The character of Meg Richardson was axed in 1981 and was thought to have died in a fire that gutted the motel, but turned up alive aboard the QE2, about to sail to a new life overseas.
In 1983, Meg met up with Jill and Adam in Venice. Meg died in about 1985. if she was born in 1919, she was around 65/66 at the time of her death. This means Meg was around the same age as the actress Noele Gordon, and also died around the same time as Noele Gordon.
The decision to dismiss Gordon—the show's most popular cast member—was taken in the hope that viewers would desert the show, giving Central a valid excuse to axe it.
Yes, in August 1983, two years after being given the boot, Noele Gordon returned to Crossroads for two episodes. Her character, Meg, reappeared during a chance meeting with her on-screen daughter Jill Richardson, who was honeymooning in Venice.
The social event of the 1975 Kings Oak calendar takes place as Meg and Hugh finally marry in Birmingham. The social event of the 1975 Kings Oak calendar takes place as Meg and Hugh finally marry in Birmingham.
By 1985, producers were hatching plans for her to make a return to the soap – but Gordon, who had been diagnosed with stomach cancer, was too ill to do so, and died in April that year. Crossroads would bow out three years later.
“There wasn't an actress called Poppy,” says Davies. “I just had to invent someone to come in as a newcomer.” That said, Poppy is “based on actor Cleo Sylvestre, who played Melanie Harper, Meg's adopted daughter in Crossroads,” according to The Royal Television Society.
The picture is slated to reappear in cinemas on both October 23 and October 25, 2023. The companies behind the project have labeled the showings the Crossroads Global Fan Event, turning a screening into something much more special.
“I have not spoken to Britney in 10 years, but we had an amazing time on Crossroads,” Manning — who played Mimi — exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2021. “We spent months in the car that we took 'cross-country' sharing stories, joking, laughing and had a friendship for years, especially while filming.
Mimi, who is pregnant, wants to audition for a record company; Lucy wants to find her mom; Kit wants to visit her fiancé. ES: I love the idea that three girls who never hung out in high school would celebrate graduation by immediately traveling cross-country together.
With ratings continuing to decline, the revived series was axed in March 2003. The final episode was shown on Friday 30 May 2003. The 2003 series was criticised by fans who felt the series had moved away from the 1964-88 series and the 2001-02 series, as well as being "too gay".
The Movie's Inspiration Explained - IMDb. Crossroads was Britney Spears' first lead role, inspired by real-life friendships. The film reflects Spears' transition from a teen idol to a mature pop star. Crossroads is not a direct portrayal of her life but captures her career shift.
Britney Spears was born on December 2, 1981, so she was 19 years old when Crossroads was filming. Crossroads was released on February 15, 2002, meaning Spears was 20 at the time. Crossroads got mostly negative reviews criticizing the story and pace.
It was thought that Central would continue with Crossroads but it was reported that the broadcaster's Head of Programmes Charles Denton and Head of Drama Margaret Matheson wanted to get rid of it to concentrate on more expensive and lavish drama productions, with it being claimed that they axed Noele so Crossroads fans ...
Much of Crossroads was filmed at the ATV / Central studios off Broad Street. The revived series, which ran from 2001-2003, was filmed at the Carlton Television studios in Nottingham.
Anson – whose full name is Anson Adams Mount IV – was 28 when he got the role of Ben Kimble. Now 44, Anson is rocking that whole salt and pepper hair thing made by popular by Paul Hollywood.
Nolly reveals the story of Noele Nolly Gordon, one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and 70s, whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news.
Noele Gordon's story is far more than a soap star raging against the dying of the light. She was the first woman ever to appear on colour television – directed by John Logie Baird himself in 1929.
Gordon succumbed to complications from cancer, dying at her Birmingham home in April 1985—the same month she'd been due to reprise her role on Crossroads for a new producer. She is buried next to her mother in St Mary's Church in Ross-On-Wye near Hereford.
Hugh and Maud's son Roger Mortimer of Wigmore succeeded his father as Lord of Wigmore. Hugh and Maud had three other sons, Hugh (killed in a tournament), Ralph, and William. Hugh may have died 26 Feb 1180/81 in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England, and was buried at Wigmore.
In the final episode, to be screened on Friday, Angel Sampson wakes up to discover she is an overall-clad checkout girl called Angela and not the hotel boss Crossroads viewers thought she was.
The show had no film unit for location shooting, because the budget didn't allow for it, so everything was in the studio full of interlocking sets. None of them were very lavish, and the budget didn't run to edits, so it was recorded on tape, and scenes were shot in extended takes, meaning gaffes wound up on the air.
