David Tennant to star in Doctor Who 50th anniversary
Doctor Who Magazine has announced that David Tennant and Billie Piper will appear in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special episode which will air on Saturday 23rd November.
The episode will receive a limited worldwide 3D cinema release. Also starring in the episode will be John Hurt. Filming on the episode is imminent.
More information here.
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David Tennant appears on Royal Mail Doctor Who stamp
A set of Doctor Who 50th anniversary commemorative stamps are issued on Tuesday 26th March by the Royal Mail. All 11 Doctors are shown on different stamps plus First Day Covers and different strips are available. More information here.
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Paisley Daily Express has an article about David Tennant's name appearing on their local mail. The article also includes a quote from David's father.
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Escapist Magazine reports that mail sent from Bathgate will will bear a Doctor Who 50th anniversary mark and David Tennant's name.
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ShowMasters competition
ShowMasters have a competition to win a David Tennant autograph (and part of a TARDIS).
More information here.
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The Great Scott
David Tennant will play Walter Scott on BBC Radio Four on Sunday 14th April in a dramatisation of his book The Fair Maid Of Perth. This is the first of a three part celebration of the writer's work.
More information here.
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The Politician's Husband
Clips of The Politician's Husband were shown last night (Saturday) in a BBC Two trailer of various forthcoming programmes. The trailer included a clip of David Tennant's character saying on the telephone (close-up facing the camera) "Rather you than me, love."
A video of the BBC Two Trailer (which includes the clips of The Politician's Husband) has been posted to YouTube.
The Telegraph lists The Politician's Husband in its 'Culture and Arts Things To See in April'. It says that it will air from Monday 22nd April. If that is correct then it means that the first episode of The Politician's Husband will broadcast on the day of the final episode of Broadchurch. If The Politician's Husband is similar to The Politician's Wife then it will have to be in a post 9pm watershed slot. Hopefully BBC Two will broadcast it at 10pm and not 9pm which is the broadcast time for Broadchurch!
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Broadchurch
All the latest reviews, photos, articles, etc. can be found here.
Diary dates
Sun 31 Mar - David Tennant's episode of Shakespeare Uncovered about Hamlet premieres on ABC1 in Australia at 10.30pm.
Sun 31 Mar - The Doctors Revisited: The Third Doctor premieres on BBC America in the US at 8pm which includes David Tennant interview clips.
Mon 1 Apr - All six episodes of Earthflight will be repeated all day long on Eden.
Mon 1 Apr - Episode five of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Wed 3 Apr - Episode one of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on BBC America in the US at 9pm.
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James McAvoy in Macbeth, Trafalgar Studios, review Macbeth, starring James McAvoy, packs a powerful
punch says Charles Spencer.
James McAvoy and Claire Foy in Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios. Photo: Johan Persson
James McAvoy, best known as a film actor, proves a commanding Macbeth, and the
relationship with his wife is powerfully caught. The text makes it clear
that the couple had a child who died in infancy and McAvoy and Claire Foy as
Lady Macbeth suggest both an undertow of grief and the sense that their
murderous ambition is some kind of sick compensation for their loss.
At the start it is Foy’s Lady Macbeth who leads the way, like a bossy
schoolgirl who has set her heart on becoming head-girl. Unlike his morally
blind wife, however, Macbeth knows what murder will cost, and initially at
least, has a strong sense of what is right. McAvoy thrillingly suggests a
man on the rack of his own guilty mind who learns that the only way to
secure his position and silence his conscience is to become inured to
atrocity with further killings.
He also does full justice to the haunting poetry of the last act in which
Macbeth realises just what he has lost - not least himself and any sense of
purpose or meaning in life. It is the reason that Macbeth is a genuinely
tragic character and not just a serial killer.
