Talk:Crossroads (TV series)

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Contents 1 Sue Lloyd 2 "Final Analysis" section - not NPOV 3 Rewritten and restructured 4 Who created the show?

[edit] Sue Lloyd

I extracted this from the Sue Lloyd page - as it is mostly about the Crossroads storyline, it doesn't belong there. Someone may wish to work it into the Crossroads article. --Stephen Burnett 19:55, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

A successful author of crime fiction - under the pen-name Sheila Ruskin - she took a job as house keeper to psychologist Lloyd Monroe in order to observe him at work for research purposes. Before long, however, she had caught the eye of David Hunter, co-owner of the Crossroads Motel. David had baggage - his ex-wife, Rosemary (Janet Hargreaves), became insane and shot him in 1980 - and his son Chris (Freddie Foot) was an international terrorist (Crossroads was never known for it's realism!!!!) Barbara stood by David, however, and, after a lavish wedding, they had a happy marriage together, blighted only when David, with ever the roving eye, had an affair in 1984 which resulted in an illegitimate child.

It was all change at the Crossroads Motel in March 1985, however. Incoming producer, Philip Bowman, decided that, bringing in actress Gabrielle Drake as Nicola Freeman, the strong, central female character that all British soaps needs, Ronald Allen and Sue Lloyd's parts were now redundant. They were sacked - very uncerimoniously considering the effort and hard work they had put into their roles - and left the series in 1985.

In the TV series, David and Barbara Hunter sold their shares in the Crossroads Motel to the (fictional) hotel chain M.I.H. (Major International Hotels) in order to move to Bermuda. In reality, Lloyd and Allen moved in together. Although Allen was gay - he had lived for over 20 years with fellow cast member Brian Hankins, something Sue has no problem in talking about today - Sue and Ronnie were unusually close, and always known to the media as a show business couple.

When Ronald was told that the cancer he was suffering from was incurable, he and Sue married. They were married for just three months before Ronald's tragic death in 1991.

Sue will always be remembered from "Crossroads" - the disastrous revival in 2001 could well have done with her classy presence! She was one of the best actresses in "Crossroads", and 30 somethings like me will always remember her as Mrs Hunter!

[edit] "Final Analysis" section - not NPOV

While the author of the Final Analysis makes some good points, the prose is clearly not NPOV. Could someone who is more familiar with the show (I was only two when the original run was cancelled!) have a go at re-writing it, please? --IanIanSymes 18:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewritten and restructured

I've overhauled the article in terms of layout and writing, but am quite ignorant of Crossroads so it could still do with some love and attention from someone knowledgeable. The material in the "Trivia" section should also be broken out and put into the other sections to help the process of turning this into an encyclopedia article. Silverhelm 09:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Who created the show?

According to this page on Wikipedia, Paul Erickson was the creator of Crossroads, yet the info box on this page gives credit to two completely different people. Who's right? CzechOut 10:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[1] See Paul Erickson on imdb. There aren't really signals there that relate him to Crossroads (at least not by my account). Now, imdb has been known to be wrong at times, but it does show the need for further study. Unfortunately I don't have access to sources who could confirm of deny this atm. Someone else? --TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 12:56, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Hazel Adair and Peter Ling were credited as creators of Crossroads on every episode whose end credits I watched. I don't recall seeing Paul Erickson's name anywhere... Zander 06:31, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Crossroads is no longer mentioned on the Out of the Unknown page so I have removed the tag.Penrithguy 16:49, 20 May 2007 (UTC)