Doctor Who star to attend Jersey movie screening

Wednesday 20 June 2018

David Tennant, best known for his role as the 10th incarnation of Doctor Who, will be attending the screening of his latest movie, You, Me & Him, at Cineworld in Jersey on 1 July.

The screening is being put on by the Jersey Baby Bean Appeal, a charity collaboration between Philips Footprints Jersey and Baby Lifeline, a UK charity.

David Tennant, Sally Phillips and the film’s writer and director Daisy Aitkens are all ambassadors for Baby Lifeline. 

Starring David Tennant, Faye Marsay and Lucy Punch, 'You, Me and Him' has been described as a "classic romantic comedy with a very modern twist that focuses on a lesbian couple falling pregnant at the same time and the toll infidelity and pregnancy takes on their love for one another."  It is the first film for writer and director Daisy Aitkens, whose father Michael lives in Jersey.  

Tickets for the charity screening are now on sale to raise funds for the purchase of a seventh wireless foetal monitor for the Maternity Unit at the Hospital. 

Video: The trailer for 'You, Me & Him.' 

Judy Ledger founded Baby LifeLine UK after the loss of three premature babies. Since she has raised more than £12 million for the UK charity and worldwide. 

She explained: “We formed the Jersey Baby Bean Appeal with Jersey baby loss charity Philips Footprints, in 2016, to raise £105,000 to initially provide five wireless foetal monitors for the Jersey Maternity Unit’s delivery suite. Before this and to date, Philips Footprints has supported the cost of specialist health professional training for Jersey, staged by Baby Lifeline’s experts.

"Another Jersey based charity was also involved in raising funds – Friends of SCBU. After a special dinner they raised all funds needed for the five monitors, and Philips Footprints purchased a sixth after this.”

Pictured: The screening is being held to raise funds for a seventh foetal monitor.

Set up by Jo and Paul Nash in 2008 following the loss of their second-born, Philip, Philips Footprints recently marked their tenth anniversary by staging a Starlight ball which raised a further £6,800 towards a seventh foetal monitor. 

Judy Ledger said that more actors from the movie could also attend the première: "Tickets are selling well so far - it would be fantastic to have a full house in Jersey for this special screening of You, Me and Him," she added.