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'''Crossroads''' was a famous British TV [[soap opera]] that ran from 1964 until 1988. It centered around the family of Meg Mortimer, her son Sandy and her daughter Jayne. It was set in a hotel near Birmingham, which is a big town near London, England. The series focussed on the trials and tribulations of running the eponymous hotel.

'''Crossroads''' was a famous British TV [[soap opera]] that ran from 1964 until 1988. It centered around the family of Meg Mortimer, her son Sandy and her daughter Jayne. It was set in a hotel near Birmingham, which is a big town near London, England. The series focused on the trials and tribulations of running the eponymous hotel.

==Early days ==

==Early days ==

The early plots of the soap featured many semi-comic situations that might have occurred during the everyday running of a hotel. Chief characters of this time included Gordon Honeycombe, the guest who believed he was reading the news from the hotel elevators, Manuel, the semi-incompetent waiter from [[Portuagal]] whose interpretations of guest food orders often led to hilarious results and funny goings-on in the kitchen, led by the irrepressible [[Mr. Pastry]].

The early plots of the soap featured many semi-comic situations that might have occurred during the everyday running of a hotel. Chief characters of this time included Gordon Honeycombe, the guest who believed he was reading the news from the hotel elevators, Manuel, the semi-incompetent waiter from [[Portuagal]] whose interpretations of guest food orders often led to hilarious results and funny goings-on in the kitchen, led by the irrepressible [[Mr. Pastry]].

==Latter days ==

==Latter days ==

Crossroads went color in 1969, but with color came a darkening of the program's mood. Sandy's character changed from that of a cheerful happy-go-lucky teenager to that of a sharp businessman who was determined to wrest control of Crossroads Hotel from his mother with the help of his right-hand man, the evil Benny. Together Sandy and Benny quickly became the men Britain loved to hate.

Crossroads went color in 1969, but with color came a darkening of the program's mood. Sandy's character changed from that of a cheerful happy-go-lucky teenager to that of a sharp businessman who was determined to wrest control of Crossroads Hotel from his mother with the help of his right-hand man, the evil Benny. Together Sandy and Benny quickly became the men Britain loved to hate.

===The Final days ===  

===The Final days ===  

 

By 1982 Crossroads was struggling in the ratings so the BBC decided to give them a boost. Meg Mortimer, the central character in the soap was to be burnt out of the hotel in a bonfire set by Benny but luckily for her she was rescued by Sandy who had a last minute change of heart and sent her off on a cross-channel ferry, ''The Herald of Free Enterprise'' for a day trip to [[Zeebrugge]]. After Meg left the ratings dropped further and the BBC replaced the series with more repeats of ''Are you being Served?''.

By 1982 Crossroads was struggling in the ratings so the BBC decided to give them a boost. Meg Mortimer, the central character in the soap was to be burnt out of the hotel in a bonfire set by Benny but luckily for her she was rescued by Sandy who had a last minute change of heart and sent her off on a cross channel ferry, ''The Herald of Free Enterprise'' for a day trip to [[Zeebrugge]]. After Meg left the ratings dropped further and the BBC replaced the series with more repeats of ''Are you being Served?''.

[[Category:Television Shows]]

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