David Tennant - Kafka, Radio Times, British Comedy Awards

Kafka the Musical

There has been no official confirmation but tweets by Murray Gold, Reetu Kabra and Jeremy Mortimer report that David Tennant recently recorded "Kafka The Musical" which Murray Gold stated will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in April.

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Karen Gillan, David Tennant attend Radio Times party

The annual Radio Times Cover Party took place in London on Tuesday evening (18 January). The party celebrates the array of stars to have been given the spotlight on the cover of Radio Times over the past 12 months, and Karen was there for her The Pandorica Opens issue from June 2010, while David, who also hosted the event, featured on a cover for his role in the 4-part drama Single Father back in October.

More pictures and information at Radio Times

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David Tennant to appear at British Comedy Awards

On Friday night (21 Jan), Jonathan Ross tweeted at about 5.15pm "Just came off the phone with the marvelous Mr David Tennant -one of the guests at the Comedy Awards tomorrow night!"

The British Comedy Awards are an annual awards ceremony which celebrate notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The Awards started in 1990 and this year are being hosted by Jonathan Ross. They are being held at O2 in Greenwich, London.

The British Comedy Awards are broadcast from 9pm until 11.05pm tomorrow evening on Channel 4 (U.K.) and are repeated from 11pm until 1.05am on Sunday evening. (Both screens are repeated an hour later on Channel 4 + 1.) There is also a programme called The British Comedy Awards: Live Lock-In from 11pm until 12.05am on E4 tomorrow (Saturday) evening.

Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Updates on David Tennant's 'Single Father'

Single Father is scheduled to air on four consecutive Sundays starting on October 10 at 9pm on BBC1. The BBC has released some new footage, including a trailer and preview videos of the miniseries.







David Tennant will be doing promotion for Single Father over the next few days, and you can check out his appearance schedule:

Friday 8th October - Paul O'Grady Live ITV1 9:00pm
Sunday 10th October - The Andrew Marr Show BBC One 09:10am
Sunday 10th October - Jo Whiley Radio 1 from 1:00pm

David is also on the cover of Radio Times, which comes out tomorrow.

David Tennant in TV magazines + David Tennant and Craig Ferguson's early TV appearances

David Tennant is featured in a couple of magazines to promote his upcoming BBC drama Single Father. The four part show is set to air in October in the UK, though dates have not yet been confirmed. Tennant News Updates has scans from TV & Satellite Week magazine and this week's Radio Times.

In other news David Tennant and Craig Ferguson are among the actors who are part of Scottish broadcast company, STV's new YouTube channel. STV has made hours of old shows available, including David Tennant's first TV role in 1988's Dramarama and Craig Ferguson on STV's 1993 series The Dirt Detective. The content is all free, but unfortunately it's only available to UK residents. Luckily, folks outside the UK can watch David's appearance in Dramarama over at Blogtor Who.