I think this new series has some great melodramatic and entertaining period piece potential . And the "Icing on the Cake" is the very interesting actress Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown, The King's Speech), will be playing the role ! Based on the true story of Noele Gordon, one of British TV's most famous faces in the 60s and 70s. I will be tuning in for sure on this one !!
It would be nice to see Helena Bonham Carter nominated for a BAFTA TV . Masterpiece have won numerous Emmy awards. OK fellas I am calling it right now Helen Bonham-Carter is certainly going to get a nomination for best actress !!! Yes she is that good in her portrayal of Noele Gordon (Nolly) (played here by Helena Bonham-Carter !
I am on the third episode and I am hooked . The writing is first class . The ensemble of cast members are traffic, the period 1980's wardrobe and set design is spot on and the lead character Carter as Nolly is the icing on the cake. She's amazing.
The series starts some two decades before Crossroads hit the nation's screens, when, in 1938, a young Gordon became the first woman in the world to appear on color television. Cut to 37 years later, and Gordon - better known as Nolly - is one of the most famous women in the UK thanks to her long-standing role as motel owner Meg Mortimer on the Birmingham-based soap.
The series follows Nolly's dramatic and unceremonious sacking from Crossroads, a national scandal at the time and one that remains a mystery to this day. 9/10.
It would be nice to see Helena Bonham Carter nominated for a BAFTA TV . Masterpiece have won numerous Emmy awards. OK fellas I am calling it right now Helen Bonham-Carter is certainly going to get a nomination for best actress !!! Yes she is that good in her portrayal of Noele Gordon (Nolly) (played here by Helena Bonham-Carter !
I am on the third episode and I am hooked . The writing is first class . The ensemble of cast members are traffic, the period 1980's wardrobe and set design is spot on and the lead character Carter as Nolly is the icing on the cake. She's amazing.
The series starts some two decades before Crossroads hit the nation's screens, when, in 1938, a young Gordon became the first woman in the world to appear on color television. Cut to 37 years later, and Gordon - better known as Nolly - is one of the most famous women in the UK thanks to her long-standing role as motel owner Meg Mortimer on the Birmingham-based soap.
The series follows Nolly's dramatic and unceremonious sacking from Crossroads, a national scandal at the time and one that remains a mystery to this day. 9/10.