Crossroads VI: 6

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Man About The House – 6.3, 2 – Down The Gate – 6.2, 3 – Coronation St – 6.1, 4 – Crossroads – 5.9, 5 – Crossroads – 5.8, 6 – Crossroads – 5.7, 7 – Coronation St – 5.6, 8 – Moody & Pegg – 5.6, 9 – News At Ten – 5.5, 10 – The Squirrels – 5.5, 11 – Crossroads – 5.4, 12 – Don’t Ask Me – 5.3, 13 – News At Ten – 5.3, 14 – Sam – 5.2, 15 – Gosling’s Travels – 5.0 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 And I mean students, Birmingham University and up north, Bradford I think it was, as you went through Bradford there was a bridge “Benny is Innocent”! And the universities they were all hanging things out the windows saying “Benny is Innocent” and that was the tongue in cheek side, and there was also the side that really, you know…

The Sweeney – 16.6, 2 – Coronation St – 16.5, 3 – Robin’s Nest – 16, 4 – Crossroads – 15.2, 5 – Sale Of The Century – 15.1, 6 – Crossroads – 15, 7 – This Is Your Life – 15, 8 – Edward & Mrs Simpson – 14.9, 9 – Coronation St – 14.8, 10 – Mixed Blessings – 14.8, 11 – Crossroads – 14.6, 12 – Return Of The Saint – 14.6, 13 – Lillie – 14.6, 14 – George & Mildred – 14, 15 – Professionals – 13.9 Recording for the show ended at Christmas 1987 with the final episode (a feature length finale) broadcast in April 1988 where Jill drives off into the sunset with her lover to open a "little hotel in the West" that she thought they could call "Crossroads". I suppose all the things that went with it. First of all, I loved the character he was a great character and for an actor, I’ve said this before I believe there are about 7 things you that have in a character and with Benny you could use all 7 to extremes. He could cry, he could lose his temper, he could do whatever and it’s great for an actor to be able to go to these extremes with his emotions which you could as Benny.An 11th-century homily called De Falsis Deis tells us that Mercury or Odin were honored on crossroads. What was your initial reaction when you first read for the part of Benny – did you realise immediately that he would be such an enduringly popular character?

What did you think of the controversial killing off of Miss Diane and the storyline in which Benny bought a donkey and named it after her? Do you think the producers made a mistake in writing out Diane?

Well, I think getting married to Maureen, that’s when we went to number one in the TV charts and everything during that period, we were 1, 2, 4, and 5 over that period. I always said, you see, Benny was the big feller, you know you always got the small feller who got the sympathy, and Benny was the big, lumbering, child-like person, you know. The series was reduced to four episodes a week from 10 September 2001 until July/August 2002 before increasing 5 episodes per week until 30 August 2002. From there, the series went into a hiatus from until January 2003, during which time further changes were made.