When this series began on the opening night of channel 4 the world was clearly not ready for this groundbreaking soap set in Liverpool.
It was set on a suburban new build housing estate in Liverpool and featured several families from all walks of life.
The opening years focused on the everyday problems of life for most people in the early eighties and everything from school life to work life and general everyday problems were covered.
In many respects it resembled the old kitchen sink dramas of the 1950s and 60s but bad language and mild violence was thrown in as well as use of profanity.
Viewers back then were used to gentler material at this time of the evening so to say it all of this was ahead of its time was correct.
The writing and acting in the first 4 or 5 years was of an exceptional standard however once they started running out of ideas and went down the easy route of sleazy far fetched storylines it started to lose its way.
The end for me was in the late eighties and the arrival of annoying families and ridiculous storylines that continued until it's eventual demise in 2003.
Made big stars of several actors and actresses especially from these earliest episodes.
It was set on a suburban new build housing estate in Liverpool and featured several families from all walks of life.
The opening years focused on the everyday problems of life for most people in the early eighties and everything from school life to work life and general everyday problems were covered.
In many respects it resembled the old kitchen sink dramas of the 1950s and 60s but bad language and mild violence was thrown in as well as use of profanity.
Viewers back then were used to gentler material at this time of the evening so to say it all of this was ahead of its time was correct.
The writing and acting in the first 4 or 5 years was of an exceptional standard however once they started running out of ideas and went down the easy route of sleazy far fetched storylines it started to lose its way.
The end for me was in the late eighties and the arrival of annoying families and ridiculous storylines that continued until it's eventual demise in 2003.
Made big stars of several actors and actresses especially from these earliest episodes.