Brookside Guide.....Season Thirty Five.....

by the "Brookside Expert "

BROOKSIDE - SEASON THIRTY-FIVE (39 episodes)
[Episodes 1401-1439]

The episodes:

Episode 1401 (M 25-04-94 'Bail') Written by Valerie Windsor - Jackie watches as the charges against Jimmy stack up. Penny gets the chance to tell her side of the story, but will it do more harm than good? The residents find something out about Eddie and Rosie's younger son.

Episode 1402 (W 27-04-94 'Punishment') Written by Shaun Duggan - Revelations, confrontations, unwanted visitors and some surprising decisions all play a part in David's residents meeting.

Episode 1403 (F 29-04-94 "On The Television") Written by Valerie Windsor - An unscheduled breakfast television appearance of David interrupting Penny's GMTV interview causes acute embarrassment at the Farnhams', and amusement in other households. The Banks family have a major decision to make. Rachel and Lee are banned from seeing each other. Jimmy feels he is a hopeless case.

Episode 1404 (T 03-05-94 "Outing") Written by Joe Ainsworth - Penny has to live up to Clive's past, as there is a punch-up at the Crosbies' and a revelation that Clive's affair went on for ten years. Max has a problem choosing a cleaner, and it is time for Chris to meet the rest of Beth's family. During a trip to New Brighton, Rachel spots Beth and Chris snogging, and realises that they are more than just good friends.

Episode 1405 (W 04-05-94 "Lesbians") Written by Joe Ainsworth - Simon and Barry seem to be set on a collision course. Jimmy is persuaded to go to a drugs clinic. A year after she helped to murder her father, Beth is worried that Rachel will expose a much more recent secret to Mandy.

Episode 1406 (F 06-05-94 "Blackmailing") Written by Joe Ainsworth - Chris refuses to come to tea unless Beth tells Mandy about their affair. Simon and his gang litter the Close with their propoganda, and when Penny lands a job in a store's crockery department, she celebrates by making eyes at Barry.

Episode 1407 (T 10-05-94 "Guest") Written by Maurice Bessman - Mandy is finally given the chance to get to know to Chris, and takes the opportunity to show her photographs of Beth when she was younger. Jimmy is finding it hard to survive, and turns to Jackie for help. Eddie decides to fight back.

Episode 1408 (W 11-05-94) Written by Maurice Bessman - Rosie goes to face Lee's persecutors, with dire consequences for everyone, especially Mick, who averts a nasty accident but ends up in an ambulance himself. Meanwhile, Barry continues his play for Penny.

Episode 1409 (F 13-05-94 'Discharged') Written by Maurice Bessman - Jimmy goes one step too far in his never-ending search for a fix, as both he and the television go missing when Mandy and Sinbad are invited to tea. Mick suddenly finds himself hailed as a local hero by Carol, but Marianne is furious with him for nearly getting himself killed. The Banks family try to adjust to a new life.

Episode 1410 (T 17-05-94) Written by Nick Saltrese - Jackie is close to breaking point as Jimmy's slide continues. But Barry provides a reference, and promises that there will still be a job at the club for Jimmy. Max has two cleaners when he only needs one.

Episode 1411 (W 18-05-94 "Surprised") Written by Nick Saltrese - As Jimmy's court appearance gets nearer, Jackie is worried but supportive, and Ron is supportive of Jackie even though he wants Jimmy to be locked up. Sinbad's mother is withholding vital information, and Beth and Chris are meant to be babysitting at the Farnhams'. However, David pops in unexpectedly, and discovers that is not all they are doing.

Episode 1412 (F 20-05-94 "Nerve") Written by Nick Saltrese - Jimmy is due in court for sentencing, and has to be persuaded to attend by Jackie and Sinbad. David is so determined to talk of nothing else but Beth and Chris's lesbian affair that Jean kicks him out. She does, however, throw a duvet after him.

Episode 1413 (T 24-05-94 'Cleaners') Written by Susan Pleat - Jimmy faces a bleak future as he contemplates life from his prison cell at the beginning of a nine-months sentence, and tells Barry that Jackie must not see him this way. Penny's life hangs in the balance as she seeks a way of ending her depression.

