Hornblower, Spawforth, Eidinow. (2012) The Oxford Classical Dictionary fourth edition. Oxford University Press. p.688, 649-651] Other locations included the canal (including Gas Street Basin) behind the studios in Birmingham; in-story this was the King’s Oak Canal, on which Vera had a barge. The Chateau Impney Hotel also featured numerous times, most famously when Hugh proposed to Meg in 1973, and it was used to hold their wedding party two years later. The Chateau Impney was renamed the Droitwich Hotel on-screen. St Laurence’s Church in Alvechurch was the setting for Jill and Adam Chance’s wedding in 1983. Hagley Hall was used for the wedding reception. Helios Health Club based in Brierley Hill was used as the location for the Motel Health Club, filmed on Mondays when the health club was closed. I think the blues still speaks to kids today", said Ry Cooder, who performed the music with Steve Vai and Arlen Roth. "It's so old that it's new." [7] From Birmingham International Airport, bear right onto Concorde Road, then right onto Vanguard Road. Bear left onto Airport Way. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit then merge onto Coventry Road A45 (sign posted M42, M6, M1, M40, M5, Coventry). Go left (sign posted M42, M6, M1, M40, M5, NEC), then at the roundabout take the first exit onto Pendigo Way (sign posted NEC). At the roundabout, take the first exit into the car park of the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. From Airport & Station

This number shows the air temperature for the time period. You can see the temperature in Celsius or The Crossroads Fan Club". www.crossroadsmotel.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Benny, like Miss Luke, regularly disappeared from the motel for long periods – was this to enable you to appear in other things?

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Robert Halliday (2008). "British Archaeology, no 25, June 1997: Features". britarch.ac.uk . Retrieved 10 September 2011. Further changes were introduced in March 1985, when new filming locations, sets and characters were introduced. Many storylines began to revolve around the new motel owner, Nicola Freeman (played by Gabrielle Drake). More long-term characters, such as David and Barbara Hunter, were axed. The theme tune was also updated, and the opening titles replaced with a longer version. Finally, the show was renamed Crossroads Motel– although this fact was never formally announced by the show’s production team and the word “Motel” was simply incorporated into the opening titles. The closing titles, which had scrolled in multiple ‘crossroad’ directions since the earliest episodes, were replaced with conventional scrolling credits. The original series was recorded at ATV’s/Central’s Broad Street studios in Birmingham, while the revived series was filmed at Carlton Studios in Nottingham. George & Mildred – 8.8, 2 – The Sweeney – 8.2, 3 – Crossroads – 7.6, 4 – Pilger – 7.4, 5 – Benny Hill – 7.1, 6 – Crossroads – 7.0, 7 – Crossroads – 6.8, 8 – Bionic Woman – 6.8, 9 – Coronation St – 6.7, 10 – Crossroads – 6.3, 11 – Spring & Autumn – 6.3, 12 – Coronation St – 6.2, 13 – News At Ten – 6.1, 14 – General Hospital – 5.8 This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy. ( August 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

This Is Your Life – 7.9, 2 – Coronation St – 7.6, 3 – Coronation St – 7.6, 4 – Crossroads – 7.4, 5 – Crossroads – 7.4, 6 – Rising Damp – 7.2, 7 – Bit Of Wisdom – 6.9, 8 – European Cup – 6.9, 9 – Crossroads – 6.9, 10 – The Fosters – 6.9, 11 – David Nixon – 6.8, 12 – Sale Of The Century – 6.8, 13 – Crossroads – 6.7, 14 – New Faces – 6.2, 15 – Hadleigh – 6.1 Sale Of The Century – 7.3, 2 – General Hospital – 7.1, 3 – Man About The House – 6.4, 4 – Coronation St – 6.4, 5 – Winner Takes All – 6.2, 6 – The Sweeney – 6.1, 7 – What’s On? – 6.1, 8 – News At Ten – 6.1, 9 – Crossroads – 6.0, 10 – Crossroads – 5.9, 11 – Crossroads – 5.9, 12 – XYZ Man – 5.8, 13 – Crossroads – 5.7, 14 – News At Ten – 5.7, 15 – News At Ten – 5.6, George & Mildred – 15.9, 2 – Professionals – 14.9, 3 – Only When I Laugh – 14.8, 4 – London Night Out – 14.4, 5 – Coronation St – 13.9, 6 – 3-2-1 – 13.8, 7 – Crossroads – 13.3, 8 – Coronation St – 13.2, 9 – Crossroads – 13.1, 10 – Crossroads 13.1 The fictional Crossroads Motel was in an equally fictional village near Birmingham, Kings Oak (there are real suburbs in south-west Birmingham called Kings Heath, Kings Norton and Selly Oak). A number of real-life hotels doubled for location filming; it is stated in the 1982 Crossroads Special that the Longshoot Motel (Nuneaton) was used as a 'blueprint' in designing the motel and it is likely that some scenes were filmed there during the run of the series.

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Main article: List of Crossroads characters Production history [ edit ] Original start dates [ edit ] People used to say where does that accent come from? Well, it never really came from anywhere! If you were in Birmingham they thought it was Worcester, and if you were in Worcester it was Birmingham and anywhere outside of Birmingham they thought it was Birmingham. What I tried to do was make it an accent that nobody could actually decide where it came from.