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- Is Nolly based on a true story? Yes. The three-part mini-series explores TV legend Noele Gordon was at the height of its success and Nolly was one of the biggest names on British television. But in the June of that year, the actress was axed from her role, without any prior warning and with no real explanation.
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Mar 11, 2024 · PBS' latest series, Nolly, is a drama about the firing of one of Britain's biggest 1970s-era soap opera stars. Here's what viewers should know about the real Noele Gordon and the series she starred in, Crossroads.
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Speaking at a launch event for Nolly, creator Russell T Davies was quizzed on what parts of the show are factual and which have come from his imagination. He confidently assured the audience that all of the anecdotes mentioned about Nolly are true, placing particular emphasis on the enormous sense of loyalty she had to the cast and crew of Crossroa...
One of this show's standout moments takes place on Nolly's last day at Crossroads, when she films a teary goodbye aboard famous cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 (or QE2 for short). The cast feel great sadness over her forced removal from the show, which is only heightened by the realisation that Nolly would actually have to sail away on the QE2 comple...
One of the fictitious elements of Nolly is the insertion of a character named Poppy Ngomo, played by Stay Closestar Bethany Antonia, who is introduced in the first episode as a young actor preparing to make her Crossroads debut. Poppy is an invention of screenwriter Russell T Davies, who clarified at the show's launch that neither she nor her chara...
One other aspect of this story that Davies changed for the screen comes in the finale, when Nolly sits down with Crossroads head writer Jack Barton, who finally reveals to her the reason why she was fired from the show. Davies explained: "In real life, there's no evidence that she ever did [find out]. So that’s for drama, I had to give it some sort...
The truth that inspired the fiction – learn more about the real event behind three-part ITV drama Nolly. Three-part ITV drama Nolly was it a hit with viewers when it first arrived in the UK...
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Feb 2, 2023 · If you loved the real-life-inspired A Spy Amongst Friends then you might be intrigued to learn that ITVX’s Nolly is based on a true story. The new drama series is set in the 1980s and tells the tale of actor Noele Gordon, also known as Nolly, who is played in the ITVX show by Helena Bonham Carter.
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