David Tennant: appearances and project updates

• Television Critics Association

On Wednesday 1st August, David Tennant appeared at the at Television Critics Association Summer Tour in Beverley Hills to help promote The Spies Of Warsaw.
Although the BBC America panel was only 15 minutes in length it gave about a hundred television journalists the chance to talk to David and the writers and to watch a clip of the drama which wil start being broadcast in the US in November.

Some journalists also interviewed David later too.
More details about David Tennant at the Television Critics Association can be found here. 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

• Attack Of The Show

On Thursday 2nd August, an interview with David Tennant was broadcast on the programme Attack On The Show in the US and Canada.
Attack Of The Show is geared towards the male viewers as the description on the G4TV website says "Welcome to TV's only source for all the stuff you care about from the coolest viral videos to the hottest new gadgets, comics and movies. Attack of the Show gets it before it gets out."
Attack Of The Show was broadcast at 7pm ET on G4 in America (repeated at 2am) and at the same time on G4 TechTV in Canada. It was also shown in Australia on the channel Fuel at 4.30pm the following day.
Click here to watch a video of the full interview. 
More information on David Tennant on Attack On The Show can be found here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

David Tennant Talks Spies Of Warsaw & Doctor Who

David Tennant joins Matt Mira in studio to share the latest on his upcoming miniseries, The Spies of Warsaw, on BBC America and what life is like as the most popular Doctor Who.

Source: G4TV 

Also reported by BBC America 

• Broadchurch

David Tennant will start filming Broadchurch in Somerset and the Bristol area on Monday 13th August 2012 and it will be broadcast on ITV during early 2012.
Inspired by the series The Killing, David's 8 part series is written by Chris Chibnall, directed by James Strong and produced by Richard Stokes for Kudos Productions.
David Tennant will play a gritty detective who investgates crimes which other policeman have been unable to solve.
More information can be found here. 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

Town to become star of ITV drama
A new ITV drama starring David Tennant will be filmed in Clevedon from this month with shops, houses and a church to be used as integral locations throughout.
Kudos Film and Television will produce the eight-part drama, entitled Broadchurch, which will centre around a murder investigation in a fictitious Dorset town of the same name.
Hill Road will be used to represent Broadchurch High Street, where a number of exterior scenes will be shot.
The former Seeley’s Newsagent in Hill Road will be adapted, both inside and out, to turn it into the offices of local newspaper, The Broadchurch Echo. The film company is also in talks to use another property in Hill Road as a key location.
A number of scenes will also be shot in the West End area of the town, around Marshall’s Field and Clevedon Pill. Two private houses in St Andrews Drive and Lavington Close will be used to represent the homes of some of the characters and St Andrew’s Church will represent the Broadchurch parish church.
Filming is due to begin on August 13 and will run until the end of November, mostly in North Somerset. Some scenes will also be shot in West Dorset.
David Tennant, a star of film, theatre and TV, will be joined by Olivia Coleman, star of Peep Show and Twenty Twelve, in the lead roles as the police officers heading up the murder investigation. They will be joined by BAFTA-winning actress Vicky McClure.

The story will explore what happens to a small community when it suddenly becomes the focus of a major event and is subjected to the full glare of the media spotlight.
Writer Chris Chibnall said: “Broadchurch focuses on a small British community which finds itself at the eye of a storm. In the wake of one boy’s death, the residents of Broadchurch come under scrutiny and suspicion.”
All eight episodes, to be screened in 2013, will be filmed in order, meaning cast and crew will return to Clevedon a number of times over the coming months. The team will set up a base in the Salthouse Fields car park when filming in Clevedon, consisting of trailers for costume and make-up, a mobile kitchen, toilets and a mobile dining facility.
When filming in Hill Road, vehicles carrying technical equipment will be parked in The Regent car park.
Source: The Weston Mercury 

• The Politician’s Husband

David Tennant has just completed filming The Politician's Husband in and around London.
David attended the read-through and a photo shoot on Saturday 9th June and started filming on Monday 11th June 2012. The final day of filming was Wednesday 25th July.
The drama will air as a series of three one hour programmes during early 2013 on BBC Two.
The Politician's Husband is a drama exploring what happens in a political marriage when the wife becomes more successful than her husband.Emily Watson will play his wife and Ed Stoppard is also in the drama which was written by Paula Milne.
More information can be found here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
 

