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April 2012 Monday 30th April 2012 Weekly round-up of David Tennant news from Scottish Actors.
Sunday 29th April 2012
The MP3 of David Tennant in Romeo and Juliet from BBC Radio Three tonight.
An update regarding David Tennant filming in Nieborow Palace for the past few days for The Spies Of Warsaw.
The official website of the city of Lowicz has posted some photos of David Tennant on horseback filming The Spies Of Warsaw.
The Radio Times has posted a preview of Romeo and Juliet (including a photo of David Tennant).
David Tennant as Malvolio in Twelfth Night is part of Pick Of The Week on BBC Radio Four tonight at 6.15pm.
The premiere broadcast of Romeo and Juliet is on BBC Radio Three at 8.30pm tonight. This is the second play as part of BBC Radio Three's Shakespeare Season and David Tennant plays Prince Escalus.
David Tennant Quiz #118 about the Doctor Who episode The Next Doctor is at 6pm tonight.
Saturday 28th April 2012
Videos of David Tennant's two mentions on BBC television last night.
Friday 27th April 2012
David Tennant was briefly mentioned tonight on the BBC quiz show Would I Lie To You by Lee Mack. To put it into context Lee next mentioned Tom Baker.
The game for the David Tennant voiced programme Tree Fu Tom has been nominated for the Best Game in the Broadcast Awards. It's competition includes a Doctor Who game!
It is not confirmed but some people have posted that they believe that David Tennant may be mentioned in the special Shakespeare edition of QI on BBC Two at 10pm tonight.
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits is released in the US today.
Thursday 26th April 2012
The Guardian have posted another Twelfth Night review. This review includes the phrase "David Tennant's Malvolio was a particular delight in a version of the play that eschewed all gimmickry and instead simply showcased the brilliant language."
Earlier today Illuminations tweeted that filming for the Shakespeare Sonnets iPad app had been completed. (David Tennant filmed his parts a while ago.)
Virgin have posted another David Tennant advert for the Virgin Media Collection onto YouTube.com.
The Stage reviews Twelfth Night and uses the phrase "The play’s humour resides in the sub-plot which was here beefed up by David Tennant’s extraordinary performance as Malvolio.
Wednesday 25th April 2012
Unfortunately Sky Arts have requested that YouTube remove The Minor Character. Hopefully this means that they plan to show the drama again at some point. If you did not get a chance to see the programme, please feel free to email us for a link.
A new David Tennant website has opened this week called David Tennant Visual - Filmography.
The Evening Standard report that Virgin have announced a large increase in the number of their subscribers which is in part due to David Tennant's adverts.
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists will be released on DVD in Europe on 24th September. It is available to pre-order on Amazon and David has mentioned in some interviews that he has recorded some additional material for the DVD.
Tuesday 24th April 2012
SpecSavers have opened their poll for the Celebrity Spectacle Wearer Of The Year 2012. Anybody who votes is entered into the contest to win tickets to the fashion specs event of the year. The prize draw is open until midnight on 1st October 2012.
The Telegraph has reviewed the BBC Radio Three production of Twelfth Night and writes that David Tennant is "astonishingly good."
Unfortunately David Tennant was not nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for United. However Hugh Bonneville and Olivia Colman were nominated for best Comedy Performances (Male and Female) for Twenty Twelve.
The Independent has an article about the Richard Wilson / David Tennant radio comedy Believe It!
Monday 23rd April 2012
RadioDramaReviews.com has posted a review of Twelfth Night which includes the phrase "Malvolio as portrayed by David Tennant (in a stand-out performance)."
The weekly round-up of David Tennant news from Scottish Actors.
Sunday 22nd April 2012
Tonight at 8.30pm is the premiere transmission of Twelfth Night which is part of BBC Radio Three's Shakespeare Season. David Tennant plays Malvolio in this two hour long production which will be available to hear worldwide, plus we will add a MP3 after transmission too.
Saturday 21st April 2012
The Royal Shakespeare Company are selling a 2013 calendar online which includes a photo of the poster of David Tennant's production of As You Like It.
