David Tennant: project news and updates

• Broadchurch

The Broadchurch soundtrack EP by Olafur Arnalds will be available to American fans from 30th April on iTunes. Source: David Tennant on Twitter 
The worldwide link to watch episode 7 of Broadchurch has been posted to DailyMotion. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The finale of Broadchurch (an extended episode) airs on ITV tomorrow (22 April) at 9pm.
All the latest Broadchurch news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

• The Politician's Husband

Review of The Politician's Husband in The Lady describes it as 'a reminder of how television should be. It's a big, brainy, sexy political drama with a splendid cast and no compromise made for lightweights.'
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
Amazon now list the DVD of The Politician's Husband to be released one week early - on 13th May!
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The BBC have released several new hi-res promo photos of David Tennant in The Politician's Husband. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The Politician's Husband premieres on BBC Two on Thursday (25 April) at 9pm. 
All the latest The Politian's Husband news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

• Great Scott

RadioDramaReviews has posted a review of The Great Scott: The Fair Maid Of Perth.

Source: David Tennant on Twitter
This afternoon's episode, braodcast on BBC Radio Four at 3pm, was entitled The Great Scott: Rob Roy.  
The third episode of The Great Scott (narrated by David Tennant) will be Waverley. It premieres on Sunday 28th April at 3pm on BBC Radio Four and is repeated the following Saturday.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Great Scott news, reviews, and MP3 downloads, etc., can be found here.

• Spies of Warsaw

On 17th May, the television station ARTE will start broadcasting Spies Of Warsaw in both France and Germany. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Spies of Warsaw news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

• Doctor Who

David Tennant will reprise his role as the Tenth Doctor (with Billie Piper as Rose) for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special episode which will air on Saturday 23rd November 2013. He's been filiming recently, and all filming locations, photos, etc., can be found here.

David Tennant spoke to Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 briefly on Friday morning via telephone from the Doctor Who set. More info (including MP3 of the call) here.
There is a photo of David Tennant (and all the Doctors) on the front of Doctor Who Magazine #460  which is published on Thursday 2nd May. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The Peter Davison era of Doctor Who retrospective from the Resurrection Of The Daleks DVD (introduced by David Tennant) has been posted to YouTube. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Doctor Who news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

• Bernard Who?

David Tennant will be one of the stars interviewed about Bernard Cribbins in a two part documentary titled Bernard Who? The first episode premieres on BBC Radio Four at 11.30am on Thursday 25th April.
More info here. Source:  David Tennant on Twitter

• Double Income No Kids Yet

The Double Income, No Kids Yet Series One audio is available for £2.99 from AudioGO. (The page has a photo of a young David!) Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Virgin Media Shorts

Screen Daily reports that David Tennant will help judge the Virgin Media Shorts Competition.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

• Much Ado About Nothing

Screen Daily have announced that CinemaLive are to release the David Tennant / Catherine Tate's production of Much Ado About Nothing worldwide in cinemas. Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Tree Fu Tom

TBIVision reports that Tree Fu Tom will be shown on the US station Sprout from 22nd April.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Diary dates

Sun 21 Apr - David Tennant stars in The Great Scott: Rob Roy on BBC Radio Four at 3pm.
Mon 22 Apr - Penguins - Spy In The Huddle released on Blu-ray in the UK.
Mon 22 Apr - Joe Sims (Nige Carter) on Lorraine on ITV at 8.50am and at 12.35pm on Channel 4 on What's Cooking to promote Broadchurch.
Mon 22 Apr - At 7.15pm real life political couple Peter and Virginia Bottomley will discuss The Politician's Husband in Front Row on BBC Radio Four.
Mon 22 Apr - Episode eight of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Mon 22 Apr - Tree Fu Tom will be shown on the US station Sprout from today.
Tues 23 Apr - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Collection Tenth Doctor book Beautiful Chaos is published.
Thurs 25 Apr - David Tennant interviewed in Bernard Who? on BBC Radio Four at 11.30am.
Thurs 25 Apr - Episode one of The Politician's Husband is broadcast on BBC Two.
Sun 28 Apr - The first two episodes of Broadchurch will be shown in Paris at Forum des Images.
Sun 28 Apr - BAFTA Television Craft Awards announced. Writer John Morton nominated for Writing: Comedy for Twenty Twelve.
Sun 28 Apr - Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor will premiere on BBC America with David Tennant interview clips.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 


