More than 5 catastrophic fires and explosions took place during Brookside 's final five years .
However , in another British soap opera first , the character of teenage cannabis smoker Matt Musgrove ( Kristian Ealey ) , immediately transferred to Brooksides sister-soap Hollyoaks where the character stayed until 2004.Despite the attempts to return to being a more realistic and issue-led soap opera again , Brookside had ultimately become synonymous with plots involving guns and explosions , with no fewer than six catastrophic fires and explosions taking place during the soap 's final five years .
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