Overview
Cilla Black
Known For
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
A celebration of one of the all-time songwriting greats, featuring...
If These Walls Could Sing
The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all-star interviews...
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe...
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
Fimed in front of 11,000 fans against the breathtaking backdrop...
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Get to know the mastermind behind The Beatles’ worldwide domination,...
There's Only One Paul McCartney
An affectionate portrait of the man and the musician in...
Biography
Priscilla Maria Veronica White is best known by her stage name Cilla Black. She rose to fame in the 1960s as a pop singer and her singles "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World" both reached number one in the UK in 1964. She hosted her own variety show titled "Cilla" in the 60s and 70s and was an occasional comedy actress. Her career had a massive resurgence in the mid-80s and 1990s were she presented "Blind Date" were many tuned in for her acerbic comments, "Surprise Surprise" showed her softer side and "The Moment of Truth" was her successful peaktime game show. In the 2000s she put in memorable appearances on chat shows such as "The Paul O'Grady Show", "Loose Women" and "So Graham Norton". She died on 1st August 2015 after a fall in her villa in Estepona, Spain. The day after her funeral, the compilation album The Very Best of Cilla Black went to number one on the UK Albums Chart and the New Zealand Albums Chart; it was her first number one album.