Russell T Davies reveals he wrote script for Crossroads just days before soap opera was cancelled

During his The Graham Norton Show appearance, Russell T Davies revealed on Friday that he was a ‘super fan’ of the show, ‘Crossroads’ and he wrote an entire script for the show just days before the ITV soap opera was cancelled. Davis was on the BBC talk show to promote his latest project ‘Nolly’ which is in tribute to late Crossroads star Noele Gordon, who is played by Helena Bonham Carter in the three-part series Nolly on ITVX.

Crossroads was launched in 1964 and the late Noele was one of the show’s biggest stars. While talking about the soap opera on The Graham Norton Show, Davies said that the first thing he ever wrote was a script for Crossroads. Elaborating more on the incident, he said that he had sent the script off and the showmakers had invited him to Birmingham.

“I was so excited to be there because I loved it so much,” Davies continued while adding that they realised he was a “super fan”. Moreover, he stated that just five days after he sent off the final script for the soap opera, Crossroads was axed. Davies said, “I waited 40 years and finally got to write it” through Nolly.


Talking about the upcoming three-part series on ITVX, Helena Bonham Carter also said that the person who would love ‘Nolly’ the “most” is Noele Gordon and remembered her as a “wonderful woman”. According to Helena, the show is ‘Me Too’ without any intimate scenes because Gordon “took on the bullies”.

When asked if Helena thinks the industry has improved in terms of men taking the decisions, she said that the situation is getting better but it is still “ageist”.

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Who is Russell T Davies?
Russell T Davies is a Welsh screenwriter and producer.

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59 years