The advert features Gina Shaw, a former nurse who has been diagnosed with dementia, singing the iconic Beatles track ‘I get by with a little help from my friends’. In the advert, Gina is joined by her friends, and celebrities including Chris Martin, Lily Allen, Lesley Manville, Ray Winstone, Amanda Holden, Jim Sturgess, Simon Pegg, Pixie Lott, Hugh Dennis, Alesha Dixon, Paul O’Grady, Fiona Phillips, Ruth Langsford & Eamonn Holmes, Michael Vaughn, Ruth Jones, Huey Morgan, Tim Wheeler, Leighton Baines, Antonia Thomas, Sir Terry Pratchett, Meera Syal and Angela Rippon who help her to sing the song.
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