Cilla (miniseries) Cilla (miniseries) Cilla is a British drama television miniseries about the early career of Cilla Black. It was broadcast in three parts on ITV, and began on 15 September 2014 with Sheridan Smith playing the starring role. Smith was highly praised for her performance. Following Cilla Black's death in August 2015, the series was broadcast again on ITV between 4–6 August 2015, as well as repeats on ITV Encore. The series is based around Black's hometown of Liverpool and follows her rise to fame from 1960 amateur appearances in clubs, her relationships with Bobby Willis and Brian Epstein to the
Utopia (Doctor Who) arbitrary. This is the first episode in the revived series to credit three principal cast members within the title sequence, with the addition of John Barrowman, who plays Captain Jack Harkness. This is Derek Jacobi's third involvement in "Doctor Who". The first was in the September 2003 audio drama "Deadline", where he played a screenwriter who believes himself to be the Doctor. The second was several months later, in the webcast "Scream of the Shalka", where he played an android version of the Master. In 2017, Jacobi reprised his role from "Utopia" in the audio drama series "The War Master".