Brookside

Brookside
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Phil Redmond
Starring	List of characters
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2,915
Production
Executive producer(s)	Phil Redmond
Producer(s)	Colin Mckeown Paul Marquess Will Scarnell Lizzie Taylor Stuart Doughty Mal Young Christopher McCaw David Andrews David Hanson Jon East
Production location(s)	Liverpool, England
Production company(s)	Mersey Television (Lime Pictures)
Distributor	All3Media
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Picture format	4:3 (1982-1999) 16:9 (2000-2007)
Audio format	Dolby Stereo (1982-1990) Dolby Surround (1991-2002) Dolby Digital (2003-2007)
Original release	2 November 1982 (1982-11-02) – 4 November 2003 (2003-11-04)
Chronology
Related shows	Damon and Debbie (1987) South (1988)

Brookside is a British soap opera, set and shot in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The series began of the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982 and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003. Its cast include Dean Sullivan, Alex Fletcher, Anna Friel, Paul Usher, Sue Johnston, Claire Sweeney, Ricky Tomlinson, Ray Quinn and others.