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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.
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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The film will encourage people to keep coming forward to get their vaccine and play their part in getting the UK back to the rhythm of life , as the jab rollout paves the way for lockdown easing this July.
While dancing in the film, Asa Butterfield calls on viewers to get that vaccine , Don Warrington exclaims I ve had mine! .
Famous faces: The group perform a two-minute musical number is set to the tune Rhythm of Life from the 1966 classic musical Sweet Charity (pictured is Nicola Roberts)
In other scenes, Jim Broadbent delivers the final line saying just get that vaccine, and encourages people to play their part in getting us back to the rhythm of life .
By Press Association 2021
David Walliams is one of the stars of a new Covid vaccine campaign (Standalone Pictures/DHSC/PA)
Celebrities including actor Jim Broadbent and comedian David Walliams have come together to encourage people to get their Covid-19 jab.
They are starring in a new film campaign set to the tune The Rhythm Of Life from the 1966 musical Sweet Charity.
The song is being used with the permission of the estate of Cy Coleman, who wrote it with Dorothy Fields.
Singer Nicola Roberts is starring in the campaign (Standalone Pictures/DHSC/PA)
The film 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.
David Walliams and Jim Broadbent join forces in new Covid-19 vaccine campaign
Former Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts and actor Derek Jacobi also feature
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Celebrities including actor Jim Broadbent and comedian David Walliams have come together to encourage people to get their Covid-19 jab.