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Old Brookside

I watched old Brookside on Living for years. Then, with no warning, it switched to Sky 1 about six months ago. Last week, again out of the blue, it finished, in the middle of the storyline. Where's it...
11:55 Mon 26th Nov 20012 answers, last by allen ives 11:08 Sat 15th Dec 2001
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George Orwell's recordings

Where can Joan (and me) hear George Orwell's recorded voice?
14:23 Thu 08th Nov 20014 answers, last by sgs 10:25 Thu 22nd Nov 2001
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Oil be seeing you

Birchy and Boatman had a minor spat a couple of months ago in these columns, concluding in Boatman asking Birchy what 'oil' was for in rhyming slang. I'm still waiting for an answer. What is oil in...
14:09 Thu 08th Nov 20013 answers, last by fountalnpen 23:37 Sat 25th Sep 2004
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What is the origin of the phrase 'Down the banks'?

She gave him 'down the banks' - Liverpool slang for giving someone a good hiding, metaphorically or actually. But why 'down the banks'? Where are the banks?
14:05 Thu 08th Nov 20011 answer, last by dogfrank 08:05 Sat 24th Nov 2001
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Brewster's what?

A new (well, new to me) slang term heard recently on Channel 4's Brookside is 'brewstered', meaning well-off, and in 'he's well brewstered, he is'. Who was the eponymous B and how did he get rich?
14:03 Thu 08th Nov 20012 answers, last by mcfc1976 12:20 Wed 14th Dec 2005
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Short actors...

Why are so many TV and film actors very short (for example Lovejoy, Morse, Brookside, and so on)?
12:18 Thu 12th Apr 20012 answers, last by jbeputnam 18:54 Thu 19th Apr 2001
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Weakest Link

The show is obviously edited, but the music is continuous. Is it dubbed on afterwards? And what happens in the studio proper, between rounds?
11:20 Thu 05th Apr 20011 answer, last by FionaS 11:57 Fri 18th May 2001
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Jet-streams/contrails

Nearly all high-flying planes leave contrails. However, I often see small planes, apparently jets, flying at similar high altitudes, which leave no trail. How is this possible?
11:01 Thu 29th Mar 20011 answer, last by Isaacr 10:24 Tue 03rd Apr 2001
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Jet-streams

Why do some aircraft produce jet-streams while others don't? And they're not really 'jet'-oriented, as WW2 bombers made them, too.
13:33 Thu 22nd Mar 20011 answer, last by sabrinah 14:18 Wed 28th Mar 2001
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Hello v Hi

Anyone else noticed the correlation on University Challenge between teams introducing themselves by 'Hello' rather than 'Hi' and their subsequent success in the programme? Is it explained by engaging...
15:52 Fri 16th Mar 20012 answers, last by shedman 11:54 Fri 18th May 2001
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Brookside.

Apart from the Murray's unseen mutt, why are there no dogs or cats in Brookside Close? They used to have pets, didn't they?
14:43 Sat 10th Mar 20013 answers, last by rut 10:39 Wed 09th Jan 2002
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Horse butcher in Italian

What do modern-day Romans call the shop where they buy horse meat, raw or cooked? Both Italian and English translation, please
19:14 Sun 18th Feb 20012 answers, last by Hgrove 13:45 Tue 08th Nov 2005

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