Neverwhere
First photo and air date revealed
An exclusive look at the first official cast shot for the Radio 4 adaptation of Neil Gaiman's fantasy drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Natalie Dormer, Sophie Okonedo and David Harewood
From Radio Times:
As anticipation mounts among fantasy fans ahead of the Radio 4/4 Extra co-production of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, RadioTimes.com can reveal the first exclusive shot of the star-studded cast, which reads like a who's who of cult TV and film. Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch and X-Men's James McAvoy are joined by Game of Thrones and former Fades star Natalie Dormer, Doctor Who alumnus Sophie Okonedo and Homeland's David Harewood for the tale of London Below, an alternate reality beneath the capital where famous landmarks take on a life of their own.
Screen legends Christopher Lee and Bernard Cribbins also star in an adaptation that is being described as an "audio film".
The six-part series begins with an hour-long episode at 6pm on
Saturday 16 March on Radio 4 and continues with five 30-minute
instalments stripped across the week on Radio 4 Extra from Monday 18
March.
More photos and news to follow in the coming weeks...
Fresh Meat: The Movie
Channel 4′s Fresh Meat is following The Inbetweeners to the cinema.
All the original cast including Jack Whitehall, Greg McHugh, Zawe
Ashton, Joe Thomas and Kimberley Nixon are expected to sign up for the
big screen version.
The Sun reports there are also plans for a Fresh Meat spin-off which would follow the girls as they graduate and move to London.
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Greg McHugh Stands up for Scotland
Made for 4 Extra. Greg McHugh, star of Gary Tank Commander and Fresh
Meat, introduces some of his favourite Scottish comedy with Armando
Iannucci, Ronnie Corbett and more.
Greg McHugh is one of the rising stars of
British Comedy. He wrote and starred in the award-winning Gary Tank
Commander and appears as Howard the Scottish geology student in Fresh
Meat. Here, he introduces some of his favourite Scottish funny men and
women in a personal selection of features, conversations and sitcoms.
Greg’s choices include:
Take an
Englishman and a Scotsman - Graeme Garden is joined by Elaine C Smith,
Colin Gilbert, David Quantick, Hardeep Singh Kohli to ponder the
north/south divide of comedy style and inspiration.
When the Dog
Dies: Ronnie Corbett plays the long-suffering head of a dysfunctional
family, trying to live out his golden years in peace, along with his
trusted mutt Henry.
Armando Iannucci: The Radio Scotland Years -
The award winning satirist talks about and plays some examples of his
early comedy efforts on BBC Radio Scotland.
Fags, Mags & Bags
- the Scottish shopkeeper Ramesh causes havoc by installing a slush
puppy machine in his corner shop. This episode stars Greg McHugh as
astrologer Keith Futures.
Laughing In All the Right Places -
Janey Godley talks to presenter Jo Caulfield about how her
‘Scottishness’ makes her stand out in the comedy crowd.
Hiya Pal -
presenter Janice Forsyth pays tribute to the late Gerard Kelly, with
contributions from Ricky Gervais, David Hayman, and Craig Ferguson.
Sherlock's Mark Gatiss among the cast of Living with Mother
series two
Doctor Who writer joins an all-star cast including Brigit
Forsyth, Tom Goodman-Hill and Alison Steadman in the returning Radio 4 comedy
Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss will be among the cast of
Living with Mother when the programme returns to BBC Radio 4 later this month.
The Doctor Who writer will be joined by Brigit Forsyth, Tom
Goodman-Hill, Greg Hemphill, Susan Jameson, Daniel Mays, Linda Robson and
Alison Steadman in the second series of Alexander Kirk’s family-based comedy.
Living with Mother, which was first broadcast in 2011,
explores the dilemmas faced by men who continue living with their mothers long
into adulthood. Each of the new series’ four episodes will offer listeners a
15-minute snapshot of the life of a different family.
In the first episode, Gatiss will play a no-talent wannabe
pop-star called Marlon whose mother (Jameson) can’t bear the thought of her son
humiliating himself by showcasing his 'singing' on a nationally-broadcast TV
talent show.
