Backstage with Sir Cliff Richard

Descriptor: First we see Sir Cliff Richard through a graphic caption which reads, “Sir Cliff Richard Backstage — Do you have any lucky pre-stage rituals?”, before seeing Sir Cliff being interviewed on a sofa. The image alternates between colour and black and white.

Sir Cliff Richard: I like to have a bit of time to get ready, get myself together. I go through fads where, last tour, I'd heard that something in apples is good for the vocal chords, so every day I went off and got my apple! And before that, I heard that some opera singers used to eat carrots, they did me no good at all, but then I’m not an opera singer, so...

Descriptor: Once again, we see Sir Cliff Richard through a graphic caption which reads, “Sir Cliff Richard Backstage — How would you sum up the Sir Cliff Richard legacy?” before once again seeing Sir Cliff being interviewed. The image alternates between colour and black and white.

Sir Cliff Richard: My legacy will be, I suppose, the fact that I survived the years for a start, and continued to have hits in the decades. I mean I think I’m still the only one who had a number one in each of five decades. I still believe that I had my sixth decade this, because two, a couple of years ago I re, released a single called "Twenty-First Century Christmas", it was the top selling CD in the country, but it wasn’t number one, because they changed the goalposts! They said that downloads count, so I got beaten by fif, five thousand downloads. Well, that’s, I don’t think that’s fair, I told myself, no, I had my number one!

Descriptor: For the final time, we see Sir Cliff Richard through a graphic caption which reads, “Sir Cliff Richard Backstage — Do you still enjoy touring after all these years?”, before seeing Sir Cliff being interviewed for the last time. The image alternates between colour and black and white.

Sir Cliff Richard: Yeah, well touring for me is always a magical thing, you know. Em, it’s, it’s one of the best things to do, if you can imagine standing in front of ten thousand people and singing, and feeling that response back from them, from them. On, on this show it will be different, because I’ve, I’ve asked some of my friends to join me, but I’ll also be singing, ah, all my big hits.