Cilla (2014)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 2014-09-15
Last Air Date: 2014-09-29
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- Sheridan Smith as Cilla Black
- Aneurin Barnard as Bobby Willis
- Ed Stoppard as Brian Epstein
- John Henshaw as John White
- Melanie Hill as Priscilla White
- Ceri Dupree as Danny La Rue
- Tom Dunlea as Ringo Starr
- Jack Farthing as John Lennon
- Kevin Mains as Paul McCartney
- Michael Hawkins as George Harrison
Seasons
Season 1 (2014)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: 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?
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Ep. 2: 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.
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Ep. 3: 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.
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