Rent a piece of TV history as Brookside Close home goes on the market

It was once the most popular close on television. And now fans have an opportunity to live in it for real as a property in Brookside Close goes on the market to rent.

The three bedroom property is in Liverpool’s Brookside Close, found in the north west of the city.

The Channel 4 soap opera regularly attracted audiences of more than eight million during its heyday in the 1980s and early 1990s.

It was different from other soap operas of that time as it was filmed in real, brand new homes.

Brookside was conceived by Phil Redmond, who also devised Grange Hill and Hollyoaks. He was particularly keen on buying an entire ‘close’ of houses in an attempt to add to the show’s realism.

Famous storylines included that of the ‘body under the patio’ and the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British television between actresses Anna Friel and Nicola Stephenson.

The series began in 1982 and ran for 21 years until November 2003.

The unfurnished property is available to rent from the end of this month for £690 through lettings agents Belvoir in West Derby.