Linda Robson will appear in episode two as a hypochondriac
mum who babies her grown-up son (Mays), while Alison Steadman and Tom
Goodman-Hill star in episode three as two characters who conspire to stay in a
beach chalet over winter as a means of saving money.
Brigit Forsyth and Greg Hemphill make up the fourth
episode’s partnership, respectively playing a fitness fanatic mum and her
overweight, couch-potato son.
The first series of Living with Mother earned critical
praise when it was broadcast, being described in Radio Times as an
"astutely-observed comedy series" in which "easy laughs are
replaced with a lip-trembling insight into vulnerability, lack of
self-confidence and interdependency."
Living with Mother’s second series will begin on BBC Radio 4
on Wednesday 31 October at 11:15pm.
Alex Salmond's OAP recruit in his bid for Victor-y
Alex Salmon might just have found the perfect recruiting sergeant to persuade Scottish pensioners to vote for independence – grumpy Victor from the BBC sitcom, Still Game.
Actor Greg Hemphill – who plays Victor McDade, one half of the iconic Craiglang double act alongside his pal Jack Jarvis, played by Ford Kiernan – has suggested he will be voting ‘Yes’ in the 2014 referendum.
The 42-year-old star has so far refused to be drawn on his views on separation, insisting that “there was a curtain on the polling booth for a reason”.
However, he said on Twitter last week: “Once Scotland votes for Independence, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle will want it too, thereby ridding themselves of the Tories forever.” The comment was picked up by the Celebs4indy Twitter page, which retweets comments by celebrities who back independence.
Hemphill later predicted that the “great cities of the North” would leave England and join Scotland if the Union was dissolved.
He added: “We will forever take the p*** out of them for being Southern Jessies.”
Despite his desire to stay impartial, the actor has made a number of comments on Twitter that appear to show his true colours.
When Ultimo bra tycoon Michelle Mone threatened to move to London in the event of a ‘Yes’ vote, he said: “I was going to vote for Scottish independence but now I can’t because Michelle Mone might leave.”
Richard Wilson recently took part in two promotional interviews to promote the radio comedy Believe It!
Believe It! is a four part comedy which is based loosely on Richard Wilson’s life. David Tennant is one of the actors in the radio drama which can be heard worldwide.
The first episode of Believe It! premières on Wednesday 9th May at 11.30am on BBC Radio Four and is called Drink.
On Saturday (5th) at 10am Richard Wilson was interviewed on the Jon Holmes Show on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Then at 6.15pm the same day, Richard was a guest on Loose Ends on BBC Radio Four.
All of these programmes can be heard worldwide.
Full details and links to the interviews can be found at David Tennant on Twitter
The National Autistic Society Scotland have announced that highly-respected Scottish actor, theatre director and activist Richard Wilson OBE is their new Ambassador.
RTE Juice Stephen
Byrne tweeted that David Tennant is being interviewed tomorrow for RTE
Juice (an Irish celebrity chat programme) and he is asking for questions.
David Tennant will be on The Chris Moyles Show on
Radio One on Wednesday.
Although he
is not currently listed on the Radio One website, according to a post by producer Aled Haydn Jones, David Tennant will be
a guest on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio One on Wednesday (21st).
Chris Moyles
Show is from 6.30am until 10am and can be heard worldwide at this link.
David is
expected to be talking about the movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With
Scientists.
Book At Bedtime From
Monday 19th to Friday 30th March, David Tennant will read the ten
episodes of Stonemouth by Iain Banks on Book At Bedtime each
evening on BBC Radio Four at 10.45pm.
The
synopsis of the story is "Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After
five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston,
and even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life,
staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up." This
book is described as "a fast-paced tale of adolescence, love and
revenge."
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review Show On
Friday 23rd March David Tennant will be a guest on the Kermode and Mayo's Film
Review Show on Radio 5 Live from 2pm.
