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Crossroads is a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England. Originally broadcast on the commercial ITV network between 1964 and 1988, it was produced first by ATV (until the end of 1981) and then by Central. A byword for cheap production values (particularly in the 1970s and 1980s), the series was revived in a glossier format in 2001 by Carlton Television, attracting an average of 3–4 million viewers. However ITV were not happy and the show came off the air for the World Cup in June 2002. In July and August 2002, Crossroads was only shown at 5:30pm and reached 3.3 million viewers, beating rival BBC1 soap Neighbours in that slot. The show came off the air in September 2002 to allow for a revamp. It returned in January 2003 to an audience of 2 million viewers, but the revamped "Camp" version failed to achieve the popularity of the earlier series, and the show was axed in May 2003. 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The original series was briefly known as Crossroads Kings Oak in the last year of its run.

Production history

ATV era (1964-1981)

Crossroads was first aired on Monday 2 November 1964, and was initially shown on five days a week. Although popular with viewers, the Independent Television Authority (ITA) decreed in 1967 that the series should be reduced to four airings a week, to prevent storylines from being watered-down, and in an attempt to improve the overall programme quality. In 1979 the decision was taken to reduce output further, down to three weekly showings (beginning the following year). ATV had planned to replace the fourth episode with a spin-off series called A Family Affair^[1] but this idea was dropped with the arrival of Margaret Matheson as the new Head of Drama. is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was a body created by the Television Act 1954 to supervise the creation of Independent Television (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...

Despite being critically derided for its low production values and far-fetched scripts, Crossroads nevertheless was hugely popular (with high profile fans including Mary Wilson, the wife of the prime minister, Harold Wilson), and maintained high ratings and a loyal audience throughout the course of its original run. However, a number of regional companies (particularly the newer ones) were to drop the series because of its poor reputation. For example, the newly-formed Thames Television, the franchise company for the London area, decided in 1968 to stop showing the series. This decision was deeply unpopular with its viewers (with complaints reportedly including one from Harold Wilson); six months later the decision was reversed, but a practical consequence was that viewers in the Thames region were half a year behind the rest of the country for several years to come. Another example occurred in the north of England, where some viewers living in the east of the Granada region (which wasn't broadcasting the series) were reported to have redirected their aerials to receive coverage from Yorkshire Television (who were). Mary Wilson (born 1918) is a British poet, best known as the wife of former British prime minister, Harold Wilson. ... James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 â€“ 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The North of England , also the North country or simply The North, is a term which strictly refers to any part of Northern England north of a line from the Humber to the Dee estuaries. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Central era (1982-1988)

ATV lost its broadcast franchise at the end of 1981. The new franchisee, Central Independent Television, grudgingly continued production of Crossroads, but the new management decided to make a number of controversial changes; the most notable of these was the dismissal of Noele Gordon (Meg Richardson) from the cast. It was a calculated strategy by Central to get rid of a programme that for some time they'd perceived as an embarrassment; without Meg, thought Central's Head of Programmes Charles Denton, viewers would desert Crossroads and the programme could then be killed off. Image File history File links Castxrds1982. ... Image File history File links Castxrds1982. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Noele Gordon (December 25, 1919 - April 14, 1985) was a British film and television actress. ... Charles Denton is a British film and television producer and executive. ...

Further radical changes were carried out in March 1985, when new filming locations and sets, and various new characters, were introduced. Many of the storylines were to now revolve around the new motel owner, Nicola Freeman (Gabrielle Drake). More long-term characters, such as David and Barbara Hunter, were axed. The theme tune was also updated, and the opening titles were replaced with a longer version. Finally, the show was renamed Crossroads Motel. Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a British actress who was born in Lahore, Pakistan and lived in several Far East countries (including Burma where her brother, the late singer/songwriter Nick Drake, was born). ...

In 1986, a new producer, William Smethurst took over the series following the sacking of his predecessor, Philip Bowman. Ordered to change the soap into a wittier, more upmarket serial, he decided to shift the focus onto the nearby village of King's Oak. Yet more long-running characters, such as Diane Hunter and Benny Hawkins, were dropped; as with the earlier changes, this was unpopular with the series' fans, who flooded Central's telephone lines in protest. Smethurst soon gained the dubious nickname of "Butcher Bill" but was unfazed; he had, after all, successfully reversed the fortunes of the BBC radio soap The Archers. William insisted he only got the flack because his was the name the public knew.^[2] The Archers is a British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBCs main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. ...

Further changes were planned, with the series being renamed Crossroads King's Oak for a time before an intended final change to King's Oak, with the name Crossroads being permanently dropped both from the series name and in-story. However, this final change was overtaken by the decision, announced in June, 1987, to axe the series completely.

