Cilla (TV series)

Cilla is a British drama television series about the early career of Cilla Black. It was broadcast in three parts on ITV, and began onSeptember 2014 with Sheridan Smith playing the starring role. Smith was much praised for her performance.

The series is based around Blacks hometown of Liverpool and follows her rise to fame from 1960 amateur appearances in clubs, her relationships with Bobby Willis and Brian Epstein to the latters death in 1967.In 1960s Liverpool, young Priscilla Cilla White is working as a typist, but frequently performs at Liverpools famed Cavern Club, where she meets young singersongwriter Bobby Willis. Mersey Beat, a local music publication, prints an article on Cilla in which she is mistakenly referred to as Cilla Black. However, young Cilla likes the sound of it and decides to use if for her stage name. It is arranged for her to audition for the Beatles manager Brian Epstein. However the key is too low for her and she loses ground to her rival, Beryl Marsden. ........

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