Cilla Black (1943-2015)

At CultBox, we are usually preoccupied with TV personalities who have flown on board the TARDIS or the Liberator, or who keep a Synth or a book of English magic for personal use. But occasionally there are figures so mainstream, so ubiquitous, that they cut through narrow definitions of cult and seem to embody the … >

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‘Cilla’ Episode 2 review

We give it four years, tops. Maybe even just two. That’s how long it’ll be before a major brace of films snap up Sheridan Smith and makes her this decade’s Kate Winslet or Helen Bonham Carter: in other words, the go-to Brit actress to give your project a bit of class. Smith is remarkable in … >

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‘Cilla’ Episode 1 review

Watching a nostalgia-fest with plenty of popular tunes and cobbled streets is, frankly, about as ITV as you can get. And so it is with Cilla, a three-part biopic all about – Surprise, Surprise (come on, it’s best we get that joke out of the way sooner rather than later) – Cilla Black, starring Sheridan … >

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‘Cilla’ trailer: Sheridan Smith as Cilla Black in new ITV drama

A one-minute trailer has been released for ITV’s new mini-series about the rise to fame of Cilla Black. Starring Sheridan Smith as the Liverpudlian singer, the three-part drama begins at 9pm on Monday 15 September on ITV. Written by Jeff Pope (Lucan, Philomena, Mrs Biggs), Cilla will capture “the essence of 1960s Liverpool, the atmosphere … >

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ITV’s autumn drama trailer: ‘Scott & Bailey’, ‘Lewis’, ‘Cilla’ and more

ITV has unveiled a new trailer featuring a first look at some of the channel’s upcoming drama series. The one-minute preview includes clips from Sheridan Smith’s Cilla Black biopic Cilla, Reece Shearsmith and Alex Kingston’s new crime drama Chasing Shadows, new episodes of Paddy Considine’s The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, the fourth series of Scott & … >

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