Episode 1414 (W 25-05-94) Written by Susan Pleat - Mike jumps a man loitering outside the Banks home, and is shocked to find that it is Carl, back on the Close after deserting the army and abandoning his wife. Soon, he has his eye on Beth. Meanwhile, Barry is caught with his trousers down.

Episode 1415 (F 27-05-94 'Flatmate') Written by Susan Pleat - Barry is the centre of gossip when his new flatmate moves in. Eddie faces a crisis at work. Mandy risks losing Sinbad for good when Ruth has a telephone call from her brother Jake in Australia inviting her and Sinbad to join him there.

Episode 1416 (T 31-05-94 "How Do You Know?") Written by Shaun Duggan - Max's business partnership with Barry proves dangerous as he discovers one of the secret "overheads" of the trade when local hard-man Kenny Maguire calls asking for protection money. Mike and Carl continue their pursuit of Beth and Chris, until Beth reveals that she and Chris are an item.

Episode 1417 (W 01-06-94 'Steam') Written by Chris Curry - Eddie and Rosie try their utmost to repair Carl and Sarah's marriage. Mo, desperate to lose weight, is found half-way down a drainpipe.

Episode 1418 (F 03-06-94 'Invited') Written by Chris Curry - David is angry that Patricia has asked Beth to babysit again, reveals that she is a lesbian, and rants on so much that Jean decides to leave him, explaining that she has had a similar experience herself. Max and Barry's restaurant seems doomed before it has opened. Is Mandy prepared to lose Sinbad?

Episode 1419 (T 07-06-94 "Gobsmacked") Written by Peter Cox - Barry's birthday takes an unexpected turn. David has moved into the spare room, and doesn't want to know about his anniversary party. Beth is determined to tell her mother she is seeing Chris, but only when the time is right. Max learns that Barry has his own way of dealing with vandals.......he has a gun.

Episode 1420 (W 08-06-94 'Suit') Written by Peter Cox - David tries to come to terms with Jean's past, by getting drunk and trying to burn letters Jean received from her female lover. Mandy must decide whether to declare her love for Sinbad, or lose him forever. Barry takes Max to buy a new suit, and prepares to begin his own eviction process at the Rogers' house.

Episode 1421 (F 10-06-94 "I Want You Around") Written by Peter Cox - Just as Sinbad is about to go to Australia, Mandy finally asks him to stay. Patricia is not impressed by Max's new look, but he is more concerned with the problem of Kenny Maguire, who reappears and offers to "insure" the restaurant for £2,000.

Episode 1422 (T 14-06-94 "Job") Written by Nick Saltrese - Things go from bad to worse for Eddie when Carl gets a job. Penny calls in a few favours to help Barry. Max manages to raise £2,000 for Kenny, and believes his troubles are over. But Kenny then suggests a further payment, and moves on to put the squeeze on Mandy and Sinbad.

Episode 1423 (W 15-06-94 "Kissing") Written by Nick Saltrese - Barry makes Penny an offer. Mandy is on the point of kissing Sinbad for the first time, when she is distracted by the sight of Beth being caught on camera in a passionate embrace with Chris. Ron and Mike agree to have tests to decide who is the father of Josh.

Episode 1424 (F 17-06-94 'Separate Lives') Written by Nick Saltrese - Bev makes arrangements to find out the identity of Josh's father. Barry decides to have a word with Max. After getting so near to a first kiss, Sinbad tries again, but Mandy is furious when he confesses that he already knew Beth was seeing other women. Jean is disappointed when David announces that they will be living separate lives from now on.

Episode 1425 (T 21-06-94 "Teaching") Written by Shaun Duggan - Mandy tells Beth she knows she is having a relationship with Chris. After Eddie refuses to give him a lift, Carl goes with Sarah to check out their chances of getting a council house. Barry is unsuccessful in his efforts to dislodge the cult, sustaining injuries while trying to tear down the boards from his windows. But he finds a way of leaving Kenny Maguire in no doubt that he and Max are not going to pay him protection money.

