Brookside Radio Trial

Channel 4 is to run a version of Brookside in 30-second episodes on commercial radio, for 2 weeks from Janaury 17. The radio episodes will promote a week’s worth of TV episodes, when the soap, which normally runs 3 times a week, will be shown on 5 consecutive nights.

As well as promoting the storyline the soap’s radio debut will also be treated as a pilot for a full-scale launch of Brookside on radio, if a sponsor can be found.