Crossroads King's Oak finally came to an end in 1988. The last, specially extended, episode was broadcast on April 4 (a bank holiday), with the Crossroads hotel finally becoming "The King's Oak Country Hotel", and the character of Jill riding off into the sunset with her lover, John Maddingham (Jeremy Nicholas). Asked what name she would give the hotel she was to be running in her new life, the character remarked, a little sadly, "I always thought Crossroads was an awfully good name". is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jeremy Nicholas can be: Jeremy Nicholas (writer) - a writer, journalist, actor and composer. ...

Carlton revival (2001-2003)

Crossroads was revived in March 2001 as a Carlton Television production with a glossy format (Carlton having bought Central and acquired the rights to all ATV programmes). Broadcast at 5pm on weekdays on ITV1, the only familiar characters to return from the original series were the cleaner Doris Luke (Kathy Staff), Jill Richardson (Harvey), and her ex-husband Adam Chance (Tony Adams). Initial reactions from the critics were favourable; however, changes in story continuity from the original were puzzling for fans of the latter, and didn't help in the revived series struggle for ratings. Kathy Staff left in dismay at the amount of sex in the new production,^[3] and told ITV Teletext she felt it was no longer the family-friendly show she was originally part of. Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Kathy Staff (born July 12, 1928) is a British actress born at Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. ... Tony Adams (born December 11, 1940) is a Welsh actor, best known for his performances in two British television soap operas. ... Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. ...

Perhaps what sealed the fate of the revived Crossroads was the decision to kill off original character Jill Harvey, murdered by Adam Chance just three months in.^[4] Many fans were outraged; after all, at least Noele Gordon was written out in a way which allowed for her return. Jane Rossington was on record at the time saying she didn't want to commit to another long run, but warned Carlton bosses it would be suicidal to kill off Jill. Her fears proved right as ratings plummeted. Noele Gordon (December 25, 1919 - April 14, 1985) was a British film and television actress. ...

The series went into hiatus from August 2002 to January 2003; when it returned, it had undergone yet further changes. The re-modelled series, under new producer Yvon Grace, appeared to be a self-consciously camp parody, with Jane Asher cast as a new central character, the glamorous and bitchy Angel Samson. The series also featured guest appearances from Kate O'Mara, and people more generally associated with light entertainment, such as Lionel Blair, Les Dennis, and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English film and television actress and the author of several full-length novels as well as a former girlfriend of Paul McCartney. ... Kate OMara as the Rani in Doctor Who Kate OMara (born August 10, 1939 in Leicester) is an English actress. ... Light entertainment is a term used to describe a broad range of usually televisual performances. ... Lionel Blair (born Lionel Ogus on 12 December 1931 in Montreal, Canada) is a British actor, choreographer, tap dancer and television presenter. ... Les Dennis (born Leslie Dennis Heseltine on October 12, 1954 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is an English television presenter and actor. ... Tim Brooke-Taylor (April 2000) Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor, (born 17 July 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio and in the comedy radio shows Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, and...

Grace admitted she was deliberately aiming the new-look Crossroads towards the gay market. But the fans were not happy with her ambivalence towards unresolved storyline issues from the 2001-2002 run.^[5] "Who cares if Phil is rotting in jail for a murder he didn't commit?," Grace indignantly proclaimed at the press launch. "I've changed everything, this is day one. We're not carrying on from where we left off. I was told this was its last chance."

Plans were being considered to bring Adam Chance back to the series in a last-ditch attempt to save it. But ratings continuing to decline, the revived series was also axed, with the final episode being broadcast in May 2003. The cast was contracted until the end of the year and still had to be paid as such.

Characters and storylines

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Other major characters during the early years of the show included the chef, Carlos Raphael (Anthony Morton); Constance Merrow, (Geraldine Newman), postman Vince Parker (Peter Brookes), and his waitress wife, Diane (Susan Hanson); Brummie waitress Marilyn Gates (Sue Nicholls, later Nadine Hanwell); postmistress Miss Tatum (Elisabeth Croft); charlady Amy Turtle (Ann George). Geraldine Newman, born on 18 February 1934 in Brighton, United Kingdom is a British actress who has worked exclusively in television, acting in more than 30 different television series. ... Susan Hanson (born February 2, 1943 in Preston, Lancashire) is an actress, best remembered for her portrayal of Miss Diane in the long-running British soap opera, Crossroads. ... The Honourable Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls (born 23 November 1943 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is a British actress, most known today for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts on Coronation Street. ... Amy Turtle was a character in Crossroads, the British television soap opera, played by Ann George from 1965 to 1976 and then from 1987 to 1988. ... Ann was born 5 March 1903 in Smethwick, Birmingham, She entered show business as a singer appearing in Musicals such as The Belle of New York and The Desert Song. She also starred in the Gilbert and Sullivan show DOyly Carte. She loved to sing and made a special...