Episode 1426 (W 22-06-94 "Renegotiating") Written by Valerie Windsor - Kenny repays £2,000 to Barry, and is charged a further £100 for the concrete poured into his car - but then goes round to convince Mandy to combine all her other debts into a regular single payment to him. When David refuses to eat the meal Jean has made for him, she throws it into his lap. Beth tries to explain to her mother that she likes women, and it is not just a phase that she is going through. Sinbad visits Jimmy in prison, and encourages him to send Jackie a visiting order.

Episode 1427 (F 24-06-94 "Good Timing") Written by Shaun Duggan - Although Mo warns Carl that she will break his legs if he breaks Sarah's heart, he arranges a date with one of his neighbours. Max tries to persuade Barry to re-think his planned methods for regaining access to his house. Simon has an invitation for Katie, giving her the opportunity to do something with her knee that she has wanted to do for a while. Mandy chooses an unfortunate time to confront Chris about Beth - during an examination one is invigilating and the other is sitting.

Episode 1428 (T 28-06-94 "Letter") Written by Joe Ainsworth - Bev is desperate to intercept the mail before Ron sees the letter revealing the test results, and accidentally discovers a dark secret that Ron would rather remained covered up. Chris sends Beth to sort things out with Mandy, but she soon returns and begs to stay. Carl's marriage in on the rocks again.

Episode 1429 (W 29-06-94 "Plan Of Action") Written by Joe Ainsworth - Jacqui is on the warpath, with Carl in her sights - but then turns down his offer to stay out of her life, forgives him and indicates that a knock on her door would not be unwelcome. Beth is disappointed that Chris is not as keen for her to move in as she hoped. Bev opens the envelope which will reveal the identity of Josh's father.

Episode 1430 (F 01-07-94 'Father') Written by Joe Ainsworth - Max is confident of evicting Simon and his cult from the Close, but Barry has some alternative plans in reserve in case he fails. After discovering who Josh's real father is, Bev asks Jackie for advice on how she can hold on to Ron, then rushes off to slip into something tempting.

Episode 1431 (T 05-07-94 "Passion") Written by Barry Woodward - Bev plans some serious seduction, attempting to sleep with Ron at every opportunity so that she can have his baby. Sarah is not convinced that Rosie is as keen as Eddie that she and Carl get back together. Barry takes the law into his own hands, but his attempt to dislodge the cult with the help of his gun goes disastrously wrong as he is disarmed, tied up and held prisoner behind the barricades.

Episode 1432 (W 06-07-94 "Saving") Written by Barry Woodward - Mandy visits Chris and tells her that she will report her to her bosses if she doesn't break up with Beth. Carl tries to break up with Sarah, but she insists that they keep trying, or he won't see Rebecca. Ron is finding it difficult to cope with Bev's demands in the bedroom, and dozes off at the "Trading Post" counter. Barry is suspected of having gone broke and done a runner - but he is a prisoner of Simon's cult.

Episode 1433 (F 08-07-94 "Rumours") Written by Barry Woodward - Bev wants some advice about aphrodisiacs from Jackie. Chris tells Beth their relationship is over. As rumours spread that he has gone to Spain, Barry's ordeal continues, he is getting nowhere by appealing for sympathy from his old friend Terry, and there seems to be no escape for him as Simon intends to relax and take his time over his "conversion".

Episode 1434 (T 12-07-94 "So Stupid") Written by Nick Saltrese - A tired Ron is still attempting to evade an amorous Bev. On the verge of submitting to Simon's will, Barry makes an attempt to escape, but stumbles on the stairs and falls. Meanwhile, a desperate Max agrees to Penny forging Barry's signature on a cheque. Mandy debates whether or not to tell Beth the truth about Chris.

