- 8.3/109 votesLoading...
#1 - Burglar Alarm
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1982
Roger has an alarm installed, Gordon is resentful, Lucy is being followed, Petra is ovulating and Barry is stabbed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1010 votesLoading...
#2 - Open House
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/29/1982
The Grants invite all their neighbours to their New Year's Eve party. Roger and Heather return home, and discover that their alarm has been tampered with, and Gavin has erected a multicoloured shed to house his cookers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jimmy McGovern
- 8.0/1010 votesLoading...
#3 - Humping
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1982
Barry makes Duane understand that boasting about his "conquest" of Karen was really not a very good idea. Meanwhile, Lucy is being physically intimidated at school.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
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#4 - Burgled
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1982
The whole close is burgled, but Petra has more reasons to be upset than most. Not only are her house contents not insured even though she works for an insurance company, but she is still not pregnant.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
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#5 - Home Improvements
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1982
Gavin plans revenge, Barry delivers his new doors, and Petra fills in her chart. Damon advises Karen to keep quiet about her decision for the moment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#6 - Ill-mannered
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1982
Lucy is rescued from a kiss under the mistletoe by one of her class-mates. Karen wants to go to a party instead of attending the midnight Mass. Derek makes a pass at Heather.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#7 - Bit of Business
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/28/1982
Barry is determine to get revenge on his attacker, Paul receives some encouraging news, but Petra is still feeling fed up and depressed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/109 votesLoading...
#8 - Christmas Spirit
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/22/1982
It is an upsetting Christmas for the Collins family, while Karen has a hangover, Bobby has an emergency meeting, Roger's burglar alarm goes off again, and Damon has no presents.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#9 - Insecurities
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1982
Roger does his Christmas shopping, all of which is then stolen. Bobby is under increased pressure to end the strike as Christmas approaches.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jimmy McGovern
- 7.7/109 votesLoading...
#10 - Intervention
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1982
Sheila is hassled, Bobby is pressurised, Gavin is visited by the council and given a week to dispose of his cookers, and Arthur dies.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1011 votesLoading...
#11 - Diminishing Returns
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1982
Heather wonders why Paul is always at home, Roger is becoming agitated about the cookers in the next garden, Karen's period starts, and a strike looks imminent.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
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#12 - Gav and Pet
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/1982
New neighbours arrive.......in a large frozen meat truck. Karen wants to persuade Bobby and Sheila to allow her to go on holiday, and Heather gets her revenge on Roger.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
- 7.6/109 votesLoading...
#13 - Property Values
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1982
A buyer for Gavin's cookers turns up at the Huntingtons'. Barry tries to persuade Sheila to bump up their insurance claim.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
- 7.4/1012 votesLoading...
#14 - Shortage
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1982
Paul registers for benefit, Lucy struggles at the local comprehensive.school, realising that her posh voice and background will be a disadvantage. Barry has a dodgy suggestion for Annabelle.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
- 7.3/1012 votesLoading...
#15 - Productivity
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/1982
Roger tries to assemble a shelving unit, despite having not enough screws and no instructions. Bobby plans a strike at work, and there are cookers on the move on the Close.......
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
- 7.2/1015 votesLoading...
#16 - Mass
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/1982
The Grants are taken to church by the Collins when there car breaks down and Heather wants Roger to come back to bed instead of watching what is going on in the Close.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
- 7.1/1012 votesLoading...
#17 - Cost
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/1982
Paul's digging amuses Damon and his friends. Barry tells a horrific tale of an accident on the building site. Karen brings home her new boyfriend, Demon Duane.......
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Redmond
- 7.0/1029 votesLoading...
#18 - Bollocks
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1982
Although he has nothing to go on, Paul Collins accuses one of his new neighbours of stealing his toilet. But Barry believes that Damon's poor spelling clears him of responsibilty for the graffiti found in Gordon's bedroom.
Director: Chris Clough
Writer: Phil Redmond
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#19 - The Real World
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1983
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Too Good To Be True
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/1983
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Individualism
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/1983
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#23 - Nothing's Easy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/18/1983
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#24 - The Poverty Trap
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/1983
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Brookside
Every episode of Brookside ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Brookside!
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Genres:SoapDrama
Network:Channel 4
Best Episodes Summary
"Burglar Alarm" is the best rated episode of "Brookside". It scored 8.3/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/14/1982. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Open House".