Cliff Richard’s Yorkshire Accent Stuns Wuthering Heights Fans!

Wuthering Heights fans have gone wild after 's 90s musical based on the novel, which he co-wrote and starred in as Heathcliff, has gone viral.

Aussie  may be smouldering on screen in Emerald Fennell's new big screen adaption, but first came Sir Cliff, now 85, with his own strangely wig and questionable Yorkshire accent. 

Gone is the crooner's squeaky clean persona to play the rogue in the 1996 show which was a huge hit with fans but loathed by critics, who hit out at Cliff's casting. 

In the trailer the Summer Holiday singer can be seen caught up in a doom love affair with adoptive sister Cathy (Helen Hobson) before dramatically breaking into song.

One dramatic moment saw him lamenting those who had crossed him while sailing on a ship with a less than realistic backdrop before later screaming down a well. 

Taking to fans joked: 'This is what Emily Brontë would have wanted!': 'Cliff heard a Yorkshire accent, once, in a dream': 'I'm screaming!!': 'Sorry but this is what all movie to musical adaptations sound like to me': 'Why didn't they call it Heathcliffe Richards?': 'I am only surprised that Cilla Black wasn't cast as Cathy'.

Cliff wrote the musical's script with theatre director Frank Dunlop while John Farrar wrote the music and Evita and The Lion King's Tim Rice penned the lyrics. 

The musical toured UK arenas and theatres between October 1996 and May 1997 and broke box office records, with advanced ticket sales of £4M and was seen by half a million fans. 

The show, which one reviewer branded 'Withering rather than wuthering' was also filmed and later released on video, topping the charts for eight weeks.

Cliff said at the time during a Live & Kicking interview: 'I read the book when I was at school and I really loved it. Although I realise now that I had a rather romantic view of the story,'

'When I read it again as an adult, I realised that it's not a romantic story at all. It's a dark, foreboding story about a man who's obsessed with this one woman.'

Meanwhile  has shared his surprising take on filming steamy  sex scenes with his stunning co-star  in the novel's racier big screen adaption. 

The duo star as the tragic Heathcliff and Cathy in the new film which is full of raunchy moment between the pair.

Jacob, 28, has now said that the capturing the intimate moments is no different to choreographing fight or dance sequences and that it is 'super technical'. 

Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie pictured in the 2026 big screen adaption