Episode 1435 (W 13-07-94 "Threatened") Written by Nick Saltrese - Barry is conscious again, and suffering from a sore head. Simon reckons that the real trouble is elsewhere, and prepares to exorcise Barry's soul. Beth skips the Banks' party to go and find out why Chris ended their relationship. When she returns, she tells Mandy that she is leaving home for good. Rachel also takes time out from the party, and sneaks a bottle of cider and Lee into the garden. Meanwhile, Jacqui and Sarah are rivals for Carl's affections, and David's plans for a quiet evening go up in flames.

Episode 1436 (F 15-07-94 "She Hates Me") Written by Nick Saltrese - Simon is determined to break Barry's will and force him to sign over ownership of the house. Ron attends a family celebration, but does a swift runner when DD becomes emotional. He goes to a waiting Bev, who insists upon yet another trip to the bedroom. Sarah learns some home truths.

Episode 1437 (T 19-07-94 "In Demand") Written by Maurice Bessman - There is still no sign or word from Beth, and Mandy, fearing the worst, starts to ring hospitals. Max and David, two worried men, try to get their houses in order with Bev's help before their wives return. DD agrees that Bev can attend Mike's graduation, and Simon decides that the rest of the cult must move on, leaving him to deal with Barry alone.......

Episode 1438 (W 20-07-94 "On The Move") Written by Maurice Bessman - David is pleased to see the cult members leaving, but then finds out that Simon and Terry are staying. Max visits Jimmy in prison to try to find out where Barry might be, but Bev reveals to Patricia that he has disappeared. Carl is surprised to discover Sarah working at the pizza parlour, and that she doesn't want him in her life any more. Jean does her best to spoil David's card school.

Episode 1439 (F 22-07-94 "Day Of Revelation") Written by Maurice Bessman - Terry shaves off his beard and prepares to start a new life. Patricia wants Max to go to the police, but he is concerned that they will find out about Penny's forgery. It is Mike's graduation day, and both Bev and DD have chosen the same hat. Rachel is interrupted while entertaining Lee in her bedroom, and Barry discovers that Simon plans to make a powerful political statement by blowing the house up.

The cast:

RESIDENTS:
Eddie Banks - PAUL BROUGHTON (1417, 1420, 1425, 1431, 1432, 1437)
Rosie Banks (nee McGee) - SUSAN TWIST (1405, 1417, 1427, 1431, 1432)
Carl Banks - STEPHEN DONALD (1417, 1420, 1425, 1427, 1431, 1432, 1438)
Lee Banks - MATTHEW LEWNEY (1417, 1439)
Jackie Corkhill (nee Walker) - SUE JENKINS (1405, 1425, 1433)
Jimmy Corkhill - DEAN SULLIVAN (1405, 1426, 1438)
David "Bing" Crosbie - JOHN BURGESS (1420, 1426, 1437, 1438)
Jean Crosbie - MARCIA ASHTON (1420, 1426, 1437, 1438)
Penny Crosbie - MARY TAMM (1405, 1420, 1425, 1426, 1431-1433)
DD (Deborah) Dixon (nee O'Farrell) - IRENE MAROT (1420, 1425, 1437, 1439)
Ron Dixon - VINCE EARL (1425, 1431-1433, 1437, 1439)
Jacqui Dixon - ALEXANDRA FLETCHER (1427, 1439)
Mike Dixon - PAUL BYATT (1427, 1439)
Max Farnham - STEVEN PINDER (1405, 1420, 1425, 1427, 1432, 1433, 1437-1439)
Patricia Farnham (nee Crosbie) - GABRIELLE GLAISTER (1405, 1426, 1427, 1437-1439)
Thomas Farnham - KIERAN WARHAM (1437)
Barry Grant - PAUL USHER (1405, 1420, 1425-1427, 1431-1433, 1438, 1439)
Mick Johnson - LOUIS EMERICK (1420, 1438)
Marianne Dwyer - JODIE HANSON (1420)
Gemma Johnson - NAOMI KAMANGA
Leo Johnson - LEEON SAWYER
Mandy Jordache (nee Dutton) - SANDRA MAITLAND (1405, 1420, 1425-1427, 1431, 1432, 1437)
Beth Jordache - ANNA FRIEL (1405, 1420, 1425-1427, 1431, 1433, 1439)
Rachel Jordache - TIFFANY CHAPMAN (1405, 1425, 1439)
Katie Rogers - DIANE BURKE (1427)
Terry Sullivan - BRIAN REGAN (1405, 1420, 1431-1433, 1437-1439)
Sinbad (Thomas Sweeney) - MICHAEL STARKE (1426, 1437)

