The cast of hotel soap Crossroads has checked in for filming - 12 years after the series was last aired on TV. Actors for the show posed in the new hotel built to replace the old motel set ...

Its name evokes an era of creaking plots, creaking dialogue and, best of all, creaking sets. Crossroads, as even its legions of devoted fans might concede, was rarely renowned for its glamour.

Millions of viewers checked into the Crossroads motel in the 70s and 80s to follow the life of hotel owner Meg Mortimer, played by Noele Gordon. Close friends pay tribute to a real life matriarch with ...