As
well as fans being able to listen worldwide to David's interview (from this link),
there is also a camera in the studio.
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Free
tickets for Margate preview of new David Tennant drama, True Love
A
special preview of the new David Tennant TV drama is being held at the Turner
Contemporary art gallery in Margate. True
Love episode one and an introduction from the director Dominic Savage will be
on Thursday, March 29, at Turner from 6.30-7.30pm. Tickets
are free, but booking is essential - call 01843 233020 or email cbarker@turnercontemporary.org to reserve a place.
The
BBC One drama True Love is a serial made through improvisation. Five stories
explore love in the modern day and each story featuring a star name. David
Tennant, Billie Piper, Jane Horrocks, Ashley Walters and David Morrissey each
appear in one episode. The
overlapping love stories are all set in Margate, and each looks at a different
relationship and explores a different dilemma or situation. Dominic
Savage, who grew up in Margate, said: “Margate is such a fantastic place to
make a film. It has such great locations which actually have a real romance
about them and posses a unique atmosphere which is very suited to a series of
love stories. Being my home town it also has a special and personal resonance
for me. I’m looking forward to coming back.” Source: Kent News
Watch
an exclusive clip from The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists online now The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is setting sail for multiplexes
soon, and we’ve got our hands on an exclusive clip! The
scene in question features Hugh Grant’s Pirate Captain being welcomed into the
home of Charles Darwin (voiced by David Tennant). The
real star of the scene, though, is the ‘manpanzee’ himself. Apes have form when
it comes to stealing scenes in movies, and Darwin’s well-trained butler is no
exception. The
footage also serves as a good example of the atmospheric sets and insane
attention-to-detail conjured up (in miniature) by the hardworking animators. Watch
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists clip online now at Total Film You can
catch the full film when it arrives in UK cinemas on 28 March 2012
Wear
fancy dress for Aardman premiere of The Pirates! in Bristol
Bristolians are being given the chance to see Aardman's latest 3D film before
anyone else at a special charity screening. The
exclusive premiere of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists will be held
on behalf of Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal, which supports Bristol
Children's Hospital. The
animated film, featuring the voices of Hugh Grant, David Tennant and Salma
Hayek, goes on general release on March 28 but the charity is offering Evening
Post readers the chance to buy tickets for the screening on March 25. The
red carpet event at Showcase Cinema de Lux in Cabot Circus has been organised
by Aardman and Sony Pictures Entertainment. There
are 100 tickets available on a first-come-first-served basis for the event,
with money going to the Grand Appeal. The screening will start with an introduction
by director and Grand Appeal patron Peter Lord. Cinema-goers
are being encouraged to wear pirate fancy dress. There
will also be face-painting, tattooing and photography before the film starts
and the chance to rub shoulders with the crew from Aardman and local VIPs. Wallace
and Gromit's Grand Appeal director Nicola Masters said: "We are thrilled
that the Grand Appeal has been chosen as the charity partner for this exclusive
Pirate gala. "The
Bristol premiere is the only one outside London and is such an exciting and
special event that we are expecting tickets to the charity screening to sell
fast." Tickets
to the Bristol premiere charity screening cost £15 each and are available from
the Appeal office opposite Bristol Children's Hospital at 24 Upper Maudlin
Street, Bristol, BS2 8DJ, by calling 0117 927 3888 or by sending an e-mail,
including your name and contact details, to lauren@grandappeal.org.uk. Source: This is Bristol
BBC America Brings Sport Relief To
The US
Sport Relief, the biennial UK event that brings together the world of sport and
entertainment, is taking place on March 25 over in the UK. On April 1, BBC
America is giving you the chance to watch some of celebrity challenges that
have taken place over the years in a series of programming to mark the event.
Brit Scene have the two adverts for this year's event that feature David Tennant
getting all saucy! Watch them both here
The first episode of Tree Fu Tom will air on Monday 5 March at 5.25 pm on CBeebies. The other four episodes will be shown on subsequent days during the week. More information at David Tennant on Twitter
David Tennant was recently interviewed about his part inTree Fu Tom
Love Virtually will air on
BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 8 March
from 2.15pm.
On Friday 16 March, BBC Radio Four will broadcast Waiting For The Boatman.
This drama was written by
Stephen Wakelam. It is set in Naples in 1610 and is about the last days of the
painter Caravaggio. The story is told through the eyes of his friend and former
model Mario Minniti as he searches for the artist. The play is directed by
Sasha Yevtushenko and also stars Anton Lesser, Harry Livingstone and Joe
Dempsie.
During
April, BBC Radio Three will be broadcasting a Shakespeare Season as part of
The Cultural Olympiad.Part of
this season is a project where a company of actors perform two different plays
- Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night.
David
Tennant will be playing Prince Escalus in Romeo and Juliet and Malvolio in
Twelfth Night.
Romeo and Juliet was
recorded during the week commencing Monday 13 February and Twelfth Night the
following week.
Tree Fu Tom: Sophie Aldred and David Tennant voice new CBeebies series
Interview with David Tennant about his role as Twigs
Twigs is Tom’s best friend and sidekick – he goes everywhere with him
and is the comic heart of the show. This tiny acorn sprite is like the
wide-eyed, fun-loving, free-spirited and seriously silly child in each
of us. Could you tell us who you play?
I play Twigs, who is Tom’s best friend. Twigs lives in Treetopolis and
he’s a tree sprite. He’s very small, he’s sort of based on an acorn and
he can retract himself into an acorn whenever he’s frightened. But he’s a
little anarchic, he’s a little crazy and he’s quite loud. Could you sum up TFT and why parents should encourage their children to watch it?
I think TFT is imaginative, inventive, exciting, really good fun and it
looks beautiful. It looks like no expense has been spared and I can’t
wait to see all the finished episodes as everything I have seen so far
has been a visual feast. It’s an incredible wonderful thing that we have
channels like CBeebies that devote so much time and effort and skill to
telling wonderful stories. Why did you decide to take the role?
Animation is a fascinating area from an acting point of view because
it’s not really like anything else because you are only providing a
portion of the performance. That’s very inspiring and it forces you to
do things in a different way – to tell stories through your voice. As an
acting challenge it was very appealing.
I think you always want to tell good stories and when you are doing
something for children you are always so aware of how formative those
stories will be. I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child
whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or television and
probably television more than any medium is what influenced me as a
child and formed my response to literature, story-telling and,
therefore, the world around me. Can you tell us about Tree Fu and Big World Magic?
There are points in every story where Big World Magic is required and
Tom gets the viewers to go through moves with him and that sends the
magic through to him. The idea being that the real world can influence
the Treetopolis world through the Tree Fu moves. Tree Fu Tom encourages movements designed to help all children
particularly including those with Dyspraxia – can you tell us more about
that?
I would never have imagined that a programme like this could be used in
this way to help combat Dyspraxia. It will be fascinating to see if it
does have a positive effect. The children will certainly have a good
time trying! How did you arrive at Twigs’ voice?
It’s sort of my voice but up an octave really. He’s smaller and lighter
so the voice had to be higher. Also there’s a thought that for
pre-school audiences you want to use higher registers in your voices. I
believe that the young audience hears higher voices better. How do you gauge your performance for the audience?
I feel very un-practiced in performing to an audience this young so I am
very happy to be led by other people working on the show. Like getting
the level of jeopardy right, what is enough to be exciting but not too
much to be alarming. When you’re older you want to be scared because you
understand more where the boundaries between fantasy and reality are
and I suppose they are more blurred the younger you are. It’s
fascinating to work with people who completely understand that audience.
I’ve really enjoyed trying to understand that world.
