The name of the villain hung in the final episode of "Brookside" was a TV in-joke. What was he called and why?
Question #40764. Asked by gmackematix.
Last updated Sep 01 2016.
quickfire
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Jack Michaelson real name
Response last updated by looney_tunes on Sep 01 2016.
Nov 05 2003, 3:04 AM
Linus_337
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Michael Jackson is the name of a former boss of Channel 4, which screened Brookie. Show creator Phil Redmond blames Jackson's tampering with the scheduling of Brookside for its ultimate demise.
Response last updated by looney_tunes on Sep 01 2016.
Nov 05 2003, 6:30 AM
gmackematix
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Yay, quickfire for Jack Michaelson (pronounced to sound like "Jack Nicholson")! Yay to Linus for the reason.
Brookside bowed out after 21 years with an episode including the dispatch of this nasty drug-dealer by hanging him out of his own window.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/12/broadcasting.channel4