David Tennant: Broadchurch, Shakespeare Uncovered, BBC Radio Scotland interview, updates

• Broadchurch

David Tennant will star in Broadchurch on ITV, which will be broadcast starting in January 2013.
Inspired by the series The Killing, David's series of eight one hour episodes is written by Chris Chibnall, with 4 episodes directed by James Strong and produced by Richard Stokes for Kudos Productions.
Filming is expected to start in August 2012 and continues until late November in Bristol and Dorset.
Source (regularly updated): David Tennant on Twitter

Also reported, each with slightly different details, by -
This Is Somerset
Cultbox
STV
Digital Spy
Unreality TV
Virgin Media
Indie Wire

• BBC Radio Scotland interview

David Tennant was interviewed by Janice Forsyth on BBC Radio Scotland yesterday. David discussed playing Doctor Who, Hamlet, playing live theatre, Twenty Twelve, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists and True Love.
An MP3 of the interview can be found here 

 

• Diary dates

Sun 8 Jul - Première terrestrial television broadcast of St Trinian's 2 The Legend of Fritton's Gold at 7pm on Channel Four.
Tues 10 Jul - Twenty Twelve Series 2 Episode 5 (Catastrophisation) is on BBC Two at 10pm.
Wed 11 Jul - The Decoy Bride is released in Australia on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Sat 14 Jul - New book called Who Is The Doctor is published in the UK.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter


 

• Shakespeare Uncovered: Hamlet

David Tennant's episode of Shakespeare Uncovered about Hamlet will be premièred on UK television on Tuesday 17th July 2012 at 11.20pm on BBC Two, with repeats expected later that week.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)