RECURRING CHARACTERS:
Sarah Banks - ANDREA MARSHALL (1417, 1425, 1427, 1431, 1432, 1437, 1438)
Rebecca Banks - LAURA MANGEN (1431, 1432)
Julia Brogan (nee Roberts) - GLADYS AMBROSE
Simon Howe - LEE HARTNEY (1405, 1425, 1427, 1431-1433, 1437-1439)
Caroline Lewis - LOUISE IRONSIDE (1431, 1432, 1438)
Mo McGee - TINA MALONE (1417, 1425, 1427, 1432)
Bev McLoughlin - SARAH WHITE (1420, 1425, 1431-1433, 1437, 1439)
Josh McLoughlin (1425, 1437, 1439)
Milkman - JOHN WHITEHALL (1439)
Chris Myers - MARIA FRANCIS (1427, 1431-1433)
Ray Piper - DUGGIE BROWN (1438)
Adrian Roache - JOHN BASHAM
Carol Salter - ANGELA WALSH
Garry Salter - STEPHEN DWYER
Ruth Sweeney - MARY HEALEY

NEW CHARACTERS PLAYED BY RETURNING PERFORMERS:
Martin Glenister - COLIN MEREDITH [ Tanker Driver (743) / Head Waiter (1064) ]
Paul Heery - GRAEME EDLER (1405) [ Detective Sergeant Peters (570, 571) ]
Kenny Maguire - TOMMY BOYLE (1425, 1426) [ Raymond (266, 268, 270, 271) / Mr Tony Mann (478) ]
Joey Woods - CHRIS DARWIN [ Eric Harrison (17, 25, 26, 146, 149) ]

NEW CHARACTER:
Sandra Pennington - PADDY NAVIN (1404)

APPEARING AS THEMSELVES:
EAMONN HOLMES (1403)
LORRAINE KELLY (1403)

UNCREDITED CHARACTERS WITH NAMES:
Bob, card player (1438)
Johnny, card player (1438)
Susie, cult member (1431)

The storylines:

Bev finally discovers that Josh is not Ron's son, and plans to have another baby that is. Jimmy finally discovers that crime does not pay - he is imprisoned for nine months. Mandy finally discovers that she doesn't want to lose Sinbad, and that Beth is having a lesbian relationship with one of her lecturers. So does David, and this surprisingly leads to a very strained atmosphere with Jean at the bungalow. Carl wants out of the army and his marriage to Sarah, Eddie has troubles at work, and Penny meets her late husband's mistress, then maybe a potential new husband, Barry! But when he attempts to use the same strong-arm tactics that have proved to be effective in other circumstances to evict Simon's cult from the house he has bought, he is taken hostage, and his new business partner Max thinks he has been abandoned and may lose everything. Simon intends that the house will be blown up after he and Terry leave, but the timer he uses for his bomb may not be quite as accurate as he thinks.......

The dates:

It is May Day bank holiday in episode 1404, and it is the Spring bank holiday in episode 1416. Based on dialogue in episode 1425, in which it is not Friday or Saturday, it was Friday in episode 1424; and it is Midsummer's Day in episode 1427. It is summer in episode 1433; and, based on dialogue in episode 1437, it is Friday in episode 1439. There is a 1994 Year Planner on the wall of Chris's office in episode 1427.

Name-checks:

"Dick Turpin" (1404); "Viz" and its character "Millie Tant" (1405); "Steely Dan" (1411); KD Lang (1416); "Home And Away" (1419); "MacVicar", who did an Open University degree in prison (1426); Jeremy Beadle (1427); Tom Cruise (1427); "M-People" (1427); "Marie Celeste" (1431); "Worzel Gummidge" (1432); "Dire Straits" (1433); the "Bay City Rollers" (1433); Jack the Ripper (1437); Rip van Winkle (1438); Quasimodo (1438); Norman Wisdom (1439).

