Line of Duty actor Tommy Jessop and his brother called on the likes of Game of Thrones star Kit Harington and Scream icon Neve Campbell amid their bid to make a groundbreaking Hollywood movie
Masters of the Air. This is being produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and is set during the US air armada raids on Nazi Germany in the Second World War. It is billed as a follow-up to acclaimed series
Band of Brothers and
Playtone. Tommy's TV career is really taking off and he is currently at the centre of a huge story-line in the BBC's hit drama,
Line of Duty. The 36-year-old is yet to be announced as a cast member for
Masters of the Air but has tweeted how he had learned boxing, sword fighting and fishing for different films – and teased his latest project was “top secret”.
SIR – I support Lt Cdr Brian Smith’s idea (Letters, April 16) that a new royal yacht should be named HMY Elizabeth and Philip, following the precedent of HMY Victoria and Albert.
Many ships acquire affectionate nicknames: HMS Endurance was known as the Red Plum, HMS Charybdis as Cherry B, and HMS Sheffield as Shiny Sheff.
If the idea is taken up, it won’t be too long before she is known as HMY Liz ’n’ Phil – affectionately, of course.
Cdr Peter Baseby RN (retd)
Kennington, Oxfordshire
SIR – The strict observance by the Queen and the Royal family of the current Covid rules showed their consideration and respect for all those who have died in the past year, and whose families had to cope with even tighter regulations as they laid their loved ones to rest.