Dame Bassey the 74-year-old Welsh singing legend's life is to be explored with a factual drama chronicling her poverty-stricken upbringing in Cardiff as the youngest of seven children - whose Nigerian father abandoned the family before she was two - rise to fame shortly after falling pregnant at 16, to her multi-million record sales in a career spanning over 50 years.

Starring:

Ruth Negga, Lesley Sharp, Babou Ceesay, Victoria Pugh, Issiah Cai Forest, Larissa Wilson, Jack Llewellyn, Amira Arish, Danny Sapani, Charlie Creed-Miles, Colin Mace, Jeany Spark, Matthew Marsh, Di Botcher, Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Genre:

Biography, Drama