WORTH WATCHING: Helena Bonham-Carter is ‘Nolly,’ ..."The Crown’s Helena Bonham-Carter is a ferocious delight as Nolly, a British soap-opera star whose termination ignites a firestorm."NollyPBS
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Helena Bonham-Carter (
The Crown) is a riot as TV diva Noele “Nolly” Gordon, who for nearly 20 years was a fixture on TV as the star of the soap opera Crossroads. A delicious three-part Masterpiece drama, written by the inimitable Russell T. Davies (
Doctor Who), depicts the furor when Nolly’s character of motel proprietor Meg Mortimer is written out of the show in 1981, effectively sacking its biggest star, who rules the set like a queen. (“I am making this show better if I have to haul it out of the grave, line by line,” she declares during a rehearsal.) Nolly won’t go out quietly, but what will the next act be for this actress of a certain age?
