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 … >
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 … >
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 … >
BBC One’s new Sunday evening period drama is no gentle, quiet or quaint look back at an innocent, idyllic age. South Riding has bite, blackness and resonances that ring true even 75 years on from the era in which it is set.