Damon and Debbie

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Damon and Debbie
Damon presents Debbie with some roses
Genre	Soap opera/Drama
Running time	60mins
Creator(s)	Phil Redmond
Starring	Simon O'Brien Gillian Kearney
Country of origin	UK
Original channel	Channel 4
Original run	4 November 1987–18 November 1987
No. of episodes	3

Damon and Debbie was a three-part 'soap bubble' from Brookside, broadcast late on Wednesday evenings on Channel 4 in November 1987, with an omnibus edition over the Christmas period of that year. A Mersey Television production, it was written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, directed by Bob Carlton, and produced by Colin McKeown.

1 Plot
2 Music
3 Main cast
4 External link

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Episode one

The series followed teen sweethearts Damon Grant (O'Brien) and Debbie McGrath (Kearney) absconding to York from their disapproving parents in Liverpool because of the class-divide.

The couple temporarily squatted on a boat they renamed "True Romance", until they were evicted when the owner returned, sending their sign of True Romance floating away down the Ouse.

They chose York because it was one of the universities Debbie wished to attend: the first episode saw her at an open day. Damon planned to begin a painter/decorator business. Debbie's family, hostile towards Damon, began the hunt for them after discovering a York University prospectus in her bedroom.

[edit] Episode two

The second episode saw the couple visit Morecambe, with computer programmer Kirk (Iain Ormsby-Knox) and Goth Papadum-packer Jenny (Michelle Holmes). They then moved to Bradford, where Damon worked as a groundsman at Valley Parade (reflecting, in an interior monolgue, upon the fire there a year earlier). Here, they stayed with friends Patrick (Lyndam Gregory) and Apala (Seeta Indrani). In a montage they were seen visiting the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (now the National Media Museum).

Having kept her diabetes secret from him, Damon assumed that Debbie was a drug addict when he unexpectedly discovered her injecting herself with insulin.

[edit] Episode three

Debbie's brothers continued their search for the couple, finally tracking them down back in York. The series concluded when, after a mock marriage in a hotel room, Damon was stabbed and died in Debbie's arms. She, and the storyline, then returned to Brookside for his funeral (on 1 December) in Liverpool.

[edit] Music

The music played over the opening and closing credits was written by Steve Wright, who had also wrote the Brookside theme. The theme song, played over the closing credits, "Talk to Me", was performed by Dani Ali. Although it was released as a single on the Ariola label through BMG, there is no record of it gaining a chart position. The title was also the closing spoken line of all three episodes. The song was used in an August 2004 episode of Hollyoaks. [1]