Brookside Bad News (Season 1, Episode 130)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Brookside

Bad News (Season 1, Episode 130)

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Molly believes that Alan has been taken for a mug, and tries to dispose of his photo of Samantha. Marie and Michelle are at loggerheads over who should stay on at number 10, but then they have an unexpected visitor bringing bad news.

Director

Desmond McCarthy

Writers

Andy Lynch (written by) (as Andrew Lynch) | Phil Redmond (devised by)

Producer

Nicholas Prosser (producer)

Composers

Dave Roylance | Steve Wright

Editors

John Parker | Ian Weston

Production Designer

Carol Sheeran (design)

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 25, 1984

Release date

Jan 25, 1984 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

8 wins & 12 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
11 cast members

Name	Known for
Bill Dean Harold Cross Harold Cross See fewer	Gumshoe (1971)
Amanda Burton Heather Huntington Heather Huntington See fewer	Marcella (2016)
Cliff Howells George Jackson George Jackson See fewer	G.B.H. (1991)
Anna Keaveney Marie Jackson Marie Jackson See fewer	Formula 51 (2001)
Allan Patterson Gary Jackson Gary Jackson See fewer	Brookside (1982)
Steven Patterson Little George Jackson Little George Jackson See fewer	Brookside (1982)
Dicken Ashworth Alan Partridge Alan Partridge See fewer	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Dinah May Samantha Davis Samantha Davis See fewer	Death Wish 3 (1985)
Tracey Jay Michelle Jones Michelle Jones See fewer	Brookside (1982)
Hilda Braid Molly Partridge Molly Partridge See fewer	101 Dalmatians (1996)
Sunny Ormonde Policewoman (as Sunny Ormond) Policewoman (as Sunny Ormond) See fewer	Graceless (2010)