Amy Turtle was later to be satirised by Julie Walters as "Mrs Overall" in the Victoria Wood's 1985 spoof Acorn Antiques. However, Crossroads fans generally felt that whilst Mrs Overall's fluffing of her lines and position as char at the antiques shop were based on Amy, the character's mannerisms, voice and clothing were far more evocative of Charmian Eyre's character Mavis Hooper (who appeared in the series from 1981 to 1985). Julia Mary Walters, OBE (born February 22, 1950) is an English Golden Globe-winning actress. ... Victoria Wood OBE is a BAFTA award winning English comedian, actor, singer and writer born 19 May 1953 in Prestwich Village, Greater Manchester . ... Clifford, Berta, Mrs O and Babs, as played by Duncan Preston, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters and Celia Imrie Acorn Antiques is a parodic soap opera written by Victoria Wood as a regular feature in the two seasons of Victoria Wood - As Seen On TV, which ran from 1985 to 1987. ...

Later additions to the cast included Ronald Allen as the suave manager David Hunter, Sue Lloyd as his wife Barbara, Angus Lennie as obstreperous Scottish chef Shughie McFee, Zeph Gladstone as hairdresser Vera Downend, Tony Adams as accountant Adam Chance, and Kathy Staff as cleaner Doris Luke. However, the most memorable character by far proved to be the village-idiot character Benny Hawkins (Paul Henry), whose trademark was a woolly hat worn all year around. His fans included British troops serving in the Falklands War in 1982, who nicknamed the Falkland Islanders "Bennies" after the character. (Instructed to stop using the derogatory nickname, the troops then came up with the term "Stills" for the locals - because they were "still Bennies".) Ronald Allen (December 16, 1934 in Reading, Berkshire- June 18, 1991) was an established English character actor. ... Sue Lloyd is a British model turned actress with many notable film and television credits to her name. ... Angus Lennie (born 18 April 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an actor. ... Tony Adams (born December 11, 1940) is a Welsh actor, best known for his performances in two British television soap operas. ... Kathy Staff (born July 12, 1928) is a British actress born at Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. ... There are other people called Paul Henry Paul Henry, born 1947 in Birmingham, is a British actor whose best-known role was Benny Hawkins, a bumbling semi-rustic handyman he played from 1975 to 1988 in the soap opera Crossroads. ... The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. ... Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario MenÃ©ndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John â€œSandyâ€ Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed...

Over time the series dealt with a number of storylines that were controversial for their time. Sandy Richardson was injured in a car accident and left confined to a wheelchair, becoming the first paraplegic regular character in British soap opera; by coincidence the actor (Roger Tonge) himself ended up in a wheelchair as the 1970s progressed. The series also saw the first black characters to appear regularly in a British soap, first off Melanie Harper (played by Cleo Sylvestre) arrived at the motel in 1970 as Meg's adopted daughter (that in itself was a rather taboo issue.) Cleo was given the role by producer Reg Watson after press coverage of racist tensions in the Birmingham area at that time ^[6] In 1978 garage mechanic Joe MacDonald, played by Carl Andrews arrived, as well as an intense inter-racial summer romance in 1977 between cockney garage mechanic, Dennis Harper (played by Merlin Ward but credited as Guy Ward) and motel receptionist Meena Chaudri (Karan David). Another storyline saw a test tube baby being born to Glenda and Kevin Banks (played by Lynette McMorrough and David Moran respectively). Paraplegia is a condition where the lower half of a patients body is paralyzed and cannot move. ... Reg Watson is an Australian television producer, best known for creating soap operas like Prisoner and Neighbours. ... Carl Andrews (born in the 1950s, died 1990) was a British character actor, most famous for his long run as garage mechanic, Joe MacDonald in the original version of the popular motel soap opera, Crossroads. ... In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a technique in which egg cells are fertilized outside the mothers body in cases where conception is difficult or impossible through normal intercourse. ... David Moran is a hammered dulcimer player from Texas, USA. David won first place in the 1982 Walnut Valley National Hammered Dulcimer Championships held in Winfield, Kansas. ...

The character of Meg, axed in 1981, was initially thought to have died in a fire that gutted the motel, but later turned up alive aboard the QE2, about to sail away to a new life overseas. QE2 may refer to: RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, the flagship of the Cunard Line QE2 (album), a 1980 music album by Mike Oldfield, named after the ship above Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom A freeway, the Queen Elizabeth II Highway between Edmonton...

With the revival of the series in 2001 a number of changes were made to character and story continuity. Confusingly for fans, the returning character of Jill Chance had apparently married the now-dead John Maddingham, but was now calling herself "Jill Harvey" again, the name by which she'd been known prior to her marriage to Adam Chance in 1983. References were also made to the Russell family taking over a "failing motel", despite "Crossroads" having become a hotel in the late 1980s; in the final episode of the original series, "King's Oak Country Hotel" was even to be clearly seen emblazoned over the entrance doors.