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David Tennant: project news and updates

Audiobooks
David Tennant has started his work in 2013 by recording audiobooks as he has been in the studio reading both How To Steal A Dragon's Sword and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time.
On Thursday afternoon Soundhouse Studios tweeted that David Tennant had completed recording the new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang audiobook Chitty Chitty Bang Bang And The Race Against Time.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Virgin Media Collection
David Tennant can currently be seen on television and online in a number of adverts for the Virgin Media Collection. He appears alongside Sir Richard Branson, Usain Bolt and some look-alikes.

There are also some clips online on the Virgin Media website.
The Virgin Media website has a new David Tennant video with at least four different endings! Keep on the page to see the first ending and then replay the video to watch them all.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter  

Spies Of Warsaw
A synopsis of episode one of Spies Of Warsaw (starring David Tennant) and cast list can be found here. 
A worldwide link to download episode one of Spies Of Warsaw can be found here.
The BBC Shop has the coverwork for the Spies Of Warsaw DVD (see below) which is released on 21st January.

More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie (known as The Pirates! Band Of Misfits in the US) has been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Award in this year's Oscars. David Tennant voices the young Charles Darwin in the movie.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Believe It!
Believe It! has been shortlisted for the Best Scripted Comedy Award in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2013. (That page includes a new photo of David Tennant from when he hosted the 2012 Award ceremony.) In the 2012 awards David Tennant won the Best Actor Award for his role in Kafka The Musical which was first broadcast in April 2011 and somehow that drama is on the shortlist for the Tinniswood Radio Drama Award 2012 for Best Radio Drama Script.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Much Ado About Nothing
Digital Theatre have launched a new iPad app where you can watch David Tennant and Catherine Tate's production of Much Ado About Nothing.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Doctor Who
The Radio Times have reported that Big Finish will be releasing a 100-minute-long audio story The Light At The End to celebrate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. Former Doctors Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann are already confirmed and Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith are "behind the project" which will be released in November.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Diary dates
Tues 15 Jan - Complete Series of Twenty Twelve is released in US and Canada.

Tues 15 Jan - Satellite station Watch start a new run of repeats of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who.

Wed 16 Jan - Episode two of Spies Of Warsaw premières on BBC Four at 9pm.

Sat 19 Jan - David Tennant attends the Project Motor Mouth Charity Convention.

Sat 19 Jan - Two of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who (Blink and Midnight) are featured in the Cine Lumière Doctor Who Night in London.

Source: David Tennant on Twitter 


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David Tennant: Lords of Time convention, and project updates

• Lords of Time convention

Today (Sunday) David Tennant was the headline guest at Showmasters' Lords of Time convention. Comments and photos are trickling in via Twitter which will be included in a full update next week. 
In the meantime, check out this page on DavidTennantOnTwitter for updates as they happen. 

• The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (DVD release)

Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman and David Tennant talk The Pirates!: video

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists hits DVD and Blu-ray next week, and we’ve got an exclusive early look at a bonus featurette (which you can watch below).

Hugh Grant discusses the unusual task of getting into character when you’re playing a plasticine pirate, and also shares his bemusement at the quality of his co-stars.
Co-stars Martin Freeman and David Tennant also contribute to the featurette on voice acting.

Aardman/Sony Pictures animation The Pirates! sees Grant’s Pirate Captain attempting to bag the elusive ‘Pirate of the Year’ award for seven-seas adventuring. Charles Darwin (Tennant) may be key to landing the prize, but The Pirate with a Scarf (Freeman) isn’t convinced.
Check out the featurette below:



The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is available on (deep breath) Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download from 10 September 2012. 

