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FILMED IN THE SAME STUDIO AS HOLLYOAKS, BROOKSIDE WAS BIG BUSINESS FOR lnsidesoap DURING THE MAG’S FIRST DECADE...

“We were only kids back then!”

Pre-hollyoaks, Alex Fletcher spent 12 years in Brookside as Jacqui Dixon, and often featured in Inside Soap…

“Just the other day, Tiffany Chapman [Rachel Jordache in Brookie] texted me a pic she found in her loft of a shoot we did,” says the star. “We looked okay, but we were only kids. We were lucky, because our press office wouldn’t let us do anything too sexy as we were too young. I’m grateful for that.

“I do miss Brookside,” continues Alex. “It was a massive part of my life…”