I don’t think I have ever done anything for this age of children before,
a pre-school audience. Generally speaking we don’t have vivid memories
of that age and what influenced us yet clearly they are hugely formative
years and it’s really important that we can create television of a high
quality for that audience. I think the shows you remember are from when
you were a bit older. But I think the programmes you watch when you are
that young, when you are still learning about how the world works are
really important. It’s very exciting to be involved in something that
speaks to that audience. Sophie Aldred (who plays Tom) has previously played Doctor Who’s
assistant and you have played The Doctor but in this the roles are
reversed, how does that feel?
Sophie and I had never met before so we didn’t have any previous dynamic
but I suppose that you can infer a dynamic from previous roles that we
have played. As an actor you just fit in with whatever the dynamics of
the characters are so she plays the hero and I’m the annoying sidekick. You, Tim, Samantha and Sophie all recorded Tree Fu Tom in a booth together – how was that?
What’s great about the four of us being in a booth together is that you
can work off each other and you can be inspired by something that
someone else does and you can collectively move something in a different
direction. Who’s the most animated in the booth?
Probably me! I do find it hard not to dance around a bit! Twigs is quite
active so it’s hard to contain that. It’s not very helpful in the final
edit if you knock a script off but sometimes you just have to go for
it!
Source: BBC
David Tennant to star in radio drama Love Virtually The former Doctor Who star will feature opposite Emilia Fox in a tale of email romance. A wayward email sparks a case of “online adultery” in a new Radio 4 Afternoon Drama starring David Tennant and Emilia Fox. When Emmi (Fox) mistakenly sends an email to Leo (Tennant), romance quickly blossoms, and the two begin a shared secret life far removed from their day-to-day existences. The problem is, Emmi is married – but does a virtual affair count as cheating? To what extent does the relationship rely on fantasy? And is it even possible to fall in love with someone you’ve never met? Tennant fans will no doubt be answering "yes" to that last question as they make a date with David... Afternoon Drama: Love Virtually, by Austrian novelist Daniel Glattauer, airs at 2:15pm on Thursday 8 March on BBC Radio 4. Source: Radio Times
David Tennant - Sport Relief
David Tennant is appearing in a trailer for Sport Relief on BBC television. Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from the team who run Comic Relief. It combines sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries. It started in 2002 and in 2012 Sport Relief is during the weekend Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March. Since Saturday 11th February David Tennant is being shown in trailers on BBC television for Sport Relief dressed as a large ketchup bottle! Read more and watch the trailer at David Tennant on Twitter
Brilliant new featurette about the making of Aardman Animations’s ‘The Pirates! Band Of Misfits’ A brilliant new featurette for Aardman Animations’ family adventure The Pirates! Band Of Misfits has been released this week, including commentary from writer Gideon Defoe, British actors Hugh Grant and David Tennant, and producer Julie Lockhart about how the film was created and just how long it took to make this beautifully crafted 3D stop-motion animation. Read more and watch the featurette at BritScene
Final call: intimate moments of actors backstage
For the last 25 years, top actors – from Colin Firth to Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett to David Tennant – have allowed theatrical photographer Simon Annand into the private sanctums of their dressing rooms, capturing them as they prepare to go on stage. This series focuses on the final 30 minutes before curtain-up, known behind the scenes as 'the half': a time for sinking into character, touching up makeup – or having a Diet Coke break. • The Half is on show at the Idea Generation gallery in Shoreditch, London, from 24 February Source: The Guardian
Two of Scotland's top actors, Billy Connolly and Brian Cox, will star in a Christmas Day radio drama.
The pair will play brothers who join forces in a journey across Scotland to trace a childhood sweetheart.
The drama, The Quest of Donal Q by Scots writer David Ashton, is loosely based on the classic Cervantes tale Don Quixote.
It will be broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland on 25 December and repeated on BBC Radio 4 in the new year.
