Jack Michaelson
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Jack Michaelson is a character in Channel 4
soap Brookside
played by Paul Duckworth for the final three episodes in October and November 2003. Due to the proposed cancellation of the show, the inside of Michaelson's house was never shown saving on designing an internal set.
Jack moved into Number 8 Brookside close, several months after The Farnhams had previously sold up and moved to Woolton
. Jack was quite rude to his neighbours and had run-ins with them on frequent occasions.
Upon seeing Jack move in, Sean Smith decided to offer his services erecting a television aerial for Jack. Jack was deliberately rude to Sean. Later when Jack's delivery man turned up late, Jack intimidated him and gave him unreasonable orders. When Jack complained about the mess and the man apologised but told Jack to 'keep his hair on', Jack gave him a vicious beating in front of all the neighbours.
When Jack found out his daughter Suzi was taking drugs he blamed Anthony Murray and went around to complain. When Tony's mother, Jan protested Tony's innocence he hit her in the face.
In retaliation for this, Jan's eldest son Steve
, his father Marty
and Uncle Christy jumped Jack and attacked him with two-by-fours. Later, Jack cornered Christy and beat him up badly, leading to Cristy having to have a kidney removed.
Jack caused further trouble when Anthony wound up in hospital after smoking a crack joint and having a bad reaction to it. Jack's daughter, Susie had given Anthony the joint.
After a conversation, Tim O'Leary
had with former resident Barry Grant
, the residents of Brookside Close lynched
Jack from his own window. The culprits who did this were never made clear, however when everyone was moving out Jimmy, Tim, the Gordons and the Murrays all used the same type of rope that hanged Jack to attach their possessions to their cars. This is somewhat reminiscent of when Sue and Danny Sullivan were pushed from the scaffolding of Brookside Parade and all the suspects were wearing the same clothes to prevent viewers being able to detect the killer. The police wrote his lynching off as a drugs killing as everyone involved had an alibi and nobody on the street claimed to see his killers. a few years after brookside had finished the killers were revealed to be barry grant, jimmy corkhill and sean smith. jacks hung body was found by a passing milkman the morning after the night he was lynched.
The name Jack Michaelson was a play on the name of Channel 4 Chief Executive Michael Jackson, who had cancelled the show.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
soap Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
played by Paul Duckworth for the final three episodes in October and November 2003. Due to the proposed cancellation of the show, the inside of Michaelson's house was never shown saving on designing an internal set.
Jack moved into Number 8 Brookside close, several months after The Farnhams had previously sold up and moved to Woolton
Woolton
Woolton is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located at the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Hunts Cross, Allerton and Halewood. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 14,836.-History:...
. Jack was quite rude to his neighbours and had run-ins with them on frequent occasions.
Upon seeing Jack move in, Sean Smith decided to offer his services erecting a television aerial for Jack. Jack was deliberately rude to Sean. Later when Jack's delivery man turned up late, Jack intimidated him and gave him unreasonable orders. When Jack complained about the mess and the man apologised but told Jack to 'keep his hair on', Jack gave him a vicious beating in front of all the neighbours.
When Jack found out his daughter Suzi was taking drugs he blamed Anthony Murray and went around to complain. When Tony's mother, Jan protested Tony's innocence he hit her in the face.
In retaliation for this, Jan's eldest son Steve
Steve Murray (Brookside)
Steven 'Steve' Murray is a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He was portrayed by Steven Fletcher from 2000 until the final episode of the series in 2003. Steve subsequently appeared in a video spin-off, Brookside: Unfinished Business.-Introduction:When Lindsey...
, his father Marty
Marty Murray (Brookside)
Martin "Marty" Murray is a character from Channel 4 soap Brookside played by Neil Caple from 2000 until 2003.-Introduction:When Lindsey Corkhill sold No.9 the Murray family moved in. The Murrays were billed as an attempt to return to its original form of conventional families rather than the waifs...
and Uncle Christy jumped Jack and attacked him with two-by-fours. Later, Jack cornered Christy and beat him up badly, leading to Cristy having to have a kidney removed.
Jack caused further trouble when Anthony wound up in hospital after smoking a crack joint and having a bad reaction to it. Jack's daughter, Susie had given Anthony the joint.
After a conversation, Tim O'Leary
Tim O'Leary
Timothy "Tinhead" O'Leary is a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He was portrayed by Philip Olivier from 1996 until the final episode of the series in 2003. Tim subsequently appeared in a video spin-off, Brookside: Unfinished Business.-Introduction:Tinhead made his...
had with former resident Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Barry Grant is a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He was portrayed by Paul Usher and was in the series from episode one in 1982 until 1995 with several sporadic guest appearances in 1997, 1998 and the final episode in 2003....
, the residents of Brookside Close lynched
Lynching
Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people. It is related to other means of social control that...
Jack from his own window. The culprits who did this were never made clear, however when everyone was moving out Jimmy, Tim, the Gordons and the Murrays all used the same type of rope that hanged Jack to attach their possessions to their cars. This is somewhat reminiscent of when Sue and Danny Sullivan were pushed from the scaffolding of Brookside Parade and all the suspects were wearing the same clothes to prevent viewers being able to detect the killer. The police wrote his lynching off as a drugs killing as everyone involved had an alibi and nobody on the street claimed to see his killers. a few years after brookside had finished the killers were revealed to be barry grant, jimmy corkhill and sean smith. jacks hung body was found by a passing milkman the morning after the night he was lynched.
The name Jack Michaelson was a play on the name of Channel 4 Chief Executive Michael Jackson, who had cancelled the show.