Source (and review): Total Film

• Much Ado About Nothing (digital download)

Introducing a new online theatre platform
Gone are the days when theatre was accessible to limited audiences – today’s trend is for shows to be screened, live streamed or put online. Pushing the digital revolution further is a new partnership between Digital Theatre and Routledge Publishing.

Digital Theatre works with Britain's leading companies to capture live performance on screen. Using multiple camera angles and high-definition technology, they bring acclaimed stage productions to an online audience.

Shows featured on www.digitaltheatre.com include Much Ado About Nothing, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and All My Sons, with David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker. Each video is available to download or rent online, for a one-off payment or as part of a subscription.
Routledge bring an extensive publishing programme of theatre-related books and journals to the partnership, to offer a web audience an impressively comprehensive collection of material and resources on Routledgeperformancearchive.com.

The fully searchable and cross-referenced website includes more than 40 hours of video and will continue to grow, with additional content added every three months.

Read more at Evening Standard 

• Comedy World Cup

David Tennant has started filming episodes of Comedy World Cup. Details, reviews, and the future filming schedule can be found at DavidTennantOnTwitter (blog) 

• Diary dates

Mon 10 Sep - The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists released on DVD in the UK and Europe.
Mon 10 Sep - Peter Lord, producer of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie will make an appearance at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London to talk about the movie and its DVD release.
Sat 15 Sep - Episode 1 of Comedy World Cup is broadcast on Channel Four at 8.20pm.
Sun 16 Sep - At 1.30pm David records episode three of Comedy World Cup at Teddington Studios and at 5pm he records episode four.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

• David Tennant donates autographed Doctor Who boxset to the Alzheimer's Society

David Tennant and Chris Martin have donated signed memorabilia in an exclusive “as seen on tv” star collection to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society.
More details at Alzheimers.org 
David's donation can be seen - and bid for - here 


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David Tennant's Much Ado About Nothing available for digital download

"Much Ado About Nothing" starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, is now available for viewing online and/or for digital download from Digital Theatre

David Tennant: North American "Single Father" premiere and "Much Ado" DVD update

Single Father - North American Premiere
TVO kicks off the New Year with a lineup of eye-opening new documentaries and dramas. Highlights include “Single Father” starring David Tennant

Sundays January 8 to 29, 2012 at 10 pm ET
4 / 50 minutes
A Red production for BBC

David Tennant (Doctor Who) stars in this touching and humorous four-part drama about a man struggling to raise his four children after the death of his partner. When Rita dies suddenly, Dave faces the daunting prospect of bringing up their children on his own, as well as coping with his own and his children's grief.

Things get even more complicated when Dave begins to fall in love with Rita's best friend. Is Dave betraying Rita by falling in love again so quickly, or will he be walking away from happiness if he ignores his feelings? With his children at the centre of his world, Dave worries what will happen when they find out. Single Father asks how soon is too soon to fall in love again?

Source: PRNewswire

More info at DavidTennantOnTwitter




After announcing the release of Much Ado About Nothing on DVD, Amazon have now withdrawn it from sale but they've set up a pre-ordering facility. See Amazon for details, and DavidTennantOnTwitter for more information

David Tennant: awards, nominations, TV appearances, and DVD

TV Appearances

David Tennant will appear on Catherine Tate’s Laughing At The Noughties at 10 pm on Saturday 17th December (Channel 4)
Read more at Comedy

David Tennant will be a guest on The Nerdist Christmas Eve TV Special on December 24th, 9/8c.
Other guests are Simon Pegg Wil Wheaton, Nathan Fillion, and Kumail Nanjiani.
Read more at Nerdist



2011 Broadway World UK Award Winners Announced!

Best Leading Actor in A Play - David Tennant - Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing also won:
Best Leading Actress in a Play (Catherine Tate)
Best Direction of a Play (Josie Rourke)
Best Featured Actor in a Play (Tom Bateman)
Best Play
Best Revival of a Play - Wyndham's - Much Ado About Nothing
Best Scenic Design - Robert Jones - Much Ado About Nothing
More information at Broadway World



What’s On Stage Theatre Goers Awards 2012 nominations

David Tennant has been nominated for Best Actor in a Play (Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndham’s) and for the AKA Theatre Event of the Year (David Tennant & Catherine Tate reuniting on stage in Much Ado About Nothing).
Much Ado About Nothing also nominated for Best Shakespearean Production and Best Director.
More information, and voting opportunity, at What's On Stage



The Much Ado About Nothing DVD is now available to pre-order on Amazon
Source: Amazon

David Tennant: Life and Fate digital download / Charity auction of Much Ado underwear

Radio 4 production of Life and Fate released next month
Radio 4′s ambitious eight-hour dramatisation of Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate will be available as a digital download from October 10th.
The production features an all-star cast including Kenneth Branagh, David Tennant, Greta Scacchi, Janet Suzman, Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter and Philip Madoc.
This powerful work, completed in 1960, charts the fate of both a nation and a family in the turmoil of war.
Its comparison of Stalinism with Nazism was considered by Soviet authorities to be so dangerous that the KGB placed the manuscript under arrest and Grossman was informed his book would not be published for at least 200 years.
Having been a household name as one of Russia’s most distinguished war correspondents, Grossman died aged 58 – the banning of his book hastening the end of his life – and he would never know the fate of his masterpiece: smuggled out of the Soviet Union on microfilm, to freedom and eventual publication in the West.
The production is available exclusively as an download and can be ordered via audiogo.co.uk
Source: Seen It

In the meantime, Life and Fate episodic downloads are available at Anglotopia



David Tennant's undies charity hit as they fetch £252
A pair of boxer shorts signed by David Tennant and the rest of the West End cast of Much Ado About Nothing was sold for £252 on 24 September. The underwear had to be withdrawn from auction previously after they were found not to include the former Doctor Who's signature. They were among other undies put up for auction on eBay to raise money for the Make A Difference foundation.
The charity raises funds to support people living with HIV and AIDS, and those in the entertainment industry facing hardship as a result of long-term medical conditions.
After Bathgate-born Tennant put pen to pants, 41 bids were lodged. Other actors who signed their own pair of briefs included Matt Lucas, Rupert Everett, Richard Blackwood, Kara Tointon and Natalie Casey.
Steven Inman, director of the Make A Difference Trust, said: "This is a novel and fun way to raise money for good causes and we are fortunate to have the support of so many big names backing the Pants Project and its aims to help sick people in hardship.
"The pants are destined to become must-have mementos and are sure to attract a lot of interest from fans."
Source: Daily Record

David Tennant - news, updates, and new projects

Empire have released images of four new promo Fright Night posters, inlcuding the one above of David Tennant.
See more at Empire Online

A Wharf press release this week said that David Tennant will attend the UK Fright Night screening at the O2 on Sunday 14 August (this has not been confirmed)

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Final Round of TV Choice Awards

David Tennant is through to the final round of the TV Choice Award. He's been nominated for Best Actor, and Single Father has been nominated for Best New Drama. Voting ends at midnight on Friday 8th July. Winners will be announced on 13th September and there does not appear to be a limit to how many times you can vote but just remember to click the "submit vote" button right at the end for your vote to count.
Vote at TV Choice Magazine

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The Purple Land (BBC Radio Four Saturday 16th July)

David Tennant appeared in the Saturday Play on BBC Radio Four on Saturday 16th July from 2.30pm until 4pm. The play is described as "Andrew Davies's rip-roaring adaptation of WH Hudson's epic Uruguayan adventure."

