25-01-2023, 08:09 PM
Interesting news - and although a shame it's not in it's natural home it will do much more for STV Player than All4 and will be as much about bringing an audience to their other content as it is to watching Brookside itself.
Personally having just completed the 35 episodes of Home and Away My5 have made available for the shows 35th anniversary I do prefer a curated approach around key episodes rather than everything but I think the success of the classic soaps on ITV3 and Drama show there is an audience for it. Whether 5 episodes a week is enough to maintain interest I don't know - at least with 10 they can basically cover a year of the 80s every 10 weeks and have things move along a bit quicker, but on the other hand perhaps people are more likely to be able to spare two and a half hours than five hours.
I do find with these things though you only need to watch a bit to get your nostalgia fix - it's too much of a commitment to watch the whole thing.
Personally having just completed the 35 episodes of Home and Away My5 have made available for the shows 35th anniversary I do prefer a curated approach around key episodes rather than everything but I think the success of the classic soaps on ITV3 and Drama show there is an audience for it. Whether 5 episodes a week is enough to maintain interest I don't know - at least with 10 they can basically cover a year of the 80s every 10 weeks and have things move along a bit quicker, but on the other hand perhaps people are more likely to be able to spare two and a half hours than five hours.
I do find with these things though you only need to watch a bit to get your nostalgia fix - it's too much of a commitment to watch the whole thing.