(25 Sep 2014, 8:27 pm)AdamY wrote Could it be this episode?

(25 Sep 2014, 8:34 pm)Dan wrote It sounds familiar, but I don't know whether it's just another episode that I remember or not...

Found some clips of the episode entitled "Frontline", which also looks very familiar, but not sure whether it's the same as above or not.

(25 Sep 2014, 8:38 pm)AdamY wrote As bombs seem to be a regular occurrence on the streets of Sun Hill - it is hard to distinguish between episodes. 

Living in the Borough of Canley is nearly as bad as taking up residence in Brookside Close.

(25 Sep 2014, 8:38 pm)AdamY wrote As bombs seem to be a regular occurrence on the streets of Sun Hill - it is hard to distinguish between episodes. 

Living in the Borough of Canley is nearly as bad as taking up residence in Brookside Close.

(25 Sep 2014, 8:43 pm)aureolin wrote Remind me where Des Taviner came from?

(25 Sep 2014, 8:45 pm)AdamY wrote Barry Grant claimed to be living in Blaydon in the last ever episode of Brookside.

(25 Sep 2014, 8:51 pm)aureolin wrote I remember haha. Didn't he arrange for Jimmy Corkhill (now there was a character!) to be kidnapped and sent up that way? I loved his character in both The Bill and Brookside. I wish something came of 'Setting Up'.

(25 Sep 2014, 9:01 pm)AdamY wrote Yup. The reason being that he wanted Jimmy's approval to marry his daughter Linsday. He could have just rang...

You're right though, the story of Barry Grant should have reached a satisfactory conclusion.

I feel cheated.

(25 Sep 2014, 9:18 pm)AdamY wrote Such an odd pairing but one that worked. Des gave Reg an added dimension to his character; it's a shame he was killed-off really although I couldn't see his character being used in the similar manner to Don Beech or Zain Nadir - an ex-copper providing information while behind bars.

Paul Usher is another actor who's all but disappeared from our screens. I surprised he never moved onto something else.

(27 Sep 2014, 7:29 am)aureolin wrote I ended up watching the Lost Weekend last night. Paul Usher is brilliant in it.

(27 Sep 2014, 11:42 am)AdamY wrote Yeah I've been watching a few old Brookside clips on YouTube too.

I think I started watching around the time of when a cult was occupying one of the houses on the close. Obviously, Barry Grant was involved in that storyline but it's been interesting to watch things prior to this such as his showdown with Terry Sullivan (Grant had just admitted to causing the deaths of Terry's wife and son); a fight with Jimmy Corkhill (where Jimmy surprisingly batters Barry); and his strange partnership with Oscar Dean over the past few days.

Lost Weekend is the one with the Finnegans isn't it?

(01 Nov 2014, 11:56 am)AdamY wrote Debated which thread to put this, but since it contains a specific reference to The Bill, I've decided to stick it here.

Last night, I was waiting behind a woman in a queue whilst waiting to purchase something. The woman was filling in an application for something or other and, to be honest, I wasn't really paying much attention until I heard her name - Jasmine Allen.

Of course, the Jasmine Allen Estate, a recurring location featured in The Bill immediately sprang to mind.

It brought a smile to face!

(01 Nov 2014, 12:40 pm)aureolin wrote

Been watching The Bill on Drama lately? Sun Hill fire has not long happened.

(09 Jan 2015, 11:08 am)Andreos1 wrote Caught it the other day and Leanne from Coronation Street is playing a lesbian. Forgot she was in it for a short while.
Des Taviner was trying to 'convert' her, but panicked when she started to play the game and pretended to come on to him.

(09 Jan 2015, 7:54 pm)aureolin wrote The Bronte turf wars episodes were on recently too, which was Adam Okaro's first few episodes. Not to mention Phil Hunter getting down with a school kid!

(09 Jan 2015, 7:57 pm)MurdnunoC wrote As did Matt Boyden. You can't trust the police in Sun Hill.

(09 Jan 2015, 7:59 pm)aureolin wrote Didn't he get involved with DI Nixon's daughter too?

Kidnapped by Dr. Hugh Wallis

After she turned him down again, DS Samantha Nixon's life was thrown into turmoil when ex lover, profiler Dr. Hugh Wallis abducted Sam's daughter and eventually came clean, as Abigail was trapped in a container. He told Sam You need to know how it feels to hurt. To lose someone you truly care about. Abigail was rescued but there was no evidence on Hugh, and to add insult to injury, he embarked on a relationship with Abigail, and she became pregnant, and they planned to marry. Nixon went too far, abducting Abigail, who had been drugged by Wallis, while DS Phil Hunter distracted the control freak. When cornered by CID and Wallis, Nixon and her daughter rekindled their relationship, and Abigail named Hugh as her abductor.