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
Cilla Battersby-Brown six weeks. Her return storyline was not immediately revealed, but it will help to facilitate McAlpine's maternity leave. Peters commented "I'm really thrilled to have the opportunity to revisit Cilla and the cobbles for a short while and to see what she has been up to for the last 7 years." Cilla made her on-screen return on 22 October. It was later announced that Cilla would be hiding the fact that she has osteoporosis from her family. Cilla Battersby-Brown Cilla Battersby-Brown (also Brown) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Wendi Peters. She