Locations:

Although most of the action in this season is set in or near Liverpool, there are some London-based scenes in episode 1403, and several scenes of Beth, Rachel, Lee and Chris in New Brighton in episode 1404.

Births:

None. Patricia's baby is due in a few weeks / in four weeks' time (1433 / 1438); and it is Penny's birthday in episode 1412. It is Carl's 21st birthday in episode 1435; Sarah is seen helping Rebecca to write a birthday card for him in episode 1431, in which he is "21 next week", and in episode 1432 he is still 20. We are also told that Rachel is 15 (1404), Beth is nearly 19 (1431) / 18 (1432) / over 18 (1437), and Jackie is 40 (1433). Katie is not yet 18 in episode 1427, and Ron claims to be 20 years older than Bev in episode 1433.

Marriages:

None. It is David and Jean's 40th wedding anniversary in episode 1423.

Deaths:

None. Mentioned, but no longer alive, are Mandy's mother (1420) and Patricia's grandmother [Jean's mother] (1426).

Toilet visits:

Beth (1407); and, during the same scene in episode 1427, Katie (there and back within 54 seconds) and Carl (there and back within 41 seconds).

Mentioned, so far unseen, but just possibly going to be glimpsed later:

Chantelle, a friend of Rachel (1405, 1425).

Gone but not forgotten - seen previously and still mentioned occasionally, but not reappearing in this season:

Clive (1403, 1404); Margaret (1419, 1426, 1427); Peter Harrison / the Harrisons (1426 / 1427); Geoff (1427); Sammy (1427); Oscar Dean / Oscar (1433 / 1438); Ron's father (1437); Tony (1439).

Mentioned, but destined to remain unseen forever:

Mike Reynolds, who Beth said she was going to marry when she was 10 (1407); Ruth's brother in Australia (1411, 1415, 1416); Jane, from Jean's past (1419, 1423, 1426); Mr Hobbs in Hatfield Lane, a plumber that Jean recommends to Mandy (1426); Peter Johnson, Beth's anatomy lecturer (1431); Caroline's father (1431); Mrs Dean, Oscar's wife (1433); Sarah's mum and dad in Reading (1437).

Goofs:

In episode 1432, Max invents a new word as he tries to decide between "signatures" and "signatories" - "As it is, I haven't even got any counter-signaturies for the cheques." - and in episode 1433 he omits his fifth word, "too": "I've been a bit busy to keep on top of things.".

Trivia:

Patricia, in the back of whose car the logo "Cheshire Brothers" can be seen (1433), was in labour for twelve hours when Thomas was born (1438). Sarah got a "D" in her Home Economics exam (1438), and Mike graduates as a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (1439). Beth (1405, 1427), Mandy (1426), Rebecca (1431) and Sarah (1431) are all right-handed.

A "Shop Unit To Let" sign, bearing the name "FLETCHER'S" and the telephone number 051 676 8866, can be seen on the parade in episodes 1425, 1427, 1431 and 1432; and a "For Sale" sign bearing the name "Shannon Estates" and the telephone number 051 269 5610 can be seen outside number 10 in episodes 1404, 1406, 1425 and 1431.

"Blink-and-you-miss-it" moment:

Episode 1403 includes scenes of Penny being interviewed on GMTV, shown as if they were being transmitted live on breakfast television, complete with captions and a clock in the corner of the screen, showing times between 8.15 and 8.30 that matched closely with the times in the evening at which this episode was originally broadcast!

The end-of-season cliffhanger:

As Max and Patricia are leaving their home to go and report Barry's disappearance to the police, Simon sets the timer of his bomb and, believing that they have thirty minutes to get clear, goes upstairs with Terry to untie Barry and set him free. Beth, about to leave number 10, waves to Max and Patricia as they drive past - and, just as she turns back to lock the front door, the bomb explodes.......

Season Thirty Six.......