The Guardian has a great review of the series Twenty Twelve including the phrase "Combined with David Tennant's super-serious narration, it makes Twenty Twelve a perfect Friday night treat."
Another David Tennant advert for the Virgin Media Collection has been posted online.
Friday 20th April 2012
David Tennant will appear in a four part radio comedy on BBC Radio Four called Believe It! which is based loosely on Richard Wilson's life. The episode is on Wednesday 9th May at 11.30am.
Tonight at 10pm on BBC Two the fourth and final episode of Series Two of Twenty Twelve will be broadcast. Three more episodes are expected to be filmed and broadcast before the Olympics start in late July.
Thursday 19th April 2012
The David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve mockumentary will be shown on BBC America in the US from 30th June. Also the BBC have added a clip from tomorrow's episode.
Yesterday we obtained 500 new followers and passed the 85,000 mark! Anybody would think it had been David Tennant's birthday!
Wednesday 18th April 2012
Today is David Tennant's 41st birthday! He is expected to spend it filming The Spies Of Warsaw in Poland.
Tuesday 17th April 2012
Article in The Guardian saying that Virgin have now pulled their first advert with David Tennant.
A screenshot of David Tennant from the Shakespeare iPad app.
Scans of David Tennant's interview about BBC Radio Three's Shakespeare Season in this weeks Radio Times.
Monday 16th April 2012
The David Tennant narrated Earthflight series has been nominated for a BAFTA Craft Award.
The Stage has an article about the Shakespeare Season on BBC radio which says "The cast is incredibly strong."
The David Tennant narrated Earthflight is released on Blu-Ray today.
David Tennant has filmed some of Shakespeare's Sonnets for an iPad app. It is expected to sell for about £9.99.
Sunday 15th April 2012
The Independent Liverpool Student Newspaper gives The Minor Character 5 stars and uses the phrase "one that needs to be watched more than once just to catch every nuance of David Tennant’s sparkling delivery and interaction with the rest of this perfect cast."
The Birmingham Mail have an article saying that The Royal Shakespeare Company are offering the chance to hire David Tennant's crown from Hamlet (and another 30,000 items). The crown costs £20 per week. They also wrote "We had one caller who asked if we were selling unwashed David Tennant socks. The man called three times. He was prepared to spend £50 – we told him ‘no’."
Unfortunately David Tennant's production of Much Ado About Nothing did not win an Olivier Award tonight. Anna Christie won the Best Revival Of A Play Award.
At 9.40pm tonight on Sky Arts 2 and Sky Arts 2 HD is the premiere broadcast of David Tennant in Discovering Hamlet.
The Olivier Awards are announced tonight. Much Ado About Nothing is nominated for the Best Revival Of A Play Award. See here for more details and how to watch or listen to the ceremony.
David Tennant Quiz #117 is at 6pm today and is about the Doctor Who episodes The Stolen Earth / Journey's End. Anybody on Twitter can play.
Saturday 14th April 2012
Hugh Bonnerville has tweeted confirmation that three new episodes of the David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve will be filmed in May.
Blu-rayDefinition.com have posted a detailed technical review of the Earthflight Blu-ray which is released on Monday. It includes the phrase "Narrated with much character in his voice by David Tennant."
Friday 13th April 2012
Since we spoke to the production company recently the US trailer for Prefaces now spells David Tennant's name correctly!
The Guardian reports that The Minor Character received 99K viewers overnight which was a massive 1,333% increase for the channel compared to their usual audience at that time!
According to an article on Pyro Mag Postman Pat: The Movie (partly voiced by David Tennant) will be released on Friday 24th May 2013 and will be in CG 3-D.
The Telegraph gives The Minor Character 3 stars in its review. It includes the phrase "Will’s flatly corrosive tone, beautifully embodied by Tennant."
A review of The Minor Character by The Arts Desk.
A link on YouTube to download The Minor Character. (The link works worldwide).
Episode three of the David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve premieres tonight on BBC Two at 10pm. This episode is called Clarence House.
Thursday 12th April 2012
MP3 of a new David Tennant interview for The Pirates! movie (recorded 21st March). As well as discussