(upbeat music) - Ladies and gentlemen, miss Noele Gordon.

(crowd clapping) (upbeat music) - [Helena] Nolly, Noele Gordon, was the star of a soap opera called Crossroads.

15 million viewers a night.

Which was enormous.

- [Speaker 1] It's you, isn't it?

- Yes, I'm afraid - it is.

- She was an icon.

- [Speaker 2] No charge, Nolly, no charge.

- Then overnight, suddenly, she was sacked, brutally chopped out of her own show.

No one's ever quite known why.

- [Speaker 3] They have plans for the future of the show without you.

- This is her story, the story of a woman who's a great survivor.

- [Speaker 4] 60 seconds, quiet please.

- [Helena] It's a beautiful piece of writing.

She just jumped off the page.

I have been brutally axed and my heart is utterly broken.

She's somebody who's treated really badly, but didn't behave like a victim.

She called them out on it.

She's so gutsy, I just thought, God, everyone needs a Nolly.

- Why did they get rid of you, Nolly?

- Why did Crossroads sack you?

- Why did they get rid of you?

- I don't know, dear, I do not know.

I don't know, all right?

(Nolly screaming) - That's an amazing amount of work for Helena's character.

- [Speaker 5] Okay Nolly, we need you on set.

- [Con] She exudes.

No, it's lovely to watch.

- [Augustus] She's so mischievous and so joyous and so smart and so talented.

She's Noele Gordon in this, she completely transforms.

- Ready to record, places, please everyone.

- [Helena] We had a really fun time on the Crossroads set.

- And action.

- And I've never seen Muscles so exciting.

Or the reception and picking up the phone Crossroads Motel.

Can I help you?

It's funny and it's moving and it's mad Cat and bonkers.

- It's fast, it's lively, it's full of glamor.

It's really fun.

But under that, a proper drama, one woman fighting the system, - Those men singled me out.

They beared their teeth, they brought me down.

It's really inspired by her.

- Take center stage.

Beat those bloody men if people are gonna love it.

- Oh, Nolly, you're alive.

I am - best episode ever.