Cilla

2014 - 2014

Episode 1

15th September 2014

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?

Episode 2

22nd September 2014

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.

Episode 3

29th September 2014

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.

Top Cast

Sheridan Smith•Aneurin Barnard•Ed Stoppard

Director

Paul Whittington

Writer

Jeff Pope

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.

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Full Cast

Sheridan Smith Image

Sheridan Smith

Cilla Black

Aneurin Barnard Image

Aneurin Barnard

Bobby Willis

Ed Stoppard Image

Ed Stoppard

Brian Epstein

John Henshaw Image

John Henshaw

John White

Melanie Hill Image

Melanie Hill

Priscilla White

Ceri Dupree Image

Ceri Dupree

Danny La Rue

Tom Dunlea

Ringo Starr

Jack Farthing Image

Jack Farthing

John Lennon

Kevin Mains Image

Kevin Mains

Paul McCartney

Michael Hawkins Image

Michael Hawkins

George Harrison

Elliot Cowan Image

Elliot Cowan

George Martin

Shaun Mason Image

Shaun Mason

Trevor

Kate Fitzgerald

Vera

Chris Orton

Butler

Daniel Pirrie Image

Daniel Pirrie

Burt Bacharach

Jay Benedict Image

Jay Benedict

Ed Sullivan

Gemma Sutton

Beryl Marsden

Full Crew

Jeff Pope Image

Jeff Pope

Writer

Paul Whittington

Director

Tania Reddin

Editor

Lisa Marie Hall

Production Design

Martin Fuhrer

Cinematography

Niall Byrne Image

Niall Byrne

Music

Jeff Pope Image

Jeff Pope

Executive Producer

Matthew Hamilton

Line Producer

Kwadjo Dajan

Producer

Tony Moulsdale

Executive Producer

Robert Willis

Executive Producer

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