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1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min. 5 sec.) ; 272232173 bytes |
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It's 1960's Liverpool. There's a renewed energy and excitement across the city as the Merseybeat music scene takes hold. Priscilla White is a typist working in a stifling office environment. She has an amazing singing voice, and yearns for a career in the limelight.After frequenting iconic venues like the Cavern Club and The Iron Door, she is soon mesmerising crowds when invited to perform on stage with rising stars like The Beatles, The Big Three and Kingsize Taylor.Childhood friend, Ringo Starr, invites her on tour with his band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, but Cilla's protective Catholic father refuses to let her go. Cilla is distraught, but her spirits are soon lifted when she is swept off her feet by Bobby Willis - a charming, 'older' songwriter with a nice car and 'successful' career in the music business.Unbeknown to Cilla, Bobby is not all he professes to be. In truth, he is the same age as her, works in a bakery, and drives around in hired cars to impress the ladies. When Cilla discovers this, she confronts him and vows never to see him again.Cilla, backed by her friends The Beatles, lands an audition with legendary impresario Brian Epstein. However, Cilla blows her big chance to impress Epstein when an attack of nerves gets the better of her. Devastated she faces up to a future with no singing career, no Bobby and no way out of the typing pool.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Produced by ITV. Executive Producer/Writer: Jeff Pope; Executive Producers: Robert Willis & Tony Moulsdale |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2014-11-16 at 20:35:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Black, Cilla.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Popular music.
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Singers -- Biography.
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Women singers.
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England -- Liverpool.
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Streaming video
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Barnard, Aneurin, cast
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Brannan, Debbie, cast
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Burns, Danny, cast
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Dunlea, Tom, cast
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Farthing, Jack, cast
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Fitzgerald, Kate, cast
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Gage, Jordan Luke, cast
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Greensheilds, Nic, cast
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Hawkins, Michael, cast
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Henshaw, John, cast
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Hill, Melanie, cast
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Mains, Kevin, cast
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Mason, Shaun, cast
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Muscato, Jamie, cast
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Nelson-Joyce, James, cast
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Riley, Kent, cast
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Robinson, Samantha, cast
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Schofield, Andrew, cast
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Smith, Sheridan, cast
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Stoppard, Ed, cast
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Wells, Tara, cast
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