Little Jimmy Corkhill

"Little" James 'Jimmy' Corkhill Jr. is a fictional character in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He was portrayed by George Christopher and first appeared between 1991 and 1992.^[1] Little Jimmy resented his father, Jimmy for a number of years having caught him having sex with his aunt, Val Walker.

Little Jimmy Corkhill
Brookside character
Portrayed by	George Christopher
Duration	1991–1992, 1996
First appearance	11 November 1991
Last appearance	29 November 1996
Classification	Former; regular
Created by	Phil Redmond
In-universe information Father Jimmy Corkhill Mother Jackie Corkhill Brothers William Corkhill Sisters Lindsey Corkhill Grandfathers Albie Corkhill William Walker Grandmothers Margaret Corkhill Uncles Frankie Corkhill Billy Corkhill Aunts Val Walker Nieces Kylie Corkhill First cousins Rod Corkhill Tracy Corkhill

In 1996, Little Jimmy returned to Brookside Close after spending time in a French prison for drug-related offences. On his release, he returned home, with Jimmy Corkhill (in a transit van on a ferry from France). Jimmy and Jackie were then determined to wean him off his addiction. This did not happen, and at a real low point for the Corkhills, Jimmy senior bowed to his son's wishes, who was going through cold turkey, and supplied him with a heroin fix. However, the catalyst for little Jimmy's fate was when mother, Jackie Corkhill discovered he had smuggled a large amount of heroin back into Britain, strapping it to his abdomen. In a fit of rage she then managed to get hold of it and flushed it down the toilet of the family home. A few months later, two gangster figures, led by a man called Rufus, came looking for Little Jimmy, presumably to collect money for the heroin that they had given Little Jimmy. They met Ron Dixon at the Parade, who mistook them for plain-clothes detectives and gave them the Corkhills' address. He did this to get back at Jimmy senior, who he had a long feud with. Little Jimmy's body was later found by his father after being murdered by the drug dealers who were looking for him.

In November 1996, during a scene in which Little Jimmy breaks into the Dixons' house, the character was portrayed by another actor, Paul Sanders. This was due to the scene needing to be re-shot, and after regular actor George Christopher had left the show. The scene was filmed from behind and below the shoulders, leaving viewers to guess the identity of the burglar.

The 1998 Brookside film "Friday the 13th", set on 13 November 1998 when Lindsey Corkhill (Claire Sweeney) was marrying Peter Phelan (Samuel Kane), involved a final showdown between Jimmy Sr. with his daughter Lindsey on one side with Little Jimmy's killer Rufus and Little Jimmy's old drug supplier Justin on the other side, before Lindsey's wedding.