David Tennant: project news and upates

• Richard II

"One less performance of Richard II for David Tennant?" 

From David Tennant on Twitter:

Eagle-eyed Paksena on the GallifreyBase forum has spotted that the Richard II performance on Wednesday 13th November is no longer showing on the Royal Shakespeare Company website.

It has been removed in two places on the website including the ticket purchase link but there is nothing to say why or even whether there will be no performance on that day.

When the dates were first announced Monday 11th November was not listed so it now means that during the final week in Stratford-Upon-Avon there will be performances on Tuesday 12th, matinee and evening on Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and then matinee and evening on Saturday 15th. The production then moves to the Barbican Centre in London from 9th December.

One suggestion (and we stress that this is only a suggestion) is that POSSIBLY David Tennant could be involved in some promotion for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary on those two days. Nothing has been announced about David doing anything for the 50th on 23rd November but even so various media may wish to interview him.

Another alternative could be that on Monday 11th and / or Wednesday 13th November they will be playing a private or corporate performance which will not go on sale to the public.

This means that David Tennant is now playing 39 performances of Richard II. Tickets to Full RSC Members go on sale tomorrow online at 10am.

Source (including image): David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Penguins - Spy In The Huddle

Penguins - Spy In The Huddle broadcasts today!  
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 enviroment in Antarctica and Peru.
More info here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• The Escape Artist

It seems that David Tennant has been reported a couple of times this week filming the BBC drama The Escape Artist in Surrey this week which may explain why there have been less sightings than if the production was filming in London.
Both of these reports only come from one person so are unsubstantiated but on Wednesday he was reported filming in Guildford and yesterday in a horse yard near Cranleigh in Surrey.
These dates have been added to the Known Filming Dates and Locations section of  The Escape Artist page on DavidTennantOnTwitter.com (which also includes David's prep word and costume fittings).
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Broadchurch

New clips of David Tennant in Broadchurch are shown in the new ITV trailer called Where Life Lives, It also includes the first chance to hear David Tennant using his own accent as this character. 
ITV have published their press pack for Broadchurch. It includes an interview with David Tennant. 
A little tidbit about Broadchurch is that David Tennant uses his own Scottish accent in the drama. In the ITV press kit he says that he presumes his character comes from Glasgow. 
David Tennant's interview from the Broadchurch ITV press pack has been reproduced on the blog.
Source (including image): David Tennant on Twitter (blog) 

• Every Seventh Wave

BBC Radio Four's website now has a page for Every Seventh Wave which airs next Thursday.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Shakespeare Uncovered

WETA has a preview video of Shakespeare Uncovered which plays worldwide.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

• The Politician's Husband

Amazon lists the DVD of The Politician's Husband with a release date of 29th April. However there is no pre-order link or cover photo yet. The BBC have not announced yet when the three part series will be broadcast.  
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Fright Night

Some new (old, as they are from from April 2011!) photos of David Tennant from his Fright Night / Disney shoot have been posted to GettyImages.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Doctor Who

This week's issue of Radio Times will have a free Doctor Who postcards offer. There will be two sets and one of them will include a photo of David Tennant.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Watch are to repeat Series Four of Doctor Who (starring David Tennant)

Series Four of Doctor Who will start being repeated on the satellite station Watch from Friday 15th February.

Starting on Tuesday 15th January Watch started a new run of repeats of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who following a repeat of Christopher Eccleston's series at the beginning of 2013.

Although there were 13 episodes in Series Two, Watch only showed 10 of the episodes on weekdays between Tuesday 15th and Monday 28th January. Due to the nature of the episodes Watch do not show Tooth & Claw, The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit during the day but instead reserve them for late night slots.

Watch started repeating series three on Tuesday 29th January and that series ends on Thursday 14th February.

Each episode is broadcast at 8am and again at 5pm plus it is repeated an hour later on Watch + 1.
Source (including image): David Tennant on Twitter (blog) 

• Diary dates

Mon 11 Feb - Booking opens for RSC Full Members (web) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Mon 11 Feb - Episode one of Penguins - Spy In The Huddle premieres on BBC One at 9pm.
Wed 13 Feb - Booking opens for RSC Full Members (phone) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Thurs 14 Feb - Every Seventh Wave premieres on BBC Radio Four.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter




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Clare Grogan and John Gordon Sinclair reunite

When Clare Grogan Met John Gordon Sinclair

In the year they both turn 50, the two stars of Gregory's Girl return, for the first time together, to the school where the film was shot to share memories of making and promoting the film as teenagers. For ArtWorks Scotland, they trace their subsequent parallel careers as actors, singers - Clare in the band Altered Images and Gordon in stage musicals - and more recently as authors.

