Holding out for a hero!
What's on TV|August 19, 2023
Line of Duty actor Tommy Jessop tries to make it in Tinseltown...
CAREN CLARK, HANNAH DAVIES
Holding out for a hero!

TOMMY JESSOP GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

Monday, 9pm, BBC1 Factual

Tommy Jessop is on a quest to break new ground and become the first actor with Down’s syndrome to play a superhero in a blockbuster movie.

In a new documentary, the Line of Duty star and disability campaigner teams up with his filmmaker brother, Will, to create action movie Roger the Superhero – named after Tommy’s beloved teddy bear.

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