David Tennant: project news and updates

Comic Relief
David Tennant appeared alongside Jonathan Ross and Jack Whitehall during the last leg of the Comic Relief broadcast on Friday 15th March. Plus he kissed John Bishop!
Loads of people tweeted afterwards that, due to David's appeal for Comic Relief, they had donated for the first ever time.
More information here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
You can still donate - it's not too late!

Broadchurch
All reviews, viewing figures, interviews, etc are here (updated daily).
ITV Player link to watch first two episodes of Broadchurch (UK only) is here.
Here are the worldwide links to watch and to download episode two of Broadchurch.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

The Escape Artist
David Tennant is currently filming The Escape Artist which will air as a three part drama on BBC One later in the year. He has been spotted this week in Paisley, and Edinburgh.
More information (and photos) here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

Richard II
Public tickets go on sale tomorrow (Monday 18 March) at 10am to see David Tennant in Richard II, and there are currently 25 performances which show only a few seats including some with only restricted views. It seems that the Barbican website has more tickets available than the RSC website including some in the front row (e.g. 21st December)!
More information here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

The Dragons: Riders of Berk
From David Tennant on Twitter (Monday 11 March):

Today Cressida Cowell tweeted that the How To Train Your Dragon television series has just started showing on the Cartoon Network in the UK. The programme is called The Dragons: Riders Of Berks and David Tennant voices Spitelout in episode twelve of the series which, by our calculations, will premiere on Saturday 11th May at 10.30am with a repeat at 6.30pm and on the following Monday also at 6.30pm.

Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

Lords of Time photos
Two new (funny) photos of David Tennant from the Lords Of Time fan convention have been posted to Tumblr. The ShowMasters website has 264 photos of David with fans.
Another fun photo of David Tennant from the Lords Of Time fan convention has been shared via Twitter
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

Diary dates
Sun 17 Mar - At 11pm on BBC Two The Best Bits Of Comic Relief will be shown which may include David Tennant.
Mon 18 Mar - Booking opens for General Public for Richard II in both Stratford-Upon-Avon and London.
Mon 18 Mar - Episode three of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Tues 19 Mar - RTS Awards ceremony. David Tennant voiced Earthflight and Twenty Twelve have both been nominated.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter 


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David Tennant: project news and updates

 

Headway

Headway Essex now have some new cards which are signed by David Tennant. More information (including photo above) here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Comic Relief
On Friday 15th March 2013, David Tennant will be appearing alongside Jonathan Ross and Jack Whitehall during the last leg of the Comic Relief broadcast. It starts at at 11.05pm on BBC One and continues until 1.30am.
Read more here

Richard II 
The Barbican Centre has added more details about the Richard II performances at their venue. The main new points are: The production will last about 3 hours including the interval. There will be a Post Show talk on Wednesday 8th January, although it will probably not be known until it happens whether or not David Tennant will be involved. Any audience member who buys a ticket for that evening can attend the talk free of charge. Although tickets for the Stratford-Upon-Avon performances were sent immediately, tickets for The Barbican Centre will be sent 2-4 weeks before each performance.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Broadchurch
Reviews, interviews, magazine scans, etc - here

The Escape Artist
Filming moved to Scotland on 8 March.
More information here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Doctor Who
David Tennant's 10th Doctor is featured in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Greeting Cards set. More information here.
Doctor Who stamps Presentation Packs / Sheets / Sets are now available to order from the Royal Mail website. The issue date is 26th March. More information here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter


Diary dates
Mon 11 Mar - Episode two of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Tues 12 Mar - South Bank Sky Arts Awards announce at Dorchester Hotel. Twenty Twelve has been nominated for the Comedy Award.
Wed 13 Mar - Booking opens for Barbican Yellow members for Richard II in London.
Thurs 14 Mar - Broadcasting Press Guild Awards are announced at One Whitehall Place in London. Twenty Twelve has been nominated for the Best Entertainment / Comedy Award.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Greg McHugh: 'Fresh Meat' cast complete Red Nose Day 'University Challenge'

'Fresh Meat' cast complete Red Nose Day 'University Challenge'
The cast of Channel 4's Fresh Meat have completed their 'University Challenge' to raise money for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day.

Greg McHugh, Kimberley Nixon, Jack Whitehall, Joe Thomas and Zawe Ashton spent a day on the 'Banter Bus' travelling to five universities, taking part in a variety of tasks including a darts competition, lecturing, tricycle racing and bar tending.

© BBC

Fresh Meat does Comic Relief.

It wasn't all plain sailing, with McHugh, Nixon, Whitehall and Ashton having to cancel planned trips to Sheffield and Manchester due to traffic. They then picked up the pace and travelled to Nottingham, where Thomas joined the group.

Later they headed to Loughborough, where they helped students raise money by assisting in 'dares', including head shaving, leg waxing and chilli eating.