Connolly will play Donal while Cox will star as Sandy, brothers who were separated as children in an orphanage.
Donal is adopted by a rich couple and brought up in California; Sandy remains in Dundee.
Ten years after falling out in a fierce row, Donal returns to ask his brother for help tracing Jeanette, a fellow orphan they both loved, now said to be in dire straits and in need of a "knight in shining armour".
Head of BBC Radio Scotland Jeff Zycinski said it was "fantastic news" to have two of the biggest stars in Scotland coming together.
"This is a lovely Christmas gift for our BBC Radio Scotland audience to enjoy as one of the highlights of this year's fantastic festive line-up of programmes," he said.
Next year BBC Scotland's drama department will deliver about 65 hours of commissions to Radio 4, Radio 3 and Radio 4 Extra as well as BBC Radio Scotland.
Highlights include a Victorian detective drama, McLevy, starring Brian Cox and Siobhan Redmond.
Also planned are productions of two classic American novels, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
David Tennant will make a guest appearance on the final episode of Stephen Fry’s Planet Word documentary on BBC2 at 9pm on Sunday 23 October. Source: Jedd Kenobi’s Blog
David Tennant to play Robert Louis Stevenson for Radio 4 David Tennant is to star as Robert Louis Stevenson in a BBC drama based on the author’s travel writings and personal letters. The two-part Radio 4 drama, called Stevenson In Love, portrays “significant journeys” the writer made, and how his feelings for a woman who later became his wife affected him on his travels. In the first part, called 'Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes', the drama follows Stevenson in France. Here he kept a journal that was to become his travelogue from which the drama takes its name. In the second part, 'The Amateur Emigrant', Stevenson catches a steamer to New York and then undertakes a train journey across America, ending in California. The drama has been written by Mike Harris. Part one will be broadcast on Radio 4 on October 26, with part two on October 27. The cast also features Lizzy McInnerny. Source: The Stage
Doctor Who: The David Tennant Years Just in time for the holidays, BBC is compiling one massive collection in honor of the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, with the release of Doctor Who: The Complete David Tennant Years. David Tennant first appeared as The Doctor in 2005, and went on to star in three seasons and eight specials as the tenth incarnation of the Time Lord. BAFTA-winner Russell T Davies (Torchwood, Queer as Folk) is lead writer and executive producer and BAFTA-winner Julie Gardner (Torchwood, Life on Mars) is executive producer.
This collection celebrates Tennant’s tenure by bringing together The Complete Second Series co-starring Billie Piper (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) as Rose Tyler, The Complete Third Series co-starring Freema Agyeman (Law & Order: UK) as Martha Jones and The Complete Fourth Series co-starring Catherine Tate (The Office, The Catherine Tate Show) as Donna Noble, all eight specials and two spin-off animated adventures, in a collectible package. Prior to ending his run as the Doctor, Tennant commented: “I’ve had the most brilliant, bewildering and life-changing time working on Doctor Who.”
