Barry Grant

rdf:langString Barry Grant

rdf:langString Barry Grant

rdf:langString Barry Grant

rdf:langString Jimmy Grant

rdf:langString Theresa Nolan

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rdf:langString Joiner

rdf:langString Businessman

rdf:langString Labourer

rdf:langString "[Barry is] unable to enjoy close relationships, he leads a solitary existence, expresses little pleasure and is emotionally cold. His aloofness is experienced by the women in Brookside as different and exotic, a hint of the outside world. And of course there's his money. They think that Barry will look after them but they'd be very wrong. He is attracted to and repulsed by women, because of his exceptionally close relationship with his mother, Sheila. His Oedipal crisis has never resolved."

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rdf:langString —A Guardian writer analysing Barry.

rdf:langString Brookside: The Lost Weekend

rdf:langString Barry Grant is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by Paul Usher. The character debuted on-screen during the first episode of Brookside, broadcast on 2 November 1982. Barry is one of the show's original characters and the only character to appear in the first and final episodes of Brookside. Usher decided to leave Brookside in 1984, but returned the following year and remained a regular cast member until 1995. He then returned for guest stints in 1996, 1997 and 2003. Barry is characterised as a "hard man" and constant law breaker. Writers transformed Barry into Brookside's long-standing villainous character. Despite his hard man characterisation, Barry has a special relationship with his mother Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston). He would do anything to protect Sheila and to the extent that it created problems with his father Bobby Grant (Ricky Tomlinson). In his early years, writers portrayed a close friendship and double-act between Barry and Terry Sullivan (Brian Regan). Writers ended this when they created an affair between Barry and Terry's wife, Sue Sullivan (Annie Miles). Producers then turned Barry into a murderer when he kills Sue and her young son Danny, by pushing them off a scaffolding. The story helped celebrate Brookside's 1000th episode and was played out as a "whodunit" story, with viewers initially unaware that Barry was responsible. Another notable plot included scenes in which Barry threatens to kill a dog. The story created controversy with viewer complaints and news stories. Other stories include his association with gangster Tommy McArdle (Malcolm Tierney), his relationship with Tracy Corkhill (Justine Kerrigan) and her subsequent pregnancy. The character has proved popular with television critics and journalists, who often commented on Barry's numerous crimes and "bad boy" persona. Usher's performance was so memorable that Barry was still critiqued twenty years after Brookside was cancelled by Channel 4.

rdf:langString Eileen Salter

rdf:langString Margaret Jefferson

rdf:langString Helen Jefferson

rdf:langString Matthew Jefferson

rdf:langString Stephen Nolan

rdf:langString Joseph Nolan

rdf:langString Claire Grant

rdf:langString Simon Grant