Overview
- A special crossover episode airs today at 7pm on E4, bringing Brookside back to TV for the first time since 2003.
- Original cast members returning include Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Paul Usher, Philip Olivier, Suzanne Collins, Michael Starke and John McArdle, with Alex Fletcher also reprising Jacqui Dixon.
- Filming took place in September on the original Brookside Close in West Derby with exceptional permission from the owner and Liverpool Film Office, and the shoot was completed in a single day due to logistics.
- Producers say this is a one-off with no current plans for a full revival, though Ricky Tomlinson said he would consider returning and Louis Emerick suggested an eight-to-ten episode series as a possible format.
- All past episodes have been digitally restored and are available to stream from the start on STV Player through a Lime Pictures and All3Media International project.