Talk:Coronation Street in 1982

Is the line on this page about Brookside being a serious competitor really accurate? In viewer rating terms Crossroads beat Coronation Street many times in the 1970's but Brookside never did. I would argue that it's influence was really in the field of production techniques (i.e. all on video and no film). Thoughts?--Jtomlin1uk 20:45, 21 August 2009 (UTC)