Sheridan Smith two-part BBC drama "The 7.39". In March 2014, she appeared in the ITV crime drama "The Widower" as the first wife of serial killer Malcolm Webster. Later that year, she featured in the series "Who Do You Think You Are?" and played Cilla Black in the three-part ITV drama series "Cilla". In 2015 she starred as cancer patient Lisa Lynch in the one-off BBC drama "The C Word" and as policewoman Jo Gillespie in the three-part ITV drama "Black Work", which was nominated for a National Television Award in 2016. Smith narrated the reality series "" from 2015. The show
ITV Encore attributed the closure of the channel to poor ratings, in part due to its Sky exclusivity, and an over-reliance on repeats. ITV Encore closed at midnight on 1 May 2018 as part of Sky's major EPG reshuffle. The last programme shown on the channel was "Agatha Christie's Poirot" The Plymouth Express. Its Sky EPG slot was taken by Sky Two. The idea of replacing the television channel with an online service is similar to a direction BBC Three took in 2016. ITV Encore broadcasts some of ITV's most successful drama series of recent years. Since January 2015, ITV Encore also