David Tennant: project news and updates

• Broadchurch

ITV have posted David Tennant interview #3 about Broadchurch to YouTube.

Videos #1 and #2 are here

TimeOut review of Broadchurch here (spoilers!)
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Amazon now lists the Broadchuch DVD release date for a week earlier (on 20th May).
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Broadchurch premieres tonight at 9pm on ITV

• Richard II

David Tennant in Richard II at Barbican Centre - backstage and audience info here
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From David Tennant on Twitter:

The Royal Shakespeare Company have posted the ticket prices and performance schedule for Richard II at The Barbican Centre. It is the same as we posted on Saturday but they have confirmed to us that Saturday 7th December will not go on sale when booking starts next week.

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Here's a link for those who prefer to see David Tennant's performance dates for Richard II in calendar format.
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David Tennant / Richard II posters are now available from the Royal Shakespeare Company online shop for only £5 
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• Time Out interview

David Tennant interview at Time Out where he talks about Broadchurch, theatre and career choices
Scan of David Tennant's interview in Time Out (with photos) here

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• Doctor Who

The worldwide link to watch The Doctors Revisited: The Second Doctor which includes new David Tennant interview clips is here.
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The Doctors Revisited - The Third Doctor will premiere on BBC America in the US on Sunday 31st March at 8pm EST. There are expected to be David Tennant interview clips in the documentary.
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• Penguins - Spy in the Huddle

Worldwide link to download third and final part of Penguins - Spy In The Huddle. 
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• Diary dates

Mon 4 Mar - David Tennant's (pre-recorded) interview about Broadchurch will be shown on Daybreak on ITV
Mon 4 Mar - Booking opens for RSC Associate Members (web) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Mon 4 Mar - Episode one of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Tues 5 Mar - Booking opens for RSC Shakespeare Supports members for Richard II in London.
Wed 6 Mar - Booking opens for RSC Associate Members (phone) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Thurs 7 Mar - Booking opens for RSC Members and Barbican Red members for Richard II in London.
Thurs 7 Mar - Doctor Who 50th anniversary re-release of Tenth Doctor novel Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell
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David Tennant: project news and updates

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• Broadchurch

BAFTA hosted a Broadchurch Q&A on Tuesday evening, which David Tennant attended. More details here.
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The ITV Press Centre has confirmed that Broadchurch will start on Monday 4th March at 9pm on ITV. More details here.
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Amazon have posted the front cover of the Broadchurch DVD. It is released on 27th May. 

According to makers Acorn Media the Broadchurch DVD will be a 3-DVD set. They are currently selling it for £19.99 including postage.

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Broadchurch was reviewed on the BBC Radio Four programme Saturday Review from 7.15pm today. The reviewers were Tom Sutcliffe and guests artist Grayson Perry, playwright Laura Wade and writer Susan Jeffreys. 

Click here for a MP3 of the six minute review but they all enjoyed the drama and said that they would be watching the series. The MP3 contains a clip of the drama. The first part of it is from the video posted yesterday but this audio is slightly longer. More information here.
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• Richard II

The latest Barbican newsletter for its members says that Michael Pennington will play John of Gaunt in Richard II and that booking at The Barbican for RSC Shakespeare Supporters will start on Tuesday 5th March.

Also at The Barbican there will be 10 seats for £5 at each performance for people aged between 16 and 25, plus 30 stalls tickets for only £10 for each performance which will go on sale at 10.30am at The Barbican each day. These day seats will be limited to one per person.
All other tickets at The Barbican will be £55, £45, £35 and £25. There are no reduced prices before the Press Night.

The website of the Royal Shakespeare Company now lists a Richard II performance for Saturday 7th December. This was previously listed by the RSC and then removed. It is not listed on the Barbican Centre website.
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The Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed that Thursday 12th December is the London Press Night for Richard II. The performance starts at 7pm that evening. The RSC has also confirmed that Wednesday 15th January is a rare London weekday matinee performance and not an understudy performance. This confirms that David will play 85 performances in total - 39 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and 46 in London.
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An article in The Telegraph about theatre membership schemes mentions the high RSC membership sales to buy tickets for David Tennant's production of Richard II. However there are still lots of tickets available. For example, for the final Stratford-Upon-Avon performance there are 25 in the stalls, 35 in the circle and over 100 in the upper circle currently free.

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• Tree Fu Tom

The region-free DVD of Tree Fu Magic was released on Monday. Available from Amazon and other outlets.
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• Penguins - Spy In The Huddle

A worldwide link to watch episode 2 in here.

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• Newspaper interview: The Times

The full transcript of David Tennant's Broadchurch interview in The Times has been posted to Tumblr. David also speaks about Richard II (it says that rehearsals start in August) and Doctor Who.

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David Tennant: project news and updates

 

Penguins - Spy In The Huddle
David Tennant narrates the three part nature documentary Penguins - Spy In The Huddle which will be broadcast on consecutive Mondays from 11th February at 9pm on BBC One. The programme uses state of the art camera techniques to film penguins in their natural environment in Antarctica and Peru.
More information here
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The Escape Artist
The BBC have confirmed that David Tennant will star in The Escape Artist, a series of three one hour programmes which will air during 2013 on BBC One. Written by Spooks writer David Wolstencroft, it is about a junior barrister who gets a notorious prime suspect acquitted in a murder trial with chilling results. Ashley Jensen, Toby Kebbell & Sophie Okonedo will also star in the drama.
Filming started on Thursday 31st January and is expected to last until March.
More information here
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Also reported by Radio Times

Red Nose Day 2013 trailer
See the trailer here
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Every Seventh Wave
The BBC Media Centre website now has a page about Every Seventh Wave which premieres on BBC Radio Four at 2.15pm on Thursday 14th February.
More information here
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Richard II
The Royal Shakespeare Company have announced that they will soon release an iPad app which will feature their Winter Season 2013 including Richard II (starring David Tennant).
More information here
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Doctor Who
David Tennant was interviewed throughout the BBC America programme Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor which premiered on Sunday 27th January. The video is now available to view worldwide on YouTube (see here).
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A photo of David Tennant is on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (50th Anniversary Edition) which can be purchased from this link for a kindle. David is also on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (The 10th Doctor edition) which can be purchased from this link also for a kindle.
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Diary Dates
Wed 6 Feb - Winner of the Best Preschool Animated Series in the Kidscreen 2013 Awards will be announced in New York. Tree Fu Tom is nominated.
Thurs 7 Feb - Booking opens for Shakespeare's Circle Members (membership is £100+) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Fri 8 Feb - David Tennant's episode of Shakespeare Uncovered will have its first US broadcast on PBS at 9pm.
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