Brookside

Brookside is a British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of ChannelonNovember 1982, and ran foryears untilNovember 2003. Originally intended to be called Meadowcroft, the series was produced by Mersey Television and it was conceived by Phil Redmond who also devised Grange Hill and Hollyoaks .

The character Max Farnham, played by Steven Pinder, was introduced as a young, middleclass professional businessman in 1990 and he had a turbulent residence at numberBrookside Close. Patricia , his second wife, suffered breast cancer, and had to endure the regular returns of Maxs first wife, Susannah , who was determined to win him back, bringing their two young children Matthew and Emily in tow. The Farnhams original nanny, Margaret, also caused controversy when she began an illicit affair with DD Dixons brother, Derek OFarrell , a Catholic priest. their next nanny, Anna Wolska was sacked and forced into prostitution. Patricias parents David and Jean Crosbie moved into numberin 1993, and David took over the petrol station franchise on Brookside Parade. Jean and Patricia, meanwhile, opened up The Gift Box and Max relaunched Grants, a Restaurant on the Parade originally owned by Barry Grant. But after the birth of their second child, Alice, who was born with Downs syndrome, Max

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