The maker of Brookside actually requested that the Merseyside Helicopter 'appear' in the episode under discussion. We politely declined!!! Whatever we may think about the content of this programme, and, however we may protest, we can not control the script, which was, by all accounts, already 'cast in stone' at time of the invitation. When all said and done this is a free country, and hopefully the viewers will know the difference between fact and fiction. That said we are now just sitting and awaiting the fallout (no pund intended) from the residents of Liverpool after the screening. What is also unfortunate is the time of year, we are already considered a legitmate target for all the kids with their Bonfire Night rockets. (Bonfire Night is the UK celebration of Guy Fawkes' gunpower plot to blow up the Houses of Parliment a few centuries ago)
