Season 1 (2014)
Release date: 2014-09-15
User rating:
9.2 / 10
Director: Paul Whittington
Writer: Jeff Pope
Episodes (3):
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?
Release date: 2014-09-15
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.
Release date: 2014-09-22
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.
Release date: 2014-09-29
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
Jack Farthing
as John Lennon
Kevin Mains
as Paul McCartney
Michael Hawkins
as George Harrison
Elliot Cowan
as George Martin
Shaun Mason
as Trevor
Daniel Pirrie
as Burt Bacharach
Jay Benedict
as Ed Sullivan
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Tom Dunlea - Ringo Starr, Kate Fitzgerald - Vera, Chris Orton - Butler, Gemma Sutton - Beryl Marsden
Crew - click here to expand
Jeff Pope - Writer, Paul Whittington - Director, Tania Reddin - Editor, Lisa Marie Hall - Production Design, Martin Fuhrer - Cinematography, Niall Byrne - Music, Jeff Pope - Executive Producer, Matthew Hamilton - Line Producer, Kwadjo Dajan - Producer, Tony Moulsdale - Executive Producer, Robert Willis - Executive Producer