LABOUR has recruited two big-name actors to front its first party election broadcast, as the battle for celebrity endorsements hots up in the weeks before May 7.

The short film, due to be aired tomorrow, features Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman giving his backing to the party and warning the Conservatives have “sod-all to offer the young.”

In the broadcast, Freeman quips that the onslaught of political messages in the run-up to May 7 “will probably drive me mad” but says he wants to highlight the choice between “two completely different sets of values.”

He says Labour “start from the right place — community, compassion, fairness — I think all the best things about this country.

“Really, for me, there’s only one choice and I choose Labour,” he says.

The voiceover is supplied by former Doctor Who and Broadchurch star David Tennant.