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John Wilson praises Dame Cicely Leyland's Hitchcock years in Rebecca and Jeremy Front's docudrama celebrating one of our most enduring actresses as her 100th birthday approaches.

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 reporter Jeremy Front Interviews Dame Cissy in a Jacuzzi after her over-80s aqua-robics class, he accompanies her to Pinewood Studios for a mysterious meeting and he experiences, first-hand, the power of Dr Theatre's tonic. We also hear from Front Row's John Wilson about Cissy's performance in the Hitchcock film The Informer, while she was still a teenager.

Starring Rebecca Front, Jeremy Front, Sam Spiro, Jon Culshaw and John Wilson.

Written by Jeremy Front.

Produced by Claire Jones.

This is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios production.

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15 minutes

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Boxing Day 2017 19:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Actor Rebecca Front
Actor Jeremy Front
Actor Samantha Spiro
Actor Jon Culshaw
Actor John Wilson
Writer Jeremy Front
Producer Claire Jones

Broadcasts

  • Boxing Day 2017 10:45
  • Boxing Day 2017 19:45