Broadcast details:
Tue 11 Dec 2012 at 22:00  
Duration: 30 minutes
BBC Two Scotland only
Source: BBC

Billy Connolly celebrates his 70th Birthday with Conan

Billy Connolly Celebrates His 70th Birthday with Conan



Comedy legend Billy Connolly paid a visit to Conan last night (26 Nov). The Scotsman turned 70 over the weekend, and he got to celebrate the milestone on the show. And by celebrate, I mean complain about his age and talk about all of the weird things that are happening to his body, which is how one celebrates every birthday from 70 on.



Source: Splitsider

John Barrowman: scheduled guest on 'Fern Britton meets ...'

 

Fern Britton Meets... John Barrowman

Series 4 Episode 2 of 5

Duration: 1 hour

Known to some as Captain Jack Harkness, John Barrowman is an actor, a singer, a writer and an all-round showman who describes himself as an entertainer with a capital E.
Fern Britton meets the man with a dual personality, born in Scotland but brought up in the United States. Barrowman talks frankly about what drives him on - and the beliefs that underpin his life.Sun 2 Dec 2012 10:00 BBC One
Source: BBC   

John Barrowman on Black Friday, Pirating Music, Call Of Duty
John Barrowman tackles today's top issues, like how we have to deal with another Black Friday, the latest study about people who illegally download music, and the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 flu epidemic.

Source: G4TV

Elaine C Smith: 'Desperately Seeking SuBo' documentary

Desperately Seeking SuBo documentary to air on STV

STV viewers are in for a treat when one hour documentary Desperately Seeking SuBo hits our television screens.

The programme follows the journey of Elaine C. Smith as she co-writes and rehearses the stage show I Dreamed A Dream, about Susan Boyle’s life so far.

From fascinating stories about the moment Elaine and Susan met, to the Britain’s Got Talent star’s reaction to the first time she saw the show; Desperately Seeking SuBo is a treat for both Susan Boyle and Elaine fans alike.

Watch as Elaine goes in search of a hit and her star. Will she find either of them?

This exclusive behind the scenes look at the new musical about the extraordinary life of Scottish singer Susan Boyle will air on Tuesday October 9 at 8pm.

After the show, there will be more about the musical, Susan and Elaine at stv.tv/susanboyle. For those of you outwith the UK who won’t be able to watch the show go out, log on to stv.tv/susanboyle from 9pm (GMT) on Tuesday October 9 to watch exclusive clips from Desperately Seeking SuBo.

Source (including video): STV

Alan Cumming: first TV performance (as a dead soldier) for BBC director’s course

A 19-year-old Alan Cumming makes his first television appearance in a BBC TV Director’s training course in 1984.

Never intended for broadcast, this is probably Alan’s first performance in front of a camera, though he did have a very fleeting appearance in episode 6 of Traveling Man the same year. However, he is billed here, along with his fellow performers, Forbes Masson and David Lee Michael, as final year students at Glasgow’s Royal Academy of Music and Drama.

Cumming would team-up with Masson to become the double-act Victor and Barry, making a memorable impact at the Tron Theater’s Gong Nights in 1985, where Craig Ferguson and Jerry Sadowitz also made their names.

Here Cumming is cast as one of 3 dead (or possibly war-weary) soldiers, where he lip-synchs pop songs and recites a poem by Wilfred Owen. This was Justin C Adams’ Final Project for his director’s course. Adams went onto a career as a director of quiz shows at BBC Scotland, before establishing his own highly successful production company.

Source: Dangerous Minds 

John Barrowman: new project, forthcoming appearances, etc

• New project

John Barrowman joins cast of Arrow 
John Barrowman has joined the cast of Arrow. The Torchwood star will take on a leading role in the CW's new show about superheroes, which will concentrate on the exploits of billionaire Oliver Queen - aka 'The Green Arrow' - who fights crime with his archery skills. 

According to Entertainment Weekly, John will play a ''well-dressed man who is as mysterious as he is wealthy ... he is an acquaintance of the queen family and a prominent figure in Starling City''. His character has not been named and insiders claim the 45-year-old star could be set to take on the role of deranged Stanley Dover, who is obsessed with black magic. 

John's casting comes after he shot the pilot for another US TV series, Gilded Lilys - which is being billed as America's answer to Downton Abbey. He plays Julius Ashford Lily in in the period drama, which has been commissioned by ABC. It tells the story of the first luxury hotel built in New York in 1895 and John's character is described as the ''favourite son and golden boy'' of the Lily family, whose financial and social fortunes are undermined by a scandal. Gwyneth Paltrow's actress mother Blythe Danner has also been cast in the show, as has 'Mildred Pierce' actor Brian O'Byrne. 
Source: STV  
Originally reported by Entertainment Weekly
Also reported by Reality TV World and BBC America and many many others! 

