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Celebrities including Jim Broadbent and David Walliams have joined forces to encourage everyone to get their coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in a new uplifting film released today (Saturday 3rd July).
Set to the toe-tapping tune The Rhythm of Life, written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields, from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity, and donated by the Cy Coleman estate, the heart-warming film will celebrate the success of the vaccination programme in supporting the easing of restrictions as outlined in the roadmap.
Conceived and directed by Josie Rourke, the former artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, the short film, written by Rourke and James Graham, is being released ahead of the NHS’s 73rd birthday. It first sees Jim Broadbent enter an empty theatre before a star-studded cast of David Walliams, Asa Butterfield, Colin Salmon, Derek Jacobi, Don Warrington, Nicola Roberts, Russel Tovey, Sandra Marvin and West End dancers – dressed in iconic NHS blue – take to
David Walliams and Jim Broadbent among celebrities in new Covid vaccine campaign. (PA) Comedian David Walliams and actor Jim Broadbent are among a host of celebrities who have come together to encourage Brits to get their Covid-19 vaccine. A new film campaign set to the tune The Rhythm Of Life from the 1966 musical Sweet Charity first sees Broadbent enter an empty theatre before celebrities including Walliams, actors Asa Butterfield, Colin Salmon, Derek Jacobi and Don Warrington, and singer Nicola Roberts take to the stage to perform the song. The song is being used with the permission of the estate of Cy Coleman, who wrote it with Dorothy Fields.
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image captionThe actor Asa Butterfield is among the celebrities starring in the new Covid vaccine campaign video
Famous faces including actor Jim Broadbent and comedian David Walliams are starring in a new campaign to urge people to get their Covid jab.
The video, set to the tune The Rhythm Of Life from the 1966 musical Sweet Charity, sees Broadbent enter an empty theatre before Walliams and other celebrities perform the song.
Broadbent said the film had let the cast celebrate the vaccine rollout.
Meanwhile, sites in England will salute the NHS s work during the pandemic.
Walliams is joined by actors Asa Butterfield, Colin Salmon, Sir Derek Jacobi and Don Warrington and the singer Nicola Roberts as they perform the song - which has been used with the permission of the estate of one of its writers, Cy Coleman.
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Celebrities get back to ‘Rhythm of Life’ in new film supporting COVID-19 vaccination programme
The star-studded film is released today ahead of the NHS’s 73rd birthday celebrating the success of the vaccination programme to support the easing of restrictions
Everyone aged 18 and over is eligible to get a vaccine and people are urged to get their second doses
Celebrities including Jim Broadbent and David Walliams have joined forces to encourage everyone to get their coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in a new uplifting film released today (Saturday 3rd July).
Set to the toe-tapping tune The Rhythm of Life, written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields, from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity, and donated by the Cy Coleman estate, the heart-warming film will celebrate the success of the vaccination programme in supporting the easing of restrictions as outlined in the roadmap.