There was a time, in the days of Seventies Britain, when Noele Gordon was one of the most famous people in the country. As the flame-haired widow Meg Richardson in legendary soap Crossroads, she was as much of a household name as fellow redhead Margaret Thatcher.
However, in 1981, at the height of the show’s success and the peak of her fame, Nolly (as she was known) was abruptly sacked without ceremony, warning or explanation. With her boss’s words “all good things must come to an end” ringing in her ears, she was forced to leave the show that had been her life for more than 18 years.
