| Sinbad | |||||||||||||||
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| Brookside character | |||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Michael Starke | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1984–1985, 1987–2000 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 18 September 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 6 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Jimmy McGovern | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | Brookside: The Lost Weekend (1997) Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998) | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Sweeney, commonly known as Sinbad, is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by Michael Starke. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 18 September 1984. Sinbad was originally only supposed to feature in a couple of episodes but continued to appear on a recurring basis until Starke was promoted to the show's regular cast in 1990.