CILLA play. Watched it for the first time last night (ITV)

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Very impressive. I can see why the critics liked it. Did it get awards?

Sheridan Smith is actually singing in it too. She plays Cilla so well. Brilliant drama.

Sheridan got a National Television Award in January for her portrayal of Cilla. I remember watching - she was stuck in a taxi on her way to the Award Ceremony when her category was awarded. They let her come on stage and do her speech when she got there later

I enjoyed it when it was on first time round. Sheridan Smith is a much better singer than poor old Cilla

Yes it is a very moving drama in the circumstances. Last episode tonight (thurs)

I was gutted to miss this series last time around. I really enjoyed it and I love the whole 60's era. Sheridan smith was brilliant and what an amazing singing voice I think she nailed Anyone who has a Heart so much emotion. I really felt for Brian Epstein

It was on again last night.
Enjoyed it.
I didn't think Cilla came off very well in it at all. The way she treated Bobby made me really sad.

I'm sure I read at the time it was first on that Cilla herself approved of the show. She must have been happy with the portrayal.

I was no fan of Cilla but Sheridan Smith is brilliant in everything she does.

Will watch anything she's in.

She's come a long way since Two Pints of Lager and The Royle Family.

Zukie, did you see her in the Malcolm Webster case dramatisation? It was excellent.

Yes Dowmtown,

I would have watched anyway but the Claire Webster case was local to me, so I was very interested.

I also saw the recent thing she was in about the young woman who died of cancer.

Sheridan was brilliant in both, I think she, and Joanne Froggat are the best actors of our time.

Local to me too. I talked to someone involved in the case and the stuff they left out was more fascinating and than what was portrayed.

Oh my goodness, What was shown was harrowing enough but I can imagine not everything was.

I read that Webster is appealing his sentence, lowlife that he is.

I wonder if he'll appeal and appeal, like Nat Fraser.

Grrrrr ... Nat Fraser, may that cunt rot in hell.

Only seen the 1st part so far. I found it incredible how good Jack Farthing was as John Lennon, as I was more familiar with him as the disastrous Freddie from Blandings and George Warleggan in Poldark.

Amazing variety of parts and all very well done