Noele (or Nolly to her friends) was a legend during her lifetime. As the fiery widow Meg Richardson in the long-running soap opera Crossroads, she was one of the most famous people in Britain. Then, in 1981, at the height of the show's success and the height of Nolly's fame, she was fired without ceremony, without warning and without explanation. With the boss's words "all good things come to an end" ringing in her ears, Noele Gordon was kicked out of the show that was her life for more than 18 years.