• Twenty Twelve DVD

On Monday 6 August, the second series of the David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve will be released on DVD in the UK and Europe. For £2 more you can buy both Series One and Series Two together.Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• On Her Majesty's Secret Service audiobook

The audiobook (on both download and CD) of On Her Majesty's Secret Service is available to pre-order via the AudioGo website. David Tennant reads On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the audio CD also features a bonus interview with David.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

AudioGo have a competition to win a David Tennant signed copy of the hardback book of On Her Majesty's Secret Service if you pre-order the CD or download from them.

The CD version of David Tennant reading On Her Majesty's Secret Service is £4.01 cheaper (at £10.99) if you purchase it via the BBC Shop. It is available for pre-order and will be released on 6th September.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant: project updates, news, reviews

• Broadchurch

Although filming on David Tennant's new ITV serial Broadchurch is not expected to start until mid August, it was reported that he was already doing some preparation work on Thursday. Read more at David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Doctor Who documentaries

BBC America will broadcast four new Doctor Who documentaries this summer. The press release is accompanied by photos of the episodes which include two of David Tennant.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• 2012 Television Critics Association Tour

David Tennant MAY appear at the 2012 Television Critics Association Tour in Beverley Hills this week (not confirmed). 
Read more at David Tennant on Twitter (blog)  

• Twenty Twelve

The BBC have uploaded three video clips for the final ever episode of the David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve.
The episode is called Loose Ends and premièred on BBC Two at 10pm on Tuesday (24th) which was just 3 days before the actual opening ceremony of London 2012.
David Tennant's voice can be heard in all three of these clips (which may only play within the UK).
Source: DToT (blog) 
 

• Doctor Who retrospective

Doctor Who TV looks back on the Tennant era of Doctor Who here 
 

• Shakespeare Uncovered: review

The Hamlet Weblog has a review of Shakespeare Uncovered here 

David Tennant - Pirates! news, Shakespeare premiere, Twenty Twelve update

Pirates!
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits was released in the US on Friday 27 April. This is the movie which was called The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists in Britain. Even David Tennant has said in interviews that he does not know the reason for the change in name!

However it is not only the name which has changed as some eagle-eyed fans have noticed that a couple of the actors have changed too. For example, Russell Tovey who voices the Albino Pirate is replaced by Anton Yelchin. David Tennant voices the young Charles Darwin in the Aardman Animations movie.
Read more at David Tennant on Twitter

 
Amazon are now listing the Region 2 (Europe) release date for the movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists as 24th September.
More information here

 



Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet will have its first transmission on Sunday 29 April at 8.30pm on BBC Radio Three.  
David Tennant plays Prince Escalus.

More details at David Tennant on Twitter

BBC America to air Olympics mockumentary: 'Twenty Twelve'
BBC America will air a mockumentary series depicting preparations for this year's Olympic Games in London and starring Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey).

Twenty Twelve, which will feature Bonneville, Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur), Amelia Bullmore, Vincent Franklin, Jessica Hynes and Karl Theobald, will have 12 half-hour episodes on BBC America beginning June 30.  

David Tennant (Doctor Who) is the narrator. 

Read more at Chicago Tribune 

David Tennant: new TV drama, United news, TV appearances

David Tennant to star in TV drama 'The Spies Of Warsaw'
 
Former Doctor Who star David Tennant will play a French spy in a new two-part Second World War-era drama by Likely Lads writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
The actor will appear with Merlin star Janet Montgomery in the BBC Four show The Spies Of Warsaw based on the best-selling novel by Alan Furst.

Tennant's character is drawn into the murky world of espionage in the story which is set in Poland, Paris, London and Berlin in the years leading up to the outbreak of war.
BBC Four controller Richard Klein described the show as "a tense, passionate and sexy love story set against the increasingly strident clang of coming war".

He said: "Spies Of Warsaw is an entertaining, thrilling and insightful drama with a very different take on the Second World War, seen through the eyes of characters who know from the start that they and their fellow countrymen will face the brunt of the horrors to come: this is top class drama, and perfect for BBC Four."

Clement and La Frenais have written some of the most popular British television shows of the last 40 years including The Likely Lads, Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Filming will start next month in Poland.

Source: The Independent


Also reported by Hollywood Reporter  Televisual ATVToday TheaterMania, and many more!

Regular updates on The Spies of Warsaw can be found at David Tennant On Twitter 

Netflix Sign Up BBC United Drama For Streaming

Netflix are said to be one of several international buyers of the rights to BBC’s English direct-to-TV film United, a feature starring David Tennant and Dougray Scott, based on the true story of the tragic 1958 Munich air disaster that killed many of the Manchester United football team of that season.

The crash, which saw 21 people (including 8 players) lose their lives (out of a total 45 people on-board the plane), shocked the world of football (in particular in England), and tributes are still made to this day, most notably on its 50th anniversary in 2008. The 90-minute long film, written by Chris Chibnall and directed by James Strong, was first aired over three years later.
A year after it was premièred on BBC Two, the production is now being licensed abroad through Content Television, with online streaming giant Netflix snapping up the broadcasting rights in both USA and Canada.

Other multiple rights holders now include Universal Pictures Pty for Australia & New Zealand, Tele-Munchen Group for ‘German-speaking Europe’, and subscription HBO for a number of countries throughout Asia. European nation-wide broadcasters picking up rights include TV2 (Denmark), RTE (Ireland), NRK (Norway), ITI Neovision (Poland), and SVT (Sweden), and ITI Neovision (Poland). Paradiso hold all rights to United in Japan, whilst M Pictures hold a similar arrangement in Thailand, and a number of other providers such as Sundance Global Channel and Carmen Film have also signed deals, the culmination of an impressive session in Cannes (France) for Content Television.

Source: World TV PC
 
Also reported by Virtual Press Office and C21 Media

This week's TV appearances

• Thurs 12 April - The Minor Character, Sky Arts channel at 9pm.

• Fri 13 April - Episode Three of the David Tennant narrated comedy Twenty Twelve, BBC Two at 10pm.

• Sun 15 April - Discovering Hamlet at 9.40pm on Sky Arts 2 HD.

Source: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant - project updates

* United, starring David Tennant and Dougray Scott, will be screened in Australian cinemas from 3 August.

* Series one of the David Tennant narrated comedy Twenty Twelve will be repeated on BBC 2 starting Tuesday 19th July.

* David Tennant is starring in Andrew Davies's adaptation of The Purple Land, which will broadcast on 16th July on BBC Radio Four. See here for more info.

* It is NOT confirmed, but a Deadline article mentions David Tennant in a forthcoming BBC project called London In Love:

Daniel Pipski has been named head of Working Title Television, the joint venture between NBCUniversal International and U.K.-based Working Title Films' Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. He replaces Shelley McCrory, who had served as Working Title TV president since the company's launch in early 2010. Pipski has history with Working Title Films, where he started his career in 1999, eventually rising to VP. He went on to serve as SVP production of Sean Bailey, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Live Planet and Michael London's Groundswell Prods. and, most recently, as producer for Andrew Lauren Prods. At Live Planet, Pipski helped developed Enemies and Marlowe, both of which went to pilot at ABC. Since its launch, Working Title TV has landed a series order for Love Bites at NBC and has three projects at the BBC: Birdsong, an adaptation of the Sebastian Faulks novel; The Borrowers; and Love in London, starring David Tennant and Rosamund Pike. "We are delighted to welcome Daniel back into the Working Title fold," said Fellner, Working Title's co-chairman. "He started his career with us in 1999 and immediately proved himself a star. His taste and relationships are impeccable, and he will be the perfect person to lead our charge into the television arena."

Project updates source: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant to narrate "Twenty Twelve"

David Tennant has provided the voice over for a new six part comedy mock documentary series shortly to start on BBC Four. Twenty Twelve stars Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Amelia Bullmore, Olivia Colman, Vincent Franklin and Karl Theobald and is about the people paddling hard beneath the water to make the Olympics happen in London in 2012.

Twenty Twelve is written and directed by John Morton, produced by Paul Schlesinger and the executive producer is Jon Plowman, the same team responsible for People Like Us in which David Tennant starred in the episode entitled 'The Actor'.

Read more at David Tennant on Twitter