Lack of any real links to the past and the killing of Jill just a few months into the run turned many fans of the original series away. Despite this, the series did pick up a respectable number of viewers to become one of ITV's highest rating daytime shows. Popular characters in the new Crossroads included new owner Kate Russell (Jane Gurnett), supercilious receptionist Virginia Raven (Sherrie Hewson), and womanising deputy manager Jake Booth (Colin Wells). Sherrie Hewson (born Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson on 17 September 1950 in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, England) is an English actress who trained at RADA. She won an Olivier award for Most Promising Newcomer for an early stage role. ... Colin Wells is an English actor. ...

The storyline of the final episode was the revelation that the glamorous hotel had been (literally) a dream of supermarket worker Angela, with all of the other characters being revealed to be just ordinary shoppers. Angela even approaches a female customer in the supermarket and tells her that she recognises her as Tracey (Booth) from the "TV soap Crossroads"; confusingly, Tracey's mother-in-law, Kate, was also shown as one of Angela's colleagues in the supermarket.

Locations

The fictional "Crossroads Motel" was located in an equally fictional village near Birmingham, "Kings Oak" (there are real Birmingham suburbs called Kings Heath, Kings Norton and Selly Oak). A number of real-life hotels doubled up for location filming; the original Crossroads was filmed at a real motel just south of Birmingham city centre called CherryTrees (the buildings made famous by Crossroads were demolished in 2001). After the in-story destruction of the motel by fire, the revamped motel was filmed from 1982 at The Golden Valley Hotel, in Cheltenham; from 1985 filming moved to the Penns Hall Hotel, in Sutton Coldfield, with the changed appearance was explained in-story as due to major rebuilding work. At the time of the move to Sutton Coldfield new studio sets were also introduced. Image File history File links Kingsoaksign. ... Image File history File links Kingsoaksign. ... Kings Oak was the fictional village in the television serial Crossroads which ran on ITV between 1964 and 1988. ... Kings Heath is a suburb of Birmingham, England, three miles south of the city centre. ... See also: Kings Norton, Leicestershire , Kings Norton is an area of Birmingham, England. ... Selly Oak constituency shown within Birmingham Selly Oak is an area in south Birmingham, England. ...

In 1970 the series gained the use of a film unit, giving it the freedom to do location shooting. Originally Tanworth-in-Arden was used for King's Oak, although "outside scenes" were only used occasionally. Under Central much more location footage began to be used. Some early King's Oak location material was also filmed in Wolverhampton. Tanworth-in-Arden () (often abbreviated to Tanworth and not to be confused with Tamworth in Staffordshire) is a small village located in the county of Warwickshire, England in the United Kingdom. ... // Wolverhampton is a City in the historical county of Staffordshire and metropolian county of the West Midlands. ...

Other locations included the canal (including Gas Street Basin) directly behind ATV's former studios in Birmingham City Centre; in-story this was the "King's Oak Canal", on which Jill had a barge. The Chateau Impney Hotel also featured numerous times, most famously when Hugh proposed to Meg there in 1973, and it was also used to hold their wedding party two years later. The Chateau Impney was renamed the "Droitwich Hotel" on-screen. Hagley Church was the setting for Jill and Adam Chance's wedding in 1983. Hagley Hall was used for the wedding reception afterwards. The start of the BCN at Gas Street Basin, looking towards Brindleyplace, viewed from the Worcester bar bridge, facing north-west The Worcester Bar, facing north-east The start of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Gas Street Basin, looking towards The Mailbox, viewed from the Worcester bar bridge, facing... Chateau Impney is an imposing 19th century house near Droitwich, England. ... Hagley Hall, of Hagley, Worcestershire and its park are among the supreme achievements of eighteenth-century English architecture and landscape gardening. ...

In 1985 Crossroads gained its first set of 'full length' opening titles, which were filmed around Sutton Coldfield and in Birmingham city centre.

Trivia

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DVD release

Very few archive recordings exist before 1981 because ATV wiped and re-used most of the videotapes, and no episode survives before September 1966. Network have issued four volumes of the series on DVD (Region 2, UK) with twelve of the original ATV episodes (the first release including Meg's 1975 wedding, the highest rating' edition) in 2005 in each volume. The third release was delayed due to the loss of ATV documents listing what episodes still exist, and Granada Television staff having to use other resources to locate the episodes required. ATV can refer to: All-terrain vehicle, the a personal recreational vehicle normally consisting of a motorcycle-like engine, four balloon tires and a fiberglass body; a four-wheeler. ... Videotape is a means of recording television pictures and accompanying sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Crossroads Volume 3 was finally released on 26 February 2007. There are two versions of the DVD. One is a special limited edition, which contains an extra third disc - featuring recently found episodes from 1976. Crossroads Volume 4 was released on 17 September 2007. is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

References

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External links

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