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Brookside will make a one-off comeback later this year (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\nEXCLUSIVE: Filming for Brookside will take place in SeptemberBrookside will make a one-off comeback later this year (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n
Two decades after Brookside disappeared from our screens, one of its best-known stars is heading back to cul-de-sac where it all began. Channel 4 has confirmed that the iconic Liverpool soap<\/a> will make a one-off comeback later this year and the first returning cast member has now been revealed.<\/p>\n Sue Johnston<\/a>, who became a household name as matriarch Sheila Grant, will reprise the role in a special crossover episode with Hollyoaks <\/a>to mark the latter’s 30th anniversary. Filming is set to begin this autumn on the original West Derby<\/a> street.<\/p>\n Sue, appointed OBE in 2009 for services to drama and charity, first rose to fame as Sheila in 1982 and went on to become a household name.<\/p>\n Outside of Brookside<\/a>, she is best known for her role in The Royle Family and was BAFTA-nominated in 2025 for her performance in Channel 4\u2019s Truelove.<\/p>\n Of her return, Sue said: “It\u2019ll be so lovely to go back and be Sheila for a day as it was such big, enjoyable part of my life.”<\/p>\n Brookside, Channel 4\u2019s first soap<\/a>, ran from 1982 until 2003 and earned a reputation for tackling hard-hitting, socially relevant storylines.<\/p>\n Sue’s character was central to many of its biggest plots. In 1986, her character was attacked, raped and beaten by a taxi driver, then in 1987, her youngest son Damon was stabbed to death in London.<\/p>\n Sheila later found love with Billy Corkhill (John McArdle), and the pair left Brookside in 1990.<\/p>\n Her return marks the first time Brookside Close will appear on screen since the soap ended, when Jimmy Corkhill (the late Dean Sullivan) altered the street sign to read ‘Brookside Closed’.<\/p>\n Hollyoaks, which began filming on part of the former Brookside set after the soap ended in 2003, will pay tribute to its predecessor in the anniversary special in October.<\/p>\n Executive producer Hannah Cheers said: “This episode is a love letter to both Hollyoaks and Brookside<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_GettyImages-637676862.jpg\")
Sue Johnston who played Sheila Grant. 6th October 1982(Image: Mirrorpix)<\/p>\n
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Actress Sue Johnston celebrates after receiving her OBE from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on November 5, 2009(Image: Ian Nicholson \/ WPA Pool \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n