Sir Cliff Richard celebrates one of our biggest musical stars – Cilla Black – moving into the world of television presenting, with hugely successful BBC series which prompted ITV, many decades later, to make her the Queen of Saturday Night TV once again on Blind Date and Surprise Surprise.
Contributors to Cilla Black at the BBC,Jimmy Tarbuck, Cilla’s son Robert Willis, Gillian Reynolds, Joe Brown, Sir Tim Rice, George Layton, Bob Harris, Tony Blackburn, Mike Batt, Mike Vickers and Hank Marvin from The Shadows. They will talk about their memories and appreciation of Cilla’s talent alongside archive clips and musical numbers from the series, some not heard since the original broadcast and believed lost until now. Sir Cliff was of course a close friend and appeared on Cilla many times, singing with her and helping the country choose the Song For Europe.
‘Cilla’, as it was called, was a ground-breaking live TV series on Saturday nights on BBC One.
