Surprise, Surprise! Sheridan Smith continues her single-handed take-over of feisty working-class females in TV biopics. Here she is as Priscilla White, better known to the public as Cilla Black, in this three-parter on ITV. Classy cast all round with Ed Stoppard as manager Brian Epstein - who also managed that little-known moptop foursome The Beatles - and Aneurin Barnard as the love of her life Bobby Willis. (Quite why they cast a raven-haired actor to play blonde Bobby is beyond us. Maybe Mr. Barnard has a thing for strange hairstyles after his Richard III portrayal. 'Tis a relief that Edward Scissorhands is already made.)
Anyway, Jeff Pope's screenplay is solid enough and while the scally-speak is sometimes hard to fathom (is this because we're not au fait with Scouse or because the actors are heading hither and yon from Liverpool? We can't comment.) it has all the scenes you'd expect. Sheridan Smith acts her socks off again, and with that and some belting rock'n'roll numbers, it's a lorra lorra fun (sorry Cill).
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