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Beth Jordache
Beth Jordache is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. Played by Anna Friel, the character's first appearance was during the episode broadcast on 15 February 1993, where Beth and her family were seen moving into number 10, Brookside Close. Beth's move to the neighbourhood—along with mother Mandy (Sandra Maitland) and younger sister Rachel (Tiffany Chapman)—was a bid to escape the clutches of her abusive father, Trevor Jordache (Bryan Murray).
Friel made her final appearance on 25 July 1995, with the character dying offscreen in the following night's episode. Beth was paramount to some of Brookside's most famous and controversial plots, such as the killing and subsequent "patio" burial of her father, and the first ever pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British television.
Friel was studying for her A-levels and about to turn 17 when Brookside's casting department contacted her agent. She won the role of Beth after three auditions and made her first appearance on the show in February 1993.
Beth's move to the neighbourhood—along with mother Mandy (Sandra Maitland) and younger sister Rachel (Tiffany Chapman)—was a bid to escape the clutches of her bullying father, Trevor Jordache (Bryan Murray), recently out of prison after a stretch for wife battering. Successful in hunting them down to their "safehouse" on Brookside Close, Trevor convinced Mandy to let him rejoin the family unit, promising to do his best to repair their marriage. His amiability was short-lived, with repeated assaults on Mandy and Beth taking place behind closed doors. Viewers learned during this period that Beth had been incestuously abused by her father growing up.
Determined to break the cycle of abuse and protect her sister from their father's violent behaviour and sexual advances, Beth and her mother devised a plan to get rid of Trevor permanently. Realising the pair's scheme after a failed poisoning attempt, Trevor flew into a rage and attacked Beth—at which point he was lethally wounded with a kitchen knife by Mandy.
Fearing what would happen if they went to the police, Beth and Mandy instead chose to conceal Trevor's corpse under the paving in their back garden. In a further attempt to evade punishment, they fled Brookside Close several months later and went on the run (along with Rachel, who was unaware of their crimes), but were caught, arrested and charged following the discovery of Trevor's body. Beth and Mandy's assertion of self-defence was rejected at their joint trial, with both being found guilty of murder and sent to prison.
Owing to an intense campaign—instigated by their neighbours—to set mother and daughter free, it was subsequently ruled by an appeal court that Beth and Mandy's convictions would be overturned and the pair would be released. In the wake of the good news and with both still incarcerated, Mandy learned that Beth had been rushed to hospital after falling ill: she followed her there, but was told upon arrival that Beth had died from cardiac arrest. Her death occurred offscreen in the episode broadcast on 26 July 1995.
When asked about her exit from the show, Friel told a journalist, "It wasn't a good ending. I don't know what happened, to be honest". In later years she attributed her departure—which she claimed was her own decision and left producers "furious"—to a stressful workload and fear of typecasting, as well as an overall lack of preparation for the pitfalls of fame.
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Beth Jordache
Beth Jordache is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. Played by Anna Friel, the character's first appearance was during the episode broadcast on 15 February 1993, where Beth and her family were seen moving into number 10, Brookside Close. Beth's move to the neighbourhood—along with mother Mandy (Sandra Maitland) and younger sister Rachel (Tiffany Chapman)—was a bid to escape the clutches of her abusive father, Trevor Jordache (Bryan Murray).
Friel made her final appearance on 25 July 1995, with the character dying offscreen in the following night's episode. Beth was paramount to some of Brookside's most famous and controversial plots, such as the killing and subsequent "patio" burial of her father, and the first ever pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British television.
Friel was studying for her A-levels and about to turn 17 when Brookside's casting department contacted her agent. She won the role of Beth after three auditions and made her first appearance on the show in February 1993.
Beth's move to the neighbourhood—along with mother Mandy (Sandra Maitland) and younger sister Rachel (Tiffany Chapman)—was a bid to escape the clutches of her bullying father, Trevor Jordache (Bryan Murray), recently out of prison after a stretch for wife battering. Successful in hunting them down to their "safehouse" on Brookside Close, Trevor convinced Mandy to let him rejoin the family unit, promising to do his best to repair their marriage. His amiability was short-lived, with repeated assaults on Mandy and Beth taking place behind closed doors. Viewers learned during this period that Beth had been incestuously abused by her father growing up.
Determined to break the cycle of abuse and protect her sister from their father's violent behaviour and sexual advances, Beth and her mother devised a plan to get rid of Trevor permanently. Realising the pair's scheme after a failed poisoning attempt, Trevor flew into a rage and attacked Beth—at which point he was lethally wounded with a kitchen knife by Mandy.
Fearing what would happen if they went to the police, Beth and Mandy instead chose to conceal Trevor's corpse under the paving in their back garden. In a further attempt to evade punishment, they fled Brookside Close several months later and went on the run (along with Rachel, who was unaware of their crimes), but were caught, arrested and charged following the discovery of Trevor's body. Beth and Mandy's assertion of self-defence was rejected at their joint trial, with both being found guilty of murder and sent to prison.
Owing to an intense campaign—instigated by their neighbours—to set mother and daughter free, it was subsequently ruled by an appeal court that Beth and Mandy's convictions would be overturned and the pair would be released. In the wake of the good news and with both still incarcerated, Mandy learned that Beth had been rushed to hospital after falling ill: she followed her there, but was told upon arrival that Beth had died from cardiac arrest. Her death occurred offscreen in the episode broadcast on 26 July 1995.
When asked about her exit from the show, Friel told a journalist, "It wasn't a good ending. I don't know what happened, to be honest". In later years she attributed her departure—which she claimed was her own decision and left producers "furious"—to a stressful workload and fear of typecasting, as well as an overall lack of preparation for the pitfalls of fame.