• TV, radio, and public appearances

Attack of the Show
John will be a guest host on Attack of the Show in the week of 3 Sept.
Read more at Futon Critic


Gotta Sing Gotta Dance 
BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night presents a tribute to Gene Kelly - Gotta Sing Gotta Dance! at 8:00 pm on Friday 28th September. Starring John Barrowman with the sixty piece BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Broadway maestro Larry Blank, the concert also stars Scarlett Strallen (currently starring in Singin' in the Rain a the Palace Theatre) and big band vocalist Matt Ford who performs regularly with the BBC Big Band, Halle, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, RTE Concert Orchestra and the John Wilson Orchestra performing at the BBC Proms in Hooray For Hollywood.. 

The concert features classic numbers including: Singin in the Rain; You Were Meant For Me; Almost Like Being in Love; I Could Write A Book; Make 'Em Laugh; Get Happy; For Me and My Gal; I Got Rhythm; Good Morning and Broadway Melody. 
Source: Musical Theatre News

John Barrowman to visit Waterstones in Glasgow 
On September 14 at 6pm, Torchwood and musical star John Barrowman and his sister, Carole E Barrowman, will make a return visit, after an extremely popular event earlier this year. 

They’ve co-written a new book, Torchwood: Exodus Code, which they’ll be signing copies of – the follow-up to Hollow Earth which is already available in the UK. Again, staff expect the event to be popular – so the advice is to arrive early. 
Read more at STV 

John’s forthcoming appearances are listed and regularly updated on his official site

• Torchwood audiobook

Torchwood: The Exodus Code audiobook 
Regulars will already know about Torchwood: The Exodus Code novel by John Barrowman and his sister Carole – but did you know that there is also an audiobook version from AudioGO? Scheduled for release on 13th September, Torchwood: The Exodus Code currently has no reader confirmed (Eve Myles or John Barrowman would seem most likely for a big original title like this), so we can only assume that they’re busily recording and putting the results through post-production right now! You can get your copy of the 7 CD audiobook – lasting around 9 hours – for an RRP of £15.99, or head to Amazon where the story can be pre-ordered for just £13.68.  
Read more at Kasterborous

One of the comments states It will be read by Daniel Pirrie, it has been confirmed by Audiogo here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=377175169014350&set=a.137883742943495.26252.101173216614548&type=1

 

• Interview with George R R Martin

John Barrowman interviews ‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin 
Fandoms collide: Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin spoke to Torchwood star John Barrowman at Comic-Con, and the video interview is online now!

The interview was done at Comic-Con and released a few weeks ago, but Martin thought it was noteworthy enough to write about recently on his blog to share it with his fans. 

In the video, Martin talks about his first Comic-Con and his favourite comics, and they discuss being fans while being unable to walk around the convention without being mobbed. They also go over some of the things we’ve heard before, like how Martin was originally inspired by turtles and why Tyrion is his favourite character. On season 3, Martin won’t give anything away but does warn book fans that there are changes coming: “I kill a lot of characters, [the showrunners] kill even more.” Well, that’s just terrifying, right guys?! The interview was done with G4. 

Source: Hypable 

Rab C Nesbitt - Christmas Special

RaB C Nesbitt is winding himself up for one final festive rant before he hangs up the string vest for good.

Gregor Fisher, who brings the Govan philosopher to life, and Elaine C Smith, who plays Mary Doll, the long-suffering Mrs Nesbitt, have both agreed to appear in a Christmas special for BBC2. Creator Ian Pattison is working on story ideas.

A BBC source confirmed that the ratings hit, which last year celebrated a 10th series some 25 years after Rab C first appeared, will be back for one show. Fisher and Smith both have plans that make further Nesbitt adventures beyond that look unlikely.

Fisher, 58, is planning to move to France and Smith, 53, is preparing for a world tour of I Dreamed a Dream, the stage musical in which she plays Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle. She is on stage in Manchester tonight as part of its UK tour.

Last night, she said: “Everything will be worked around our dates.
“I am back in Aberdeen in panto, but I would be more than delighted to do another Nesbitt. I have got about three or four weeks between the end of the stage tour and the panto. That is all they need to complete filming.”

It is likely that the special will also feature cast favourites Tony Roper as Jamesie Cotter and Barbara Rafferty as his other half Ella.

Source: Daily Express 

Billy Boyd to guest on 'City Secrets'

Reported this week by Basically Billy Boyd:

Looks like Billy is filming City Secrets on Sky Atlantic with Alan Cumming.  Just spotted these tweets!

Hidden Lane Tearoom ‏@HiddenLTearoom -  very much enjoyed having Billy Boyd and @alancumming in the Tearoom today! Looking forward to watching City Secrets on Sky Atlantic soon!

And this:

JamHot ‏@JamHot - Saw Alan Cumming and Billy Boyd in the hidden lane where our studio is today. No idea what they were up to but they had a camera crew

And this:

walkingheads ‏@walkingheads - Billy Boyd (@OfficialBeecake) has also been seen filming in the #HiddenLane today… Wonder if they’d enjoy taking our #Glasgow Music Tour?

Source (and credit for photo): Basically Billy Boyd