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]

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

[@TheGuvOfWythenshawe]

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]

I was 8, mad init,😊

[@MiaMantri]

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]

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

[@SCARFACE-gp4fy]

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

[@ebakindeji5941]

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.

[@johnjoyce341]

Was that Andrew Sachs from Fawlty Towers.

[@therespectedlex9794]

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.

[@tomakafrankconlon3207]

Can you get that Barb?

[@the_trooper_72]

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

[@howardarends8309]

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

[@David-vg8lx]

Best actors ever

[@wiggywaggo9647]

Haha tremendous wasn't it

[@davidjones6470]

Good old Barry

[@muk8804]

Though he was a triple murderer 🤹

[@clareb8015]

Love Barry.

[@benpynemusic]

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

[@paulyc454]

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

[@johnhuggins1394]

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

[@davidjones6470]

3:40 love it,

[@damiendonaghy1638]

What excellent acting 😅😅😅

[@VitoDuval]

Bring back Brookie !!!!!!

[@bestbehave]

Ronnie Pickering???

[@matj88]

Who? Someone famous 😅😅

[@rudeboyranking642]

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

[@preparetoholdyourcolour7080]

Well it was the 80s LMAO

[@Mike--Oxmall]

My left ear really enjoyed this.

[@Wrestoktwella]

We now live in a world of mobile phones

[@Climinator-op6kh]

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

[@JazzFunk22]

Calm down Calm down 🎶🎶 🧔🏻

[@jdh6752]

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

[@iliketowatchvideos47]

Durrrrr

[@TheCryptoRat]

😂😂😂

[@jdooris83]

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

[@budthechud9795]

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

[@Eltonlaleham]

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]

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

[@rbrb288]

He didn't, did he ?

[@therespectedlex9794]

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

[@Eltonlaleham]

@@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]

@@Eltonlaleham fairs

[@spunkychops7484]

Let the bumming begin !

[@VitoDuval]

😂

[@iliketowatchvideos47]

Intelligent

[@bigfish5705]

Better than the crap these days

[@iliketowatchvideos47]

Was it? 😂

[@englishchief373]

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

[@dondraper2488]

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

[@mr.thegreat557]

😂

[@eddiebirch2067]

Funny as

[@iliketowatchvideos47]

Watching this im glad its 2024 ffs wtf how depressing

[@purpleonmymind]

So funny, forgotten all about this episode 😅

[@JOHNNY-zx1lc]

I miss England.

[@ruleyramundo]

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

[@therespectedlex9794]

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

[@davidjones6470]

Classic!!!!

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

My mother was mad about brookside.

[@stevensharp5135]

Shame for the old fella at his time of life.

[@D-777i]

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

[@paulmajor8865]

I was 4 nearly coming to 5 when this was aired

[@0flan]

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

[@rudeboyranking642]

Just couldn’t beat a bit of Brookie

[@stephenkissane4268]

It's the builder from Alan partridge!

[@shahedmc9656]

I remember the characters but not Jamie. Could anyone elaborate on Jamie - on his plotline to jog my memory. Seems quite streetwise.

[@pablodelnorte9746]

Jamie was Tracy Corkhill's boyfriend.

[@shahedmc9656]

@@pablodelnorte9746 thanks.

[@pablodelnorte9746]

@@shahedmc9656 No worries. I can't remember much more about him either. Can't believe it was 36 years ago 😱.

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

He'd get it

[@TheRealD4]

Funny how they stereotype the shirtlifters with a posh effeminate accent 😂😂

[@waynewalters4987]

This is top tier. Hahaha

[@mehere3013]

dont get quality like.this now ,

[@hugoboss5895]

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

[@nickgreen105]

So much denim.

[@meisterlymanu5214]

garlic bread was invented in 88.

[@dononeeye9912]

They were preventing brookside from becoming puffside 😂

[@PeterGreen-t8c]

Where was Yosser Hughes when you needed him?

[@ianandy1234]

“Alright, Alright calm down!”

[@Marvindorfler1]

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

[@herrgrift7720]

Joey Barton's dad

[@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb]

Er er er calm down calm down… Don’t they don’t 😂😂😂😂😂

[@westminsterwatcher5152]

DES TAVINER WOW!

[@SnookerMafia-or6nu]

Alright there Reggie babe.

[@westminsterwatcher5152]

@@SnookerMafia-or6nu 😂😂😂😂

[@MrDaveyboy125]

UGH! The Scouse accent has to be the worst in the world!

[@cupidstunt22]

Dey do do dat don't dey

[@paulmajor8865]

Billy punched the ringleader in the stomach

[@martyneary7026]

Aye...you erd...do one, will ya

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

Alright! Calm down, calm down.

[@justinboon3811]

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

[@Dangerman5]

After all these years now we know the gang was on the right side of history

[@davidparry5310]

How does it feel to know that you're losing?

[@Dangerman5]

@@davidparry5310 I’m joking

[@craig3627]

Many a truth comes out in jest!

[@davidparry5310]

@@craig3627 Pathetic bigot.

[@fpvDRE]

loved brookie haha

[@Rts22375]

A gang looking for a fight but run off .. first punch thrown .. 😂 that's like spurs trying to win a cup

[@VitoDuval]

Barry Grant 😂👍🏼

[@pamills66]

Calm down! Calm down!

[@36ajames]

Never realised when I used to watch it just how hammy and crap the acting was.