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The Wire: Me and Cilla

24/10/2009

Me and Cilla

BBC Radio 3 - The Wire, Me and Cilla

The Stephensons' party is set to be a disaster. Will Cilla Black's lyrics be of help?

It's Christmas Eve and the Stephensons' party looks set to be a disaster. Will anyone come? Will the powerful truth in Cilla Black's lyrics help them make it through?

By Lee Mattinson.

Pricilla's Stephenson's preparations are well underway for her perfect Christmas Eve party, but with her son about to make his first public appearance in a mini skirt, and her husband's affair with the neighbour about to rear its ugly head, will the glue holding this family together be strong enough? Will the powerful truth in Cilla Black's lyrics give them the words to show each other their wounds and start to heal? 

CILLA ..... Charlie Hardwick
ALFIE ..... James Baxter
RINGO ..... Trevor Fox

DIRECTED BY KATHERINE BEACON.

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