Best Brookside Character Poll

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Really, if I've missed anybody out, don't tell me...

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Karen Grant (most bizarre unexplained soap exit ever) 3
Harry Cross 3
Tommy McArdle 2
Georgia Simpson 2
Jimmy Corkhill MILLENNIUM ARCH 2
Billy Corkhill ("If only it were that easy eh?") 2
Sinbad Sweeney "Array we're going to Matabeleland c'mon Mandy get the girls!" 2
Patricia Farnham 1
Julia Brogan 1
Bev Dixon 1
Max Farnham 1
Jan Murray 0
Diane Murray (Bernie Nolan!) 0
Christy Murray 0
Josh McLoughlin 0
Marty Murray 0
Steve Murray 0
Graham Norton 0
Nolan Sisters 0
Matty "Matty Lad" Nolan 0
Ryan Musgrove 0
Niamh Musgrove 0
Matt Musgrove 0
Luke Musgrove 0
Joey Musgrove 0
Kelly Musgrove 0
Anthony Murray (Ray Quinn!) 0
Adele Murray 0
Deborah Lawson 0
Eleanor Kitson 0
Michelle Jones 0
Mick "Mich" Johnson 0
Leo Johnson 0
Jerome Johnson 0
Gemma Johnson 0
Ellis Johnson 0
Gerry Marsden 0
Jack Michaelson 0
Kate Moses (the nurse what got shot in the siege) 0
Susannah Morrissey 0
Dan Morrissey 0
Robbie Moffat 0
Clint Moffat 0
Brigid McKenna 0
Debbie McGrath 0
Suzie Michaelson 0
Elaine Johnson 0
Alec O'Brien 0
Derek O'Farrell 0
Jules Simpson 0
Danny Simpson 0
Bel Simpson 0
Nikki Shadwick 0
Margi Shadwick 0
Jason Shadwick 0
Greg Shadwick 0
Victoria Seagram 0
Nat Simpson 0
Ollie Simpson 0
Them Two Blokes Out The Swinging Blue Jeans Like 0
Petra Taylor 0
Gavin Taylor 0
Terry Sullivan 0
Sue Sullivan 0
Mike Stevens 0
Marcus Sneddon 0
Sizzler 0
Sammy Rogers 0
Katie Rogers 0
Alan Partridge (no relation) 0
Gary Parr 0
Gaby Parr 0
Tim O'Leary 0
Melanie O'Leary 0
Emily O'Leary (Jennifer Ellison!) 0
Carmel O'Leary 0
Ben O'Leary 0
Samantha Partridge 0
Peter Phelan 0
Lyn Rogers 0
Frank Rogers 0
Geoff Rogers 0
Chrissy Rogers 0
Darren Roebuck 0
Kathy Roach 0
Leanne Powell 0
Lance Powell 0
Mark Wilcox0
Carl Banks 0
Lindsey Corkhill 0
Kylie Corkhill 0
Jimmy Corkhill Jr 0
Jackie Corkhill 0
Doreen Corkhill 0
Diana Corkhill 0
Paul Collins 0
Lucy Collins (Katrin Cartlidge RIP) 0
Sheila Corkhill/"Sheila Queen" Grant 0
Rod Corkhill (the bizzie) 0
Jonathan Gordon-Davies 0
Nathan Cuddington 0
Edna Cross 0
Penny Crosbie 0
Jean Crosbie 0
David Crosbie 0
William Corkhill 0
Tracy Corkhill 0
Gordon Collins 0
Annabelle Collins 0
Shelley Bower 0
Nicholas Black 0
Heather Black/Huntingdon (Amanda Burton) 0
Nisha Batra 0
Sarah Banks 0
Rosie Banks 0
Lee Banks 0
Eddie Banks 0
Josie Brooks 0
Ducksie Brown 0
Margaret Clemence (Nicola Stephenson) 0
Stephen Choi 0
Michael Choi (The Chinese Detective!) 0
Caroline Choi 0
Helen Carey 0
Cheryl Boyanowsky 0
Dave Burns 0
Lisa Burnett 0
Laura Gordon-Davies 0
Anthea Dixon 0
Ian Hendry (can't remember the name of his character) 0
Gizzmo Hawkins 0
Peter Harrison 0
John Harrison 0
Barbara Harrison 0
Ralph Hardwicke 0
Damon Grant 0
BOBBY GRANT SOUR MILK WILL TASTE LIKE CHAMPAGNE TO ME! 0
Jessie Hilton 0
Ray Hilton (Kenneth Cope!) 0
Beth Jordache 0
Mandy Jordache 0
Marie Jackson 0
Little George Jackson 0
George Jackson IS INNOCENT! 0
Gary Jackson 0
Roger Huntingdon 0
Louise Hope (Lisa Faulkner!) 0
Barry Grant 0
Stuart Gordon 0
Katrina Evans 0
Christopher Duncan 0
Stephen Dudlow 0
Tony Dixon ("Artoni A"/"Our Tony Eh") 0
Ron "Nora Nassy" Dixon 0
Rachel Dixon 0
Mike Dixon 0
DD Dixon 0
Alice Farnham 0
Emily Farnham 0
Ruth Gordon 0
Kirsty Gordon 0
Debbie Gordon 0
Ali Gordon 0
Alan Gordon 0
Thomas Farnham 0
Matthew Farnham 0
Jacqui Farnham 0
Trevor Jordache 0


Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:03 (seventeen years ago)

He says realising he's missed out the Polish nanny who turned up in Heartbeat *sigh*

Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:04 (seventeen years ago)

God these were mostly all unbearable at some point.

Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:05 (seventeen years ago)

Easy, Jimmy Corkhill

Tom D., Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:06 (seventeen years ago)

Got to be Billy Corkhill.

I watched Brookside religiously from about 85 to 97, but most of these names mean nothing to me.

nate woolls, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:07 (seventeen years ago)

Maybe vote for Patricia Farnham for being top Milf.

Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:09 (seventeen years ago)

I'm going for Tommy McArdle. Always my favourite soap hard man.

Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:10 (seventeen years ago)

Ah, I forgot Harry Cross!

Tom D., Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:16 (seventeen years ago)

The Dixon family = scum.

Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:18 (seventeen years ago)

It has to be Karen - if only because I was a smitten with her as a youth.

Either her or a joint vote for Ralph'n'Harry.

Stevie T, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:19 (seventeen years ago)

I was talking about Polish Nanny Who Turned Up In Heartbeat in the pub the other day, although in the context of That Thing That She Did With Nick Berry Where He Was A Coastguard.

WHERE IS SPOOKY SIMON AND HIS WEIRD CULT EXPLOSION NONSENSE?

aldo, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:28 (seventeen years ago)

OMG EATED POST WTF. Spooky Simon! Eeeek.

Back say maybe 10 years ago there was a Brookie relaunch press jolly involving bussed-down cast members and the thirstier members of the fourth estate. I WATCHED CARNAGE THROUGH FINGERS. You wanted to hug the woman who played Jackie Corkhill and already Claire Sweeney = punchables.

Where is the Sinbad love? Oh, hard not to vote for Corkhill, J purely for The One Where He Necks An E At Home.

suzy, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:29 (seventeen years ago)

Max Farnham, due to the absense of scary Simon.

Ste, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:40 (seventeen years ago)

Yes where IS Spooky Simon AARGH!

Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 12:01 (seventeen years ago)

Memories of ill-directed adolescent lust tips it for Karen Grant.

Venga, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 12:09 (seventeen years ago)

Harry Cross ftw.

onimo, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 13:01 (seventeen years ago)

incest ponce family ftw

That mong guy that's shit, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 13:06 (seventeen years ago)

WHERE IS SPOOKY SIMON AND HIS WEIRD CULT EXPLOSION NONSENSE?

Yeah, this is who I've been scrolling up and down the list trying to find!

NOT Jimmy Corkhill, please. Really really unbearable in the last few years.

DavidM, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:10 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Monday, 24 March 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Julia Brogan

jed_, Monday, 24 March 2008 01:13 (seventeen years ago)

Creme de la crime me.

jim, Monday, 24 March 2008 01:17 (seventeen years ago)

Someone used to run a jimmycorkhill.com but it's no longer going. Was an imitation of the personal site that Jimmy had in the show.

jim, Monday, 24 March 2008 01:18 (seventeen years ago)

I've only ever seen the first episode (as part of Channel 4's birthday weekend) so I may be slightly behind.

I liked how they got around the absence of one of the main characters by putting her in the bathroom for the whole episode.

JTS, Monday, 24 March 2008 14:41 (seventeen years ago)

More like Jimmy Cockhill amirite?

Noodle Vague, Monday, 24 March 2008 14:50 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

The peak era of Brookside was when Jimmy C was on smack and ran over Ron Dixon's son. GRIPPING.

Bodrick III, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 00:03 (seventeen years ago)

Fuck this vote! I can't even remember Karen Grant!

jim, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 00:07 (seventeen years ago)

I'm going to poly.

Alba, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 00:18 (seventeen years ago)

It might have been Karen who was in the toilet for the whole first episode. Her acting was superb.

JTS, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 09:12 (seventeen years ago)

This was the only British soap I liked, and they cancelled it about a month after I started watching :/

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 09:27 (seventeen years ago)

My fave Brookie storylines:

Corkhill and his son on smack, trying to get off it.

Hippy kid who grew weed and sold mystical new age "shadstones".

Ron Dixon's mysterious double "Dick Ronson" who also had a food van.

Anna Friel being a lesbian and murdering her crazy Irish dad.

Sinbad wrongly accused of being a paedo by a deaf kid he was looking after.

Nat and Georgia, generally.

Bodrick III, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

The one where Bobby Grant jumped the shark and provoked Ricky Tomlinson's departure, i.e. latter stages of strike where he donated all his wages to the union and drove Sheila Queen away with his Lear-esque tormented howls of "I'll pour this sour milk on me cornflakes every morning and it will taste like CHAMPAGNE to me!"

Also whatever plot it was where Alan Partridge wanders around the close, drunk, clutching lampposts and howling at the moon.

Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 10:18 (seventeen years ago)


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