Believer: Since being 3 years old, Cilla wanted to be a star. She followed her dreams to become a singer, and then became the most successful and highest paid female tv presenter with a 50 year career in show business. Her story shows the tremendous power of self belief, but also as her Liverpudlian contemporaries sang, that we get by with a little help from our friends.
"I can't say I was surprised I was successful, I was determined and I got it."
Resources:
What's it All About? - Cilla Black
Cilla Black, Bobby's Girl - Douglas Thompson
Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs
BBC drama - Cilla
Piers Morgan Life Stories: Cilla Black
Cilla Black - the one and only (Channel 5)