The BBC Radio Four publicity announcement says:
"Published in 1885, The Purple Land was the first novel of William Henry Hudson, author of Green Mansions. It is an exuberant, wryly comic account of a young Englishman's imprudent adventures, set against a background of political strife in 19th-century South America. Eloping with an Argentine girl, young Richard Lamb (Tennant) makes an implacable enemy of his teenage bride's father. Leaving her behind, he goes ignorantly forth into the interior of the country to seek his fortune. While doing so he learns to hunt, ride, herd, love and even kill on his way to becoming a man. In Davies's hands this "road novel" becomes a fast-paced romp in the tradition of Tom Jones, with a dash of Don Quixote for good measure. Producer/Clive Brill for Pacificus Productions."
Source: BBC

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The Itch Of The Golden Nit premiered in Leicester Square on 29 June and had its television premiere on Saturday (2nd July) morning at 9am on BBC2.

The Itch Of The Golden Nit is an animated short film which was conceived and drawn by children. David Tennant has voiced two cameos roles but details have not been announced about which roles they are. The film includes a number of British stars including David Walliams and Catherine Tate. Following the broadcast there was a special “making of” section about the movie during Blue Peter from 9.30am. The Itch Of The Golden Nit was repeated on CBBC at 5.15pm in Sunday 3rd July.

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Much Ado About Nothing soundtrack CD on sale from 18 July

A soundtrack of David Tennant’s production of Much Ado About Nothing will be released on 18th July. As well as music by Michael Bruce, it will include two tracks sung by David Tennant and Catherine Tate. The soundtrack will be available from the Wyndham Theatre from that date until the play ends on 3rd September. The production also has an online shop which will most likely stock the CD too.

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David Tennant reading The Fir Tree is available from the BBC Learning website
Source: BBC

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David Tennant has signed a Tenth Doctor drawing in aid of charity; see the artwork, and find out more at Art for Hearts

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All news items courtesy of David Tennant on Twitter

Much Ado About Nothing - updates

As the final preview performance approaches (tomorrow: 31 May) and the company prepares for the launch of the main run with Press Night on 1st June, several sources have been made available to fans in the last week or so:

Official website: Much Ado On Stage

Official merchandise on Ebay

Official photos for Press Night by Geraint Lewis Photography

Much Ado About Nothing - DVD Appeal

As many of you know, there’s an appeal going around to get Catherine Tate and David Tennant’s production of Much Ado About Nothing onto DVD for posterity but also because, quite frankly, many, many fans of both actors will never get a chance to see this amazing production.

The lovely folks at Illuminations, who were involved with Tennant’s Hamlet DVD, have informed me that the appeal for the Hamlet DVD grossed approximately 7,500 signatures which clearly made all the difference in the world and helped give us Hamlet on DVD.

I urge you to please sign the Much Ado appeal HERE, and reblog or pass on the url to other Catherine Tate and/or David Tennant fans. We are currently at 5,700ish signatures and it would be awesome if we could get at least the 7,500 or so that Hamlet got. Thanks!

UPDATE: According to @_ophelia, Hamlet received a total of 7,892. COME ON!

Source: McFangirl on Tumblr




Update: as at 21.30 this evening (24 May 2011), the total number of signatures had reached 7496.

Much Ado About Nothing - first preview performance

David Tennant takes to the stage with Catherine Tate this evening in a run of preview performances of “Much Ado About Nothing”

They were interviewed last week in The Telegraph; read the full interview here.

The Financial Times also shares some info about the production: FT

David Tennant: Shakespeare and Tolkien

David Tennant and Catherine Tate confirmed on 'BBC Breakfast' on 8th January that they will be starring as Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndhams Theatre from 16th May to 3rd September 2011.

Tickets are available direct from the box office or via the theatre's Delfont Mackintosh website and phone line 0844 482 5120, as well as the usual ticket outlets.

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David Tennant is once again rumoured to be involved in The Hobbit. This time, a fansite 'reports' on Twitter that he has joined the cast in the role of King Thranduil, King of the Sindarin Elves. IMDB still shows his casting as 'rumoured' and there has been no official confirmation.