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A Life Worth Living by Tommy Jessop
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A Life Worth Living

Acting, Activism and Everything Else

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Length 18 hours 50 minutes
Language English
Narrators Jane Jessop & Tommy Jessop

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A powerful, moving and joyous memoir from Tommy Jessop, award-winning actor and activist.

I'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down Syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.

Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre performer, and campaigner. Tommy has been at the vanguard of bringing awareness of the potential of people living with Down syndrome to the media, and to government. A Life Worth Living will be Tommy's story - from his journey into acting and campaigning while showing his unstoppable determination, charisma, and love for life. Tommy's natural instinct to help others leaps out from the pages, as does his wish to make people aware that those with learning disabilities just want to be treated like everybody else.

A Life Worth Living is a powerful, moving and joyous memoir, a must-listen.

(P) Headline Publishing Group Ltd 2023

Tommy Jessop is a multi-award-winning actor starring in feature films and mainstream TV series - including Line of Duty and Coming Down the Mountain (written by Mark Haddon). Tommy also has an acclaimed stage career that includes being the first actor with Down Syndrome to play Hamlet on mainstream stages through his theatre company Blue Apple Theatre. He is the first actor with Down Syndrome to become a BAFTA member. His public profile has helped him campaign for, amongst other things, the passing of the Down Syndrome Act in Parliament - which aims to ensure suitable support and rights provisions for those with Down Syndrome. Tommy is an Ambassador to Mencap and Patron of the National Down Syndrome Policy Group.

Jane Jessop is writer, social entrepreneur, and theatre producer who co-founded the Blue Apple Theatre company with Tommy. Jane has long been an ardent advocate for valuing the lives of people with Down Syndrome and has often spoken up on TV, Radio and in the press. She has a background in publishing, brand management and many volunteer roles. More recently she supports Tommy in his career and in his campaigning.

Tommy Jessop is a multi-award-winning actor starring in feature films and mainstream TV series - including Line of Duty and Coming Down the Mountain (written by Mark Haddon). Tommy also has an acclaimed stage career that includes being the first actor with Down Syndrome to play Hamlet on mainstream stages through his theatre company Blue Apple Theatre. He is the first actor with Down Syndrome to become a BAFTA member. His public profile has helped him campaign for, amongst other things, the passing of the Down Syndrome Act in Parliament - which aims to ensure suitable support and rights provisions for those with Down Syndrome. Tommy is an Ambassador to Mencap and Patron of the National Down Syndrome Policy Group.

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