South (miniseries)

South is a British drama miniseries created by Phil Redmond for Channel 4. It is a spin-off of the soap opera Brookside. It consists of two episodes and was first broadcast on 14 March 1988. South was produced by Thames Television with Redmond and Peter Griffiths as producers. The two 30-minute episodes were written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and directed by Peter Boisseau. The miniseries was created to be shown as part of Channel 4's educatory series The English Programme. The premise of the series is a depiction of two teenagers moving to London to better their lives but are faced with a harsh reality. The main themes are lack of employment and inadequate living conditions for young people. It stars Justine Kerrigan as Tracy Corkhill and Sean McKee as Jamie Henderson, whose characters feature in the Brookside series.

The miniseries was created after the broadcast of another Brookside spin-off titled Damon and Debbie. Unlike the main show, South was recorded on film rather than videotape which gave it a different visual style. Brookside also used music composed in-house but South features prominent popular music. New characters were created to appear in the story and British singer Morrissey also makes a cameo appearance. A press screening event was held in London to promote the show. It was broadcast across two Monday morning slots during March 1988. South was not as well received as its predecessor Damon and Debbie and did not garner its high ratings.