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Helen May
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Anyone watch the first part of this last night? I enjoyed it as brought the early 60s all back to me. How times have changed!
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Angela W
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Cilla |
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| Helen May wrote: | Anyone watch the first part of this last night? I enjoyed it as brought the early 60s all back to me. How times have changed!
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We have just watched the recording of it which we made last night.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and realise how much I missed by living in a small village in the South. There was nothing, not even a pale imitation.......I definitely had a deprived start in life! 
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Helen May
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I remember the fashions but not really being old enough to wear them!
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becky sharp
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I'm not a fan of Cilla but I'm watching this for a nostalgic look back ...goes without saying I'm enjoying the music.   |
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John W
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Just watched Ep 2 of Cilla, it is just so FAB! Glad we're recording the series 'cos we'll be watching it all again!
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Bill Kenwright was full of praise for this drama (and Sheridan Smith) on his programme last night.
He played Some Other Guy by The Big Three ,which was featured in Cilla,in tribute to Johnny Gustafson their bass player and singer who died on September the 12th. |
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Helen May
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I've got it to watch hopefully tonight . We watched New Tricks instead which I didn't think was that good 
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I thought Sheridan Smiths singing was better than Cilla's.
Enjoying the series. |
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Angela W
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| nod wrote: | I thought Sheridan Smiths singing was better than Cilla's.
Enjoying the series. |
Yes so did I. Sheridan also seems more likeable to me as Cilla, than Cilla herself.
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becky sharp
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| Cilla has got back into the lower regions of the charts with Anyone Who Had A Heart off the back of this series. |
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becky sharp
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Brian Epstein came across as a tortured soul in this drama, which was sad to see.  |
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John W
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Great series, and great recreations of recording studios with George Martin, Epstein, Bacharach etc
I would like id they had recreated Cilla's wedding (part 2) in Liverpool, but here's the real thing from Pathe
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/cilla-blacks-wedding
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Schizoidman
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Brian Epstein was indeed a tortured soul.
As shown last night, he was worried about Cilla's career, and was also depressed by The Beatles' decision to stop touring in 1966. He didn't like the idea of the lads becoming experimental (Revolver, Sergeant Pepper), preferring the old 'mop top' Beatles.
All that, plus his homosexuality, and his father's death a few months previously....no wonder people concluded he committed suicide. |
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Helen May
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A great series all round IMHO!
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becky sharp
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| Schizoidman wrote: | Brian Epstein was indeed a tortured soul.
As shown last night, he was worried about Cilla's career, and was also depressed by The Beatles' decision to stop touring in 1966. He didn't like the idea of the lads becoming experimental (Revolver, Sergeant Pepper), preferring the old 'mop top' Beatles.
All that, plus his homosexuality, and his father's death a few months previously....no wonder people concluded he committed suicide. |
It almost seemed as if he deliberately chose a violent 'boyfriend' to punish himself for being homosexual.
He was almost as famous as The Beatles at that time so I wondered if there were pictures of him with black eyes etc from (quite regular it seems) beatings or did he go into hiding at times?
| Helen May wrote: | A great series all round IMHO!
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Agreed,Helen. |
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John W
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| becky sharp wrote: | It almost seemed as if he deliberately chose a violent 'boyfriend' to punish himself for being homosexual.
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Well I assume that he was just being blackmailed by a thug "If you don't carry on sleeping with me and pay be £200 a night then I'll go to the papers" sort of thing. And if Brian complained he also got a beating.
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becky sharp
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| John W wrote: | | becky sharp wrote: | It almost seemed as if he deliberately chose a violent 'boyfriend' to punish himself for being homosexual.
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Well I assume that he was just being blackmailed by a thug "If you don't carry on sleeping with me and pay be £200 a night then I'll go to the papers" sort of thing. And if Brian complained he also got a beating. |
You could well be right,John...I hadn't thought of that. He just seemed to loathe himself so much that that's why I thought as I did. |
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