1981: NOELE GORDON on her CAREER CROSSROADS | Harty | Classic Celebrity Interview | BBC Archive

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  • @standenberg
    @standenberg ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Sadly, a year later in 1982 It became known that Noele was suffering from cancer, for which she underwent two major operations. She retired to her home in Birmingham, where she died in 1985.
    However, during this period of the early 80’s, I’m not sure if it’s widely known outside the West Midlands but she worked in youth theatre with kids in Birmingham…many of those children were inner-city kids who had no experience of the theatre etc, & I know this as I was one of them. Noele was lovely & popular with us all, always larger-than-life, chain-smoking & teaching us a thing or ten about performing-arts 😁…a genuine & generous beautiful soul, who I’ll never forget 💙 Thanks.

    • @SimonandJojo
      @SimonandJojo ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is nice and refreshing to read such lovely things about Noele Gordon, as sometimes people have commented on her saying the opposite, I can imagine the chain smoking, I have a signed photo which is usually published even now only in black & white, but mine is in colour of her arriving at work in a scarf, her glasses, and a cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth, my signed photo is A4. I wrote to another chain smoking actress back in 1985, that letter I wrote turned into a friendship that lasted until her death, that was June Brown, (known to many as Dot Cotton), she was my dearest, best and oldest friend and our friendship was 4 years short of 40 years! June was very wise, and gave wonderful, sound advice, she had no side to her, what you saw is what you got, I was very blessed to have such a wonderful best friend.

  • @hilaryepstein6013
    @hilaryepstein6013 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm sure she really was bitter and angry about being dumped by ATV but was an old trooper and hid it well. Always good to see Russell Harty, very underrated I think.

    • @OlafProt
      @OlafProt ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Harty wasn’t underrated. He was one of the top interviewers of his day. He interviewed Bowie and many other greats. Forgotten, but not underrated.

    • @hilaryepstein6013
      @hilaryepstein6013 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@OlafProt Yes he did interview some good people but from what I remember I don't think he was taken as seriously as Michael Parkinson.

    • @OlafProt
      @OlafProt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hilaryepstein6013 that’s a good point he was def seen as more lightweight wasn’t he.

    • @GeorgeHarrisonDarkHorse
      @GeorgeHarrisonDarkHorse ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Russell Harty was definitely a more light-hearted alternative to Parky. He had guests like Kevin Turvey (Rik Mayall’s character), that clip is on TH-cam. RH paved the way for the 7pm slot chat-shows like Wogan, where Michael Parkinson was always on after the 9 O’clock news when most kids of a certain age were off to bed.

    • @OlafProt
      @OlafProt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GeorgeHarrisonDarkHorse that’s very true. A similar rather laid back and sort of bewildered style as Wogan. I liked Hartywe always watched him, Wogan and Parkinson. But then of course we did lol there were only 3 channels

  • @SimonandJojo
    @SimonandJojo ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I loved 'Crossroads', 'Coronation Street' and 'Emmerdale Farm', but 'Crossroads' was my favourite of the three, I loved Noele Gordon's portrayal of Meg Richardson, and I loved both the Tony Hatch & Paul McCartney versions of the closing theme, and the cliff hanger after the closing credits, and I loved the horizontal & vertical closing credits, especially the white lettering on an orange background, I believe the closing credits were achieved by 4 people, (two props men & two ATV camera's), I can also remember on some occasions the closing credits sometimes collided as the timing of horizontal and vertical was slightly out. Back then these 3 soaps were true family shows, if anyone is interested a re-release of volumes 1 and 2 of the 'Crossroads' DVD's was released in Feb. 2023, as a 4 Dvd set, and titled 'Crossroads Classics', it is a lovely re - release, with new sleeve and disc artwork. I still have an A4 signed photo of Noele Gordon, which is a colour photo of her arriving at work in her white scarf, glasses and cigarette in her mouth, (this same photo seems to be both on Internet and in the papers at the time only black & white).

  • @2Bunphettered788
    @2Bunphettered788 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I watched this after seeing the mini-series "Nolly" on PBS here in the States. 🙂

  • @juliepownall1063
    @juliepownall1063 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nolly made crossroads huge star was shocked she was sacked at the time my mum loved watching crossroads esp and coronation street

  • @OlafProt
    @OlafProt ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hated Crossroads but my granny loved it. And I remember the furore when she was sacked.

  •  ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's a huge shame that there's no full Harty episodes out there, and that this is the only Harty clip uploaded by yourselves. I wish these older broadcasts were fully available to the public and not closed away in your archives. A large chunk of the current generation are really missing out on the history of television and it sure is a pity that the only available thing to us is this channel and the Programme Index (which doesn't show much).
    Come on BBC, do the right thing.

  • @PK-yf3hd
    @PK-yf3hd ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my earliest TV memories ,in 1957 when we first got it,was lunchbox(I think it was called thus) featuring Noel Gordon ..I recall around ,12 30 watching this early entertainment which featured the resident comic character ,Lionel .one of a musical trio or band singing 'oh in 11more months and 12 more days we'll be out of the Kalamazoo..in..etc etc. There going to turn me loose ..being behind bars in jail...

  • @JohnHonda101
    @JohnHonda101 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember Noele and Crossroads very well, I didn't like it but my Grandmother did.

  • @derekhorne8076
    @derekhorne8076 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned that the credits roll in the Crossroads style! Lol

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard9673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Coronation Street was much more tongue in cheek and working class than Crossroads so hard to confuse.

  • @smadaf
    @smadaf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Alright-when we put this on TH-cam, let's make a thumbnail picture of three faces cackling maniacally."

  • @MrDavey2010
    @MrDavey2010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Noelle was a diva and a very difficult actress to work with. She had a fragile talent which accounts for her strident manner.

  • @mattsan70
    @mattsan70 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never liked Russell Harty, could not warm to him, had an arrogance that made everything about him.