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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What a joy to watch - really takes you back to the glory days and when Crossroads ruled with simple storylines and a cast of characters you really cared about. Really puts some of today's soaps in the shade.
The extras are good and top marks for Sue Nicholls for really defending her show Crossroads and saying how much she enjoyed it
Worth the money and fingers crossed they bring out more.....it would be good to have some more 80's episodes in the future - along with those classic 60/70's....Amy Turtle is the best!
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Volume one is a must-see DVD, with the most remembered episodes of Crossroads' many story lines. Volume two however is more varied - bringing some forgotten plots - and some classic moments to DVD.
Crossroads goes from drama to comedy, the light and shade from one scene to the next. Apparently, thats how soaps should be.
Sick of the sitcom that is Coronation Street? Tired of the depressing EastEnders.. then Crossroads on DVD might be the answer. In the days when Corrie was a drama series and Emmerdale Farm was just a lunchtime serial, Crossroads was being the first British soap. A tea time airing, but reaching primetime ratings - styled in the American format - and enjoying every minute of not taking itself too seriously, but still throwing in some social issues for good measure between the crazy and mind blowing stories.
This DVD has three black and white episodes on it, some would say these Reg Watson episodes were its best era. The rest span the years 1970 to 1983, including the motel fire, the wedding of Jill and Adam and also the death of Benny's girlfriend, Maureen on their wedding day.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This dvd warms the cockles of the heart and shows beyond a shred of a doubt that THE MOTEL SCENERY DID NOT WOBBLE, THE ACTORS DID INDEED ACT AND THE LINES ARE DELIVERED WITH APLOMB (well, most of the time - but don't forget that they only had 45 minutes to record each episode and they were not permitted to record more than one take so a few mistakes crept in, but who cares?! That was part of the appeal for many of its fans.)
Noele Gordon, in particular, as the ever maternal and capable Meg Richardson, acts her frocks off in this splendid compilation featuring some of the most memorable episodes from the 1960's and 70's.
Watch as the insane Rosemary Hunter, resplendent in a glittering silver blouse and dead-of-night black dress, shoots her ex husband, David on the eve of his engagement to crime novelist, Barbara Brady ...
Thrill to the joy of Meg on her wedding day as she finally marries Hugh Mortimer only months after losing her memory from the shock of discovering that her evil second husband, Malcolm Ryder, was alive and well and out to get her ...
Giggle out loud at the antics of chef Shughie McFee as he boasts and battles with poe-faced Bernard Booth ...
Listen to all the gossip you need from nosey Amy Turtle and the marvellously gushing, camp Tish Hope ...
It's all here, including Benny and his beloved 'Miss Diane', Doris Luke in her sister's garish frock, Bob Powell going blind, poor Sandy Richardson losing his girlfriend as well as the use of his legs (and who knows what else is missing!) ...
I cannot praise this gorgeous mix of vintage Crossroads Motel Memories highly enough. Even those who claimed to loathe it (and never watched it, so they say) will have to admit it is the Best Soap Opera which ever lived. It's all here on dvd ... and this is just the beginning! This is volume one - there are many more planned.
Buy it now and you will wish Crossroads was still on our screens five days a week.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Crossroads nostalgia
Great to revisit the old series which was a tea time institution when I was growing up! Did not notice the wobbly sets and the forgotten words, well some I did, but good to see... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2005 by B. Richardson
just as i remember
what can i say, my earliest television memory was that of Benny Hawkins leaving is wedding Carnationon the side of his dying wife to be. i would have been four that year! Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2005 by dazza
Crossroads Stands The Test of Time!
Like many people of our generation, my wife and I grew up with CROSSROADS. It was a regular feature of our weekday tea-times. Read more
Published on 12 May 2005 by Ben Bridges
A Soap Which Lead The Way
Looking at this DVD you can clearly see that Reg Watson took many of its early ideas with him when he moved from ATV to Grundy; and created many other soap hits such as The Young... Read more
Published on 1 May 2005 by Elizabeth Garrett
crossroads
i am only 22 so did not see the original until this dvd release and i enjoyed it and no i did not see any sets move and the acting was good. Read more
Published on 29 April 2005 by Mr c saxton
A Real Classic!
Well what can I say? I have been a follower of Crossroads since its return in 2001 and I had to buy this to see what I had missed... All I can say is WOW... Read more
Published on 28 April 2005 by "loveless_xey"
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