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As an aside I always thought it was odd that Brookside had two characters with the same name (albeit spelt differently). You had Jacqui Dixon and Jackie Corkhill in at the same time.

Soaps, as a rule of thumb, tend to avoid having characters with the same name at the same time as it does be become confusing. If Jacqui D had married into the Corkhill family there would have been two Jacqui/Jackie Corkhill.

Jimmy: eh, Lindsey have you seen Jacqui/Jackie?
Lindsey: which one?

The only other I can think of that's similar is Bet and Betty in Corrie but they're different enough to not cause a problem. And of course Annie Walker used to refer to Betty as Elizabeth for the avoidance of doubt.

I'd never thought about that. Jacqui was normally called her full name by her father I think which perhaps helped, they kind of moved in different circles I guess. Particularly in the era when you Jacqui, Katie and Rachel flat sharing.