image class="left" url= Sir Cliff is picture leaving the Rolls Building in London during his High Court battle with the BBC --- Only two years ago he emerged triumphant from his High Court battle against the [[/news/bbc/index.html BBC]] which had, he said, left his reputation 'forever tainted'. --- But in the week he turned 80, Sir Cliff Richard has given startling proof that he lives up to the Christian precept of loving your enemy — by recording a special edition of the Beeb's flagship religious programme Songs Of Praise. --- I can reveal the programme was filmed in St Paul's Cathedral last week with the working title 'Britain's Favourite Carol'. --- It also features Forces' sweetheart Katherine Jenkins, as well as blind Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Irish icon Daniel O'Donnell. --- But an insider assures me that there is no question about who the star of the show is. --- 'It's Cliff,' he tells me. --- --- --- --- --- --- 'The BBC showed him the idea of the programme — it was wonderful. He sang Bethlehem and a less well-known carol and talked about his faith. --- 'It's set to go out before Christmas. The deal was that he would be 'the star'.' Nevertheless, anyone who had suffered Sir Cliff's experiences might have demurred. --- He described as 'heartbreaking' a BBC report in which a helicopter was deployed to record a police raid on his house in Berkshire in 2014. --- Sir Cliff subsequently took action against both the BBC and South Yorkshire Police. --- --- --- --- --- --- The latter apologised and paid him damages. --- image class="left" url= Sir Cliff proudly holds aloft his new album, released to celebrate his 80th birthday this week


RELATED ARTICLES # Previous # 1 # Next /tvshowbiz/article-8841299/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Peter-Kay-earns-1million-year-work.html SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Old jokes add up to give Peter Kay a... /tvshowbiz/article-8833085/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Locals-battle-Duke-Marlborough-Churchill-estate.html SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: We will fight them on the allotments!...



























Share this article






Share




















The BBC issued an apology — but refused a pay-out, only for the case to be resoundingly settled in his favour with the Corporation ordered to pay him £210,000, as well as £850,000 of his legal costs.


'Cliff explained that he doesn't hold grudges and that the only way in life is to move on and move forward,' I'm told.













'His view is that all is good again.'


Sir Cliff has been a devout Christian since the mid-1960s. It was at a Billy Graham event, in front of 27,000 people at Earls Court in London, that the star revealed his new-found faith.


The BBC declined to make a comment.


  Men running scared after MeToo, reveals Bond star


She has revealed she was once groped on set by a famous actor.


But Bond actress Naomie Harris now says the Me Too Movement has had a positive impact on boorish behaviour.


'I recently did a film where the producer stood up before we had even started shooting, and he said, 'This is an environment which is not tolerant of any abuse towards women.'


'I've never had a producer say that before.













I feel as though lots of men are running scared — and I don't mean the good men as the vast majority of men have nothing to fear — but there were some really bad apples and they're getting their day now in court.













If you treasured this article so you would like to collect more info relating to Next please visit our own site.
There are no comments on this page.
Valid XHTML :: Valid CSS: :: Powered by WikkaWiki