Daniel Laurie and Liam Bairstow

Daniel Laurie and Liam Bairstow are two of the nations most loved actors, they both have Down Syndrome and they both play loveable characters on popular TV shows. Daniel Laurie plays the beautiful character or Reggie Jackson on Call The Midwife and Liam Bairstow plays the wonderful character of Alex Warner on Coronation Street. Both actors play their characters well and have definitely changed the worlds opinions on people with DS and in their own right they have proved that people with DS can grow up to get ordinary jobs and they truly are inspirations to the world.

Daniel Laurie's character is now a series regular on Call The Midwife and has been playing the role of Reggie since 2012.

Liam Bairstow's character is now a series regular on Coronation Street and has been playing the role of Alex since 2015.

Links to Information about Daniel Laurie and his role as Reggie:

https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/call-the-midwife-star-daniel-speaks-to-kings-lynn-students-9049711/

http://www.pbs.org/call-the-midwife/characters/reggie-jackson/

https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/drama-tv/call-the-midwife/call-the-midwife-star-daniel-laurie-praised-for-beautiful-and-important-performance/

https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/call-the-midwife/1325751/call-the-midwife-nurse-barbara-gilbert-dead-funeral-charlotte-ritchie-tom-reggie-carousel-wedding

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6540577/leslie-grantham-children-age-how-old-ex-wife-jane-laurie/

Links to information about Liam Bairstow and his role as Alex:

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a787677/coronation-streets-liam-bairstow-opens-up-on-being-the-shows-first-actor-with-downs-syndrome/

https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/soaps/coronation-street-casts-first-downs-syndrome-actor/