Crossroads is a British television soap opera set in a literary motel near Birmingham, England. Created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, the commercial ITV system originally broadcast the show between 1988 and 1964. Produced by ATV and later by Central it turned into a byword in the 1970s and early 1980s, specially for inexpensive production values. The show has been revived in a more glossy version by Carlton Television in 2001, however, was cancelled in 2003. The theme tune especially included in Wings Paul McCartney & in their 1975 album, and was composed by Tony Hatch Venus and Mars. Raf Ravenscroft and Max Early, composed when the show had been re launched Kings Oak, as Crossroads A brand new version, that was aired in 1987.