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
Josh O'Connor He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and graduated in 2011. In 2012, O'Connor appeared in "Lewis". In 2015, he played Rich in the biographical drama film "The Program", directed by Stephen Frears. The following year, he took over the role of Donaghy in "Florence Foster Jenkins", starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. Since 2016, he has played the role of Lawrence ("Larry") Durrell in the ITV comedy-drama "The Durrells". In 2017, he starred as Johnny Saxby in the British drama film "God's Own Country", directed by Francis Lee. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on