Read more at Digital Spy

David Tennant: project news and updates

 

Penguins - Spy In The Huddle
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 environment in Antarctica and Peru.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Escape Artist
The BBC have confirmed that David Tennant will star in The Escape Artist, a series of three one hour programmes which will air during 2013 on BBC One. Written by Spooks writer David Wolstencroft, it is about a junior barrister who gets a notorious prime suspect acquitted in a murder trial with chilling results. Ashley Jensen, Toby Kebbell & Sophie Okonedo will also star in the drama.
Filming started on Thursday 31st January and is expected to last until March.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Also reported by Radio Times

Red Nose Day 2013 trailer
See the trailer here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Every Seventh Wave
The BBC Media Centre website now has a page about Every Seventh Wave which premieres on BBC Radio Four at 2.15pm on Thursday 14th February.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter


Richard II
The Royal Shakespeare Company have announced that they will soon release an iPad app which will feature their Winter Season 2013 including Richard II (starring David Tennant).
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter  

Doctor Who
David Tennant was interviewed throughout the BBC America programme Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor which premiered on Sunday 27th January. The video is now available to view worldwide on YouTube (see here).
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

A photo of David Tennant is on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (50th Anniversary Edition) which can be purchased from this link for a kindle. David is also on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (The 10th Doctor edition) which can be purchased from this link also for a kindle.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Diary Dates
Wed 6 Feb - Winner of the Best Preschool Animated Series in the Kidscreen 2013 Awards will be announced in New York. Tree Fu Tom is nominated.
Thurs 7 Feb - Booking opens for Shakespeare's Circle Members (membership is £100+) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Fri 8 Feb - David Tennant's episode of Shakespeare Uncovered will have its first US broadcast on PBS at 9pm.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

James McAvoy: Comic Relief, 'Welcome to the Punch' and 'Trance' news

James red-dy for Comic cash bash

Red-dy ... James McAvoy in Stella McCartney designed T-shirt

Movie star James McAvoy nose how to do his bit for charity — backing this year’s Comic Relief. The Last King of Scotland actor teamed up with designer Stella McCartney to show off her new range for the fundraising drive.
And 33-year-old Shameless star James posed in a T-shirt featuring comedy legend Tommy Cooper — complete with oversize specs and the charity’s famous red nose.
The range, on sale at TK Maxx, also includes images of The Beatles and Marilyn Monroe.

Read more at The Sun 

Welcome to the Punch Photos with James McAvoy and Mark Strong
IFC Films has provided us with four new photos from Welcome to the Punch, writer-director Eran Creevy's drama that takes us inside the London crime underworld. James McAvoy portrays Max Lewinsky, a detective who has missed every chance to put away notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong). When Jacob pops back on the grid during a bank robbery, Max springs into action to lock him up for good. Take a look at these photos featuring Mark Strong, Johnny Harris, and Peter Mullan.





Welcome to the Punch comes to theaters March 15th, 2013 and stars James McAvoy, Andrea Riseborough, Mark Strong, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan, Daniel Mays, Johnny Harris, Steve Oram. The film is directed by Eran Creevy.
Source (including photos): Movie Web

According to Indie Wire ...

James McAvoy's Welcome To The Punch gets U.S. theatrical & VOD release In March
IFC Flims has given the picture a March 27th limited theatrical date with a VOD bow to follow three days later on March 30th.

Read more at Indie Wire



First Look: James McAvoy in ‘Trance’

Danny Boyle’s Trance stars James McAvoy as an art-auctioneer who nicks a painting but forgets where he put it – so he hires a hypnotherapist, played by Rosario Dawson, to find clues hidden in his brain.
It’s due out 27 March 2013 in the UK and Ireland and will have a limited release in the US from 5 April 2013.
Source: Showbiz Geek

WorstPreviews has all three posters here

David Tennant tells of moving mission for Comic Relief

Actor David Tennant brought Comic Relief to the kids who most need the charity's help on a moving trip to Africa.

The former Doctor Who joked around with youngsters in Uganda. But in moving diaries, he tells of the serious side of his trip - to track how the money raised by the charity helps to fight illness and disease.

In the diaries, written for the Radio Times, the star writes how he felt compelled to make the journey.

He said: "I don't have any particular expertise in telling other people's stories to the world but then Comic Relief asked me to travel to Uganda to see how the money you raise is used where it is needed most.

"I suppose the idea is that someone new to it all will be easier to identify with. I feel woefully under-qualified and ill-equipped, but I figure I can't keep reading out the phone number and telling everyone how necessary it is without seeing it up close."

The films made by the 39-year-old Scots actor will be shown as part of Red Nose Day 2011 on March 18. Presenters and performers include a host of TV favourites.

Read more: Daily Record



Also for Comic Relief, David took part in 'Blankety Blank' and 'Through the Keyhole' as part of David Walliams' 24 hour live panel show

David Tennant helps to launch Red Nose Day 2011

David Tennant will once again be contributing to this year's Comic Relief campaign
Source

David Tennant appears in a video for an ap for iPhone which raises money for Comic Relief.
In the press the Daily Mail mentions David Tennant as one of the celebrities involved with Comic Relief this year which launched yesterday.
The Mirror printed yesterday that David Tennant would be hosting part of Red Nose Day on Friday 18th March although a hosting slot hasn't been confirmed.
Meanwhile the Daily Star wrote that David Tennant visited Sierra Leone for Comic Relief. However David has said that it was Uganda.
And today David Walliams said that he hopes David Tennant and Catherine Tate will join in tribute Take That act.
More details of this, and further news about David Tennant and Red Nose Day this year is posted in the Comic Relief section of DavidTennantOnTwitter.com.

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Rumours:

According to David Tennant News, a New York Times overview for "Love On The Murder Mile" lists David Tennant and Billie Piper in the cast

According to Patti Tib, David Tennant is listed as starring in "The Hobbit"
IMDB still shows him as only 'rumoured'