FRIGHT NIGHT on Blu-ray & DVD December 13th DreamWorks Pictures’ Fright Night, starring Colin Farrell, arrives onDecember 13, 2011 just in time to take a bite out of the holidays on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™, DVD, Digital and On-Demand. Inspired by the 1985 gothic horror cult classic and directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl,Mr. Woodcock), all hell breaks loose when High School Senior Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) discovers his charming new neighbor Jerry (Farrell) is a Vampire preying on his neighborhood. Packed with un-rated bonus features, the Blu-ray release includes a fang-in-cheek mockumentary “Peter Vincent: Swim Inside My Mind,” a hilarious satirical look at David Tennant’s egocentric “rock star” anti-hero character, Peter Vincent; “The Official How to Make a Funny Vampire Movie Guide;” “Squid Man: Extended and Uncut;” “Frightful Facts & Terrifying Trivia;” “Deleted Scenes;” and a “Gag Reel.” Also included is the uncensored “No One Believes Me” music video directed by Fright Night’s director Craig Gillespie and performed by hip hop recording artist Kid Cudi. Proclaimed, “A Bloody Good Time” by Trey Alexander (Fandango.com), Fright Night features an all-star cast including: Colin Farrell (Horrible Bosses, Crazy Heart), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Terminator Salvation), Toni Collette (Academy Award® nominee for The Sixth Sense, and Golden Globe® winner for United States of Tara), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Kick Ass, Superbad), David Tennant (Dr. Who, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and Imogen Poots (Jane Eyre, 28 Weeks Later). Charley (Anton Yelchin) is a high school senior who’s on top of the world—he’s running with the popular crowd and dating Amy (Imogen Poots), the most coveted girl in school. But trouble arrives when Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a nice guy––at first. But there’s something not quite right, and no one else, including Charley’s mom (Toni Collette) seems to notice. After his classmates start to mysteriously disappear without a trace, Charlie discovers that there is more to his new neighbor than meets the eye. Now he must do all he can to protect his mom and girlfriend Amy from meeting the same fate as his best friend Ed Thompson (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). Fright Night will be available to own and for in-home viewing as follows: 3-Disc Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack (1 Blu-ray 3D + 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD with Digital Copy) Suggested Retail Price: $49.99 U.S./$56.99 Canada Bonus Features: *Gag Reel (unrated) *Kid Cudi Music Video (uncensored version) – “No One Believes Me” *Squid Man – Extended & Uncut *Peter Vincent: Swim Inside My Mind *The Official “How to Make a Funny Vampire Movie” Guide *Frightful Facts & Terrifying Trivia *5 Deleted Scenes with intros by Director Craig Gillepsie (Ride to School; *Neighborly; Once A Freak, Always A Freak; Midori & Kerosene; and Back at the Penthouse) 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD) Suggested Retail Price: $30.99 U.S./$46.99 Canada Bonus Features: *Gag Reel (unrated) *Kid Cudi Music Video (uncensored version) – “No One Believes Me” *Squid Man – Extended & Uncut *Peter Vincent: Swim Inside My Mind *The Official “How to Make a Funny Vampire Movie” Guide *Frightful Facts & Terrifying Trivia *5 Deleted Scenes with intros by Director Craig Gillepsie (Ride to School; *Neighborly; Once A Freak, Always A Freak; Midori & Kerosene; and Back at the Penthouse) 1-Disc DVD (1 DVD) Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 U.S./$35.99 Canada Bonus Features: *Gag Reel (unrated) *Kid Cudi Music Video (uncensored version) – “No One Believes Me” *Squid Man – Extended & Uncut Digital (3D, High Definition & Standard Definition) Suggested Retail Price: 3D & High Definition = $39.99 U.S./$35.99 Canada Standard Definition = $29.99 U.S./$35.99 Canada Bonus Features: *Gag Reel (unrated) *Kid Cudi Music Video (uncensored version) – “No One Believes Me” *Squid Man – Extended & uncut *Live in Las Vegas: An Interview with Peter Vincent *The Official “How to Make a Funny Vampire Movie” Guide On-Demand For additional information and pricing, please contact your television provider or favorite digital retailer. Bonus features are not offered with On-Demand. SPECIFICATIONS: STREET DATE: December 13, 2011 (Direct Pre-book: 10/18 / Distributor Pre-book 11/1) Feature Run Time: 106 minutes Rating: U.S.: R/Canadian: CE: 14A (Bonus Material Not Rated) Aspect Ratio: Blu-ray 3D & Blu-ray: 1.78:1 (Feature Film) DVD: 16×9 Widescreen (Feature Film) Audio: Blu-ray 3D & Blu-ray: 7.1 DTS-HD MA (English)/ 5.1 Dolby Digital (French & Spanish) DVD: 5.1 Dolby Languages& Subtitles: English and French Read more at We Are Movie Geeks
