Crossroads (soap opera)

Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham. It was first broadcast on ITV between 2 November 1964 and 4 April 1988.

Central TV series

To public outcry, Noele Gordon was sacked in 1981, probably for reasons connected with internal politics and the planned image of the show after the switch from ATV to Central Television. Crossroads carried on with the same name and many of the same characters until about 1985, when it was remodelled slightly and renamed Crossroads Motel. In 1987, in a final bid to reach defecting viewers, the stories of the villagers surrounding the motel were told, and the show was given yet another name change, becoming Crossroads: King's Oak.

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1985 - 1987

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It was finally cancelled in 1988. The last, specially extended, episode was broadcast on Easter Monday, 4 April, with Jill riding off into the sunset with lover John Maddingham. As she left her motel behind for a new life in the West, she was asked what she would name the new motel she would be running. She remarked, "I always thought Crossroads was an awfully good name."

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