Episode 3016 from September 1978 – Steve makes a short-list of his suspects in the case of the poison pen letter. While Shughie tries to tempt Jane to excess, Bernard throws a considerable wobbler in the kitchen. Shughie accuses him of amateur dramatics.

Episode 1868 from February 1973 – Sandy breaks up a knife fight between two girls by charging them with his wheelchair. Vera and Diane have fallen out and Jill is suffering from a fit of the miseries. Episode 3 014 from September 1978 – Diane’s feelings are still conflicted over Steve and she takes out her frustrations on her aged neighbour. Shughie, still fancying his chances as The Other Man, gets caught schmoozing Helen by Bernard – increasing his jealousy by leaps and bounds. Ed foolishly asks Benny to do the farm accounts. Episode 496 from November 1966 – In this earliest surviving episode at the time of release (before 126 was discoverd) Bill Baker proposes to Marilyn. Andy pours his heart out to Meg about Ruth who has been out with Derek Maynard searching for his wife Sarah. Meg is persuaded to model for Jimmy’s mural.Episode 3105 from February 1979– Meg, often very nice, accuses Jill of being too nice. Sandy informs his mother that the murderous Chris Hunter is at the motel. Meg retires to her room. Adam informs Jill that Diane has been dropping hints about Valerie to him. He believes the motel staff think he’s put the waitress in the family way. Shughie gets an unwelcome visitor. Episode 2656 from December 1976 – Meg is concerned about Sandy’s reaction to Faye’s news but he takes it on the chin. Jim and Stan show deep appreciation for their new calendar while Benny is more concerned about what to do with his gran over Christmas. Episode 3080 from January 1979 – Meg is deep in thought regarding Jill’s personal situation, however, has unwanted issues with Deborah Crisp who now claims she has proof that Hugh Mortimer is the father of her child – Wendy. Jill ponders her future and how she intends to keep Sarah Jane, telling David of her plans. Bernard and Helen Booth discover their marriage is on the skids while Tish finds Meg in a state of distress. Episode 2879 from January 1978 – In an atmosphere of curiously tense sexuality, Ingrid and Stan indulge in a philosophical dialogue on the meaning of life. Lynn confesses to Sandy that she is very disappointed in her parents’ behaviour.

Episode 2653 from December 1976 – Stan lays down the law when Jill drives their baby around without using a proper child seat. Meg broaches a sensitive subject with Sandy. Sandy reciprocates. Episode 1925 from June 1973 – Meg and Joan discuss the implications of helping the victims of crippling accidents. David Hunter tries to persuade Meg to make an investment that she’s very uncomfortable with. Episode 3068 – from December 1978 – Benny Hawkins and Joe MacDonald try to get Sharon to do their dirty work for them. Shughie passes a disparaging remark on Doris Luke’s festive decorations, while David is the recipient of bad news from Bernard Booth. The decision to kill off original character Jill Harvey, who was murdered by Adam Chance three months into the series' revival, proved unpopular with fans of the original show. [22] Jane Rossington has said that she did not want to commit herself to another long run in the show, but warned Carlton it would be suicidal to kill Jill. [22] Jane Asher appeared in Crossroads as Angel Samson in 2003. Episode 3037 from October 1978 – Irene Bailey’s behaviour is even stranger than usual, giving Dr Butterworth pause to consider that she may be better off in a hospital. Bernard tries to get to the bottom of Helen’s recalcitrance for visiting hospitals. Sharon has trouble managing her manager.a b c "Clapton 'Crossroads' Fuels Unexpected Sales Mileage" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 100 (23): 6, 41, 78. 4 June 1988. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 27 November 2015. When television was young, it was ethereal. It danced through the air and was intercepted on its way into space by the nation’s sets and aerials. These days, the medium is more contained. It is streamed and collected in box sets. But some of those old programmes still retain a hold on the cultural memory. We remember Quatermass for terrifying a generation. We remember Cathy Come Home for changing the law on housing. And we remember Crossroads for being rubbish. Over the years the series dealt with storylines which were controversial for the times. A single parent working at the motel was hugely controversial in the mid-1960s, as was Sandy Richardson becoming a permanent wheelchair user after a car accident in 1972. The storyline was developed when actor Roger Tonge had himself become a wheelchair user off screen as a way to keep him in the series, thus becoming the first paraplegic regular character portrayed in a British soap opera. Soaps are not to be binged. They give us companionable fictional people with whom to share our lives. That’s why the marriages of Deirdre Rachid or the trials of Meg Mortimer are not like the problems of Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary, but have the same bumpy one-damn-thing-after-another quality of our own existences. Episode 2657 from December 1976 – Tish Hope organises the Christmas decorations while David discusses her upcoming marriage with Faye: a bit of domination will do you good in these days of sex equality.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. In January 1988, the series was reduced to only two episodes a week, with Crossroads King's Oak finally coming to an end on 4 April 1988 (the Easter bank holiday). The last, extended episode saw the only remaining original character, Jill Chance ( Jane Rossington), riding off with her new lover John Maddingham ( Jeremy Nicholas). Asked what name she would give the hotel she would be running in her new life, the character remarked, a little sadly, "I always thought Crossroads was an awfully good name". Episode 3049 from November 1978 – Philip Bailey hounds Dr Butterworth, much to Marian’s distress. Helen has a bit of a blub and confesses to Doris that she’s actually on the pill. Bernard Booth’s authority is flouted when Benny brings a kitten he’s found into the kitchen. Recording for the show ended at Christmas 1987 with the final episode (a feature length finale) broadcast in April 1988 where Jill drives off into the sunset with her lover to open a "little hotel in the West" that she thought they could call "Crossroads".Episode 3056 from November 1978 – Adam, now co-owner in trust of Crossroads thanks to Hugh’s dodgy dealings, congratulates Meg on her business acumen. Shughie McFee, nearly trampled by Helen Booth in a speedy exit, warns Doris that she’s in Bernard Booth’s gunsights.