Meet the living legend, actress Dame Cicely Leyland as she approaches her 100th birthday! All this week Rebecca Front and Jeremy Front bring you a fun-packed retrospective of her life on stage, TV and the big screen. From her roots in Variety, through her early radio comedy days, to appearances in the Beatles film 'Gear!' And more recently in Harry Potter.

But there's one card Cicely is playing close to her chest as her big birthday approaches. Will Jeremy Front uncover it in time?

In today's programme we meet Cissy for the first time, as she comes off stage after performing her one-woman show Other People's Shoes. We hear about her surprising origins in Russia, meet her dresser and companion Paddy, and we find out from her friend and fellow actress, Fenella Fielding that Cissy is 'never one to let the truth get in the way of a good anecdote'.

Starring Rebecca Front, Jeremy Front, Sam Spiro, Jon Culshaw and Fenella Fielding.

With short testimonials by Andy Hamilton, Joe Lycett and Melanie C.

Written by Jeremy Front.

Produced by Claire Jones.

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