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Cilla

Cilla

★ 7.1/10•2014•1h 0m•G•Drama
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Three-part biopic of the Liverpudlian songbird who would later find fame and fortune. It tells of her rocky road to fame and captures the essence of 1960s Liverpool.

Jeff Pope · Writer

Paul Whittington · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 15, 2014

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E160m

Episode 1

Priscilla White is a Liverpool typist with dreams of escaping the office and becoming a singer. It looks like her chance has come when she meets songwriter Bobby Willis, who claims to be in the music industry - so she's less than impressed to later discover his flash car is hired and he actually works in a bakery. Despite this inauspicious start, Cilla agrees to let him manage her, but will their arrangement still stand after her friends, a local band by the name of the Beatles, help her land an audition with genuine impresario Brian Epstein?

Sep 15, 2014

Episode 2 - Episode 2E260m

Episode 2

As Cilla's confidence returns, Brian Epstein gives her a second chance and convinces her to change direction and gamble on a ballad.

Sep 22, 2014

Episode 3 - Episode 3E360m

Episode 3

The success of her first single, 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' is soon followed by a second single, 'You're My World' which goes to number one. However she fails to break America, and her relationship with Bobby is beginning to have an affect on her success.

Sep 29, 2014

Actors

Sheridan Smith

Sheridan Smith

Cilla Black

Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard

Bobby Willis

Ed Stoppard

Ed Stoppard

Brian Epstein

John Henshaw

John Henshaw

John White

Melanie Hill

Melanie Hill

Priscilla White

Ceri Dupree

Ceri Dupree

Danny La Rue

Tom Dunlea

Ringo Starr

Jack Farthing

Jack Farthing

John Lennon

Kevin Mains

Kevin Mains

Paul McCartney

Michael Hawkins

Michael Hawkins

George Harrison

Elliot Cowan

Elliot Cowan

George Martin

Shaun Mason

Shaun Mason

Trevor

Kate Fitzgerald

Vera

Chris Orton

Butler

Daniel Pirrie

Daniel Pirrie

Burt Bacharach

Jay Benedict

Jay Benedict

Ed Sullivan

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