[James2001]

A bit of a look, and the security lodge isn't visible on the 1982 titles, it can be seen later in the 80s though- still without security barrier, was that not added until a lot later, or is it still a shot from 1982 that just wasn't used until later opening titles? I find it hard to believe the barrier wouldn't have been there by the time the show was actually on air, or there'd be fans running onto the close all the time, even with security in the lodge.



Being filmed in real houses means Brookside always looked better on screen than the studio bound sets of other soaps, even now with improved cameras and lighting they still don't look as good as Brookie did.

A couple of things here- a Brookside episode guide (did used to be on a proper website, but only seems to be available as these text files now) which gives every episode a title (and, the last year or so when it was only the omnibus, there's still three titles for each one, so clearly still technically treated as three episodes, even though they were basically 90 minutes self contained stories by the end). Interesting they seemingly went to the effort of giving every episode a name when it was never used on screen. Also the way it's seemingly split up into 70 series which also seems pretty arbitrary. Though it looks like most notable changes to the show (new titles, rearranged theme tune, switch to 16:9, addition of the film look, even the episodes Sky One's repeat run began and ended with) do co-incide with the start of a new "series".

www.brooksideepisodes.com 

And also, the raw footage of the Magic Rabbits, seemingly the only thing that ever seemed to be on TV in Brookside:

www.youtube.com 

The audio's a bit strange, it begins with tone, then a lengthy silence, then we hear the theme music before finally hearing the on set audio. The whole thing is bizarre and even a bit creepy.