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 Sings a Rainbow Cilla Sings a Rainbow Cilla Sings a Rainbow is the title of Cilla Black's second solo studio album released on 18 April 1966 by Parlophone Records. The album reached #4 on the UK Album Chart, surpassing the peak of her previous album, which reached #5. A mono sound edition of this album was re-issued on CD in 2002 by EMI Records with " Cilla". On 7 September 2009, EMI Records release a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. This re-issue features all of the album's original recordings re-mastered by Abbey Road Studios from original 1/4" stereo master