Episode #1.3
- Episode aired Mar 31, 2024
- 46m
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8.0/10
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Nolly tries to get used to her new life after being sacked from Crossroads.Nolly tries to get used to her new life after being sacked from Crossroads.Nolly tries to get used to her new life after being sacked from Crossroads.
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- TriviaSusan Hanson and Tony Adams appears at the very end of this episode as the two people on set in Venice, applauding Noel Gordon. The two actors where both part of the cast of the original Crossroads (1964).
- GoofsWhist in Venice Noele is telling Tony Adams about her men over the years. She tells him about a soldier proposing to her during an air-raid when she was 18. Given she was born in Dec 1919 this would have made it no later than the end of 1938 when WWII didn't start till September 1939 and air raids over the UK didn't start until 1940.
- Quotes
Noele Gordon: I was sacked because I am a bully. Because I'm a prima donna. Because I'm delusional. I make people go through hell. I'm a fly in the ointment. It appears I was sacked because I'm a difficult asset.
- ConnectionsReferences Coronation Street (1960)
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Episode 3
Before Eastenders arrived on the BBC in 1985. Set and made in the more media friendly London area.
ITV soap bosses were very protective of their brand. Granada had a motto that no one was bigger than Coronation Street. When actor Stephen Hancock wanted more pay not for himself but other cast members on the Street. His character was killed off.
When popular actors left the soap, hell hath no fury if they gave an expose to the press before they left. Actor Fred Feast who played Fred Gee on the Street, had a low key exit after a gentle tell all story to the press. He had announced he was leaving the soap but a big send off eluded him.
In that background, if Noele Gordon was too big for her boots, too difficult to work with. The ATV soap bosses were not going to put up with it when Crossroads were struggling in the ratings.
The real reason Noele Gordon left was men. With one studio head who had enough of the negative stories emerging from the producers of the show.
In that sense the final episode was underwhelming. After 40 years, I was not too fussed about the reason Nolly was sacked.
The final episode was about Nolly dealing with life after Crossroads. Doing the musical Gypsy in regional theatre and later taking it around the far east and middle east.
It all culminated in a one off return to Crossroads in an episode shot in Venice.
Helena Bonham-Carter brought a lot of spirit to the role but she looked too young to play Noele Gordon.
ITV soap bosses were very protective of their brand. Granada had a motto that no one was bigger than Coronation Street. When actor Stephen Hancock wanted more pay not for himself but other cast members on the Street. His character was killed off.
When popular actors left the soap, hell hath no fury if they gave an expose to the press before they left. Actor Fred Feast who played Fred Gee on the Street, had a low key exit after a gentle tell all story to the press. He had announced he was leaving the soap but a big send off eluded him.
In that background, if Noele Gordon was too big for her boots, too difficult to work with. The ATV soap bosses were not going to put up with it when Crossroads were struggling in the ratings.
The real reason Noele Gordon left was men. With one studio head who had enough of the negative stories emerging from the producers of the show.
In that sense the final episode was underwhelming. After 40 years, I was not too fussed about the reason Nolly was sacked.
The final episode was about Nolly dealing with life after Crossroads. Doing the musical Gypsy in regional theatre and later taking it around the far east and middle east.
It all culminated in a one off return to Crossroads in an episode shot in Venice.
Helena Bonham-Carter brought a lot of spirit to the role but she looked too young to play Noele Gordon.
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