Ewan McGregor: 'Hebrides – Islands on the Edge' preview

Islanders to get preview of Hebrides narrated by Ewan McGregor

Island residents are to get a preview peek of the forthcoming BBC series, Hebrides – Islands on the Edge.
The series, which has already been acclaimed by narrator Ewan McGregor as “one of the most beautiful films I’ve seen”, is due to be broadcast on BBC One Scotland in May.
But BBC Scotland has arranged a special Screen Machine tour of an episode to be screened in Barra, South Uist, North Uist, Benbecula, Harris and Skye during April.
There will also be a further cinema screening in Oban on April 18 along with a Q & A session with acclaimed filmmakers Nigel Pope (Big Cat Diary) and Doug Anderson (Frozen Planet) who are part of the production team on Hebrides.
Read more at Stornoway Gazette

David Tennant

Richard II
Rumours are circulating following a post this week on the What’s On Stage forum that David Tennant will appear in Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013, in a production directed by Gregory Doran. The rumour was posted to the forum by the same person (PaulTheatre) who was first to post that David and Catherine Tate would be appearing in Much Ado About Nothing last year. Paul has also been the first to post other theatre news, so this seems quite likely to be true.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
David Tennant voices a droid called Huyang in Star Wars: The Clone Wars starting in the episode which premièred on Saturday 10th November in the US on the Cartoon Network. The episode was called A Test Of Strength. David's character will appear in three episodes on consecutive weeks.
More information (including videos) about David's appearance in Star Wars: The Clone Wars here

Nativity 2 
Cineworld held charity screenings today of Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in various cinemas around the country to raise money for Children In Need.
More info here
The première will be held in London on Tuesday 13 November. David Tennant is expected to attend.

Heinz Soup
David Tennant and Tom Baker are currently voicing radio ads for Heinz soup.
Find out more here

The Decoy Bride
The Decoy Bride started being shown by Sky movie channels again from Friday 9 Nov in the UK
More details here
The Decoy Bride DVD is available currently from ASDA for only £3 including postage.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
There is currently a special offer from AudioGO on the 007 Reloaded titles including On Her Majesty's Secret Service read by David Tennant. The download is £6.99 (usual price £15) and the CD is £7.05 (usually £15).

Diary dates
Tues 13 Nov - première of Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger at Empire, Leicester Square cinema in London.
Sat 17 Nov - David Tennant voices Huyang in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The episode is called Bound For Rescue and premières on the Cartoon Network at 9.30am in the US.


Source of all David Tennant news, unless otherwise stated: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant: project updates

Comedy World Cup
The Channel 4 YouTube page now has episode 6 of Comedy World Cup added, here.
The link for those outside the UK to watch episode 6 of Comedy World Cup is here.
Channel Four's YouTube link to video for the final of Comedy World Cup from last night (UK only) is here.
4OnDemand'a link to video for the final of Comedy World Cup from last night (UK only) is here. 

Tree Fu Tom
The DVD of the first series of Tree Fu Tom was released in the UK on Monday (22 Oct) - details here

Ebay auction
David Tennant drew and signed a doodle for the Steps For Young People charity which was auctioned on eBay. 

The auction ended earlier today (Sunday) and raised £311 for the charity. Details here.

Secret Universe
The iPlayer link (UK only) for the David Tennant narrated documentary Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell is valid for 7 days.
The link for those outside the UK to watch Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell is here 
A different link for Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell which will play worldwide is here

Seven Stories
Seven Stories in Newcastle have a new exhibition which opens on Saturday and is voiced by David Tennant. A teaser video has been shared by the Seven Stories marketing department, here.

The Spies of Warsaw
BBC America are now listing they will broadcast The Spies Of Warsaw in the Winter of 2013, whereas previously they specified January.

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger
There will be some charity screenings of Nativity 2! Danger in The Manger on 11th November. All proceeds will go to Children In Need.
Cinemas participating are listed here
The Birmingham Mail report on a competition for children to sing at the première of Nativity 2! Danger in The Manger (plus the winner will appear in Nativity 3). Details here.

Source for all David Tennant news: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant: project updates and diary dates

Diary dates
Sun 21 Oct - David Tennant narrated documentary Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell premières at 8pm on BBC Two.
Mon 22 Oct - DVD of the first series of Tree Fu Tom is released in the UK.
Tues 23 Oct - Nativity 2 director Debbie Isitt is doing a talk about the movie in Birmingham.
Sat 27 Oct - The final of Comedy World Cup is broadcast on Channel Four at 8pm.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Spies of Warsaw
The Amazon website now says that the European release of The Spies Of Warsaw DVD has been delayed until 28th January 2013.
(This ties up with the delayed broadcast time of around Christmas / New Year.)
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Doctor Who
Next year AudioGo and Big Finish will produce a series of releases to commemorate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. The series will feature one Doctor per month, according to SciFi Bulletin
ScienceFiction.com have details of a new Doctor Who Limited Edition Gift Set of the six years of "New Who" which covers Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith's eras.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of The Cell
The David Tennant narrated documentary Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell has its television première at 8pm tonight on BBC Two.
The BBC have added a video clip from Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell.
A graphic for the David Tennant narrated Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of the Cell documentary has been uploaded to Twitter.
Radio Times have a preview of Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant: Comedy World Cup, interview, new projects, Guinness world record

• Sorted mag interview

There is a photo of David Tennant on the front cover of the next issue of Sorted Magazine with an interview with him inside. It will be published on Thursday 18th October and is available at WH Smiths, online and at some independent newsagents.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)


A scan of David Tennant's interview about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger in Sorted Magazine has been posted to Tumblr. As well as the movie David discusses religion, Doctor Who and Decoy Bride plus lots of his other projects.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell

The TV listings websites are showing a new David Tennant voiced documentary will be broadcast on Sunday 21st October.

It will be on BBC Two at 8pm and is called Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell.

The description is:

"Documentary telling the story of what happens to a single human cell as it comes under attack from a virus, showing how it defends itself from the hostile organism. The film uses CGI to show the membrane that acts as a security system, the remarkable turbines that power the cellular world, the nucleus housing DNA and the construction of thousands of different proteins all with unique tasks."

Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Comedy World Cup

Link for those outside the UK to watch episode 4 of Comedy World Cup.   
The link for those in the UK to watch or download episode 4 of Comedy World Cup is on Channel 4's YouTube page.   

Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

Channel 4 link to watch episode 5 of the David Tennant hosted Comedy World Cup (UK only)
Source: @David_Tennant (Twitter)
Episode 5 of David Tennant hosted Comedy World Cup for non-UK viewers is here
Source: @David_Tennant (Twitter)

• Guinness Book of World Records

David Tennant is listed in the 2013 edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records as the most prolific Doctor (with 340 appearances including audiobooks, TV shows, novels and DVDs) 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
A photo of the entry can be seen here

• Digital Theatre

Digital Theatre have added a new video voiced by David Tennant about six of the shows they have available including his production of Much Ado About Nothing
 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Pater Capaldi: new projects

How to Make Better Decisions - thought-provoking documentary by the BBC 

“In this program,” says narrator Peter Capaldi at the outset, “we’re going to show you how to be more rational, and deal with some of life’s biggest decisions.” It’s a pretty big claim, and you may doubt that it’s true (especially during the silly opening scene involving a group of nerds trying to score a date) but give this 2008 BBC Horizon program a little time and you might come away with a few things to think about. 

How to Make Better Decisions takes us inside cognitive science laboratories and out on the streets to demonstrate how the emotional part of our brain gets the better of the rational part. The film introduces a number of intriguing concepts, including Prospect Theory,  “the framing effect,” and “priming.” More controversially, it highlights some research that suggests the possibility that our intuition may have something to do with an ability to sense future events.  

How to Make Better Decisions is 49 minutes long, and we’ve decided to add it to our growing collection of Free Movies Online.

Source: Open Culture

Maleficent
Maleficent, the Angelina Jolie-starring revisionist Disney fairytale that’s set to pull a Wicked on Sleeping Beauty, is shooting right now.
And joining Jolie, in the cast is a considerable amount of Brit talent, including Juno Temple, Imelda Staunton, Peter Capaldi and one Mr Sam Riley.
Read more at Total Film

 

Billy Boyd to narrate 'The Legend of Mordekai Hagg'

Billy Boyd  is the narrator in the new book – The Legend of Mordekai Hagg – due for release in July 2012 as a hardback, paperback and interactive iPad App and audio download.

Every book and app sold will raise funds for ClicSargent for Children with Cancer

More information at The Tales of Mordekai Hagg 

Source: Basically Billy Boyd 

The Big Music

From Canongate TV:

We're loving this beautiful film, narrated by the actor Brian Cox, made to celebrate publication of Kirsty Gunn’s ambitious new novel, The Big Music.

Published by our good friends at Faber, The Big Music is getting plenty of attention in the press and deservedly so. As the fabulous review in the Sunday Times says, "This novel, like the music it emulates, is thunderous, dissonant and beautiful."

Source: Canongate TV