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
Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences The Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences has been published by the United States National Academy of Sciences since 1877 and presents biographies of selected members. This series of annual volumes (often abbreviated BMNAS), and the analogous British "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society", are "important examples of biographical serials". The entries in the series are written by an academy member familiar with the subject's work and are written after the subject's death. Each entry includes a biography, photo, and a copy of the subject's signature. Recent biographies