SILENT Witness star Tom Ward is the latest actor to sign up for next month’s Spirit of Christmas carol concert in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.
The actor who co-stars with Emilia Fox in the long-running BBC television drama, will be one of the readers at the fundraising festive service on Wednesday, December 7, at Christ Church Cathedral.
Mr Ward, who plays forensic pathologist Dr Harry Cunningham in Silent Witness, lives in Oxford.
He is a former pupil of Dragon School in north Oxford and studied at Lincoln College, Oxford.
He was recruited to take part in Spirit of Christmas by friend and local author Candida Crewe, who helps organise the charity event as a tribute to her father Quentin Crewe, who had muscular dystrophy and died in 1998.
Blackadder star Tim McInnerny, whose films include Notting Hill, will also appear at the carol concert, which is being sponsored by the Oxford Mail’s sister title The Oxford Times.
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is the UK’s leading charity fighting muscle diseases, affecting 70,000 children and adults in the UK.
Tickets range from £10 to £40 for special gold tickets, offering an opportunity to meet the stars at a reception over a mince pie and a glass of champagne. Visit muscular-dystrophy.org or call 020 7803 2861.
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