“It was the scene of murder, drug dealing and hostage-taking but now Brookside Close is due to be sold to the highest bidder."

"The Liverpool cul-de-sac used in gritty Channel 4 soap opera Brookside is being auctioned, with a £650,000 guide price.” So says the BBC.

Brookside was gritty? No. Brookside was the biggest piece of fictional claptrap since Britney claimed to be a virgin. It was as gritty as she was covered in baby oil the first night Justin got his nuts in.

The show was pulp, crap and awful at once. I am not sorry to see the houses sold and I am a bit annoyed they are newsworthy. In fact, didn’t The Sun report this a few weeks ago? Poor form Aunty Beeb. Headline stuff for the currant* though, 'cos it's good old British news innit. Everything’s fine in Africa by the way, my mate Robert just text me to say the Cholera problem has definitely gone away.

* Currant. Rhyming slang for The Sun* *
* * The Sun. Trashy tabloid newspaper