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Brian Blessed Sounds Rallying Cry for England???

Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

| London's West End |

22 June 2010

With England facing their make or break world cup match against Slovenia tomorrow, actor Brian Blessed has encouraged the troubled team with a good old bit of Shakespeare. Predictably, the speech chosen for the BBC film is “Once more unto the breach”, from Henry V. Big-voiced Blessed is joined in the rousing reading by sportsmen including Lewis Hamilton, Martin Johnson and Sebastian Coe. A bit of artistic licence has been taken with the final line: “God for Fabio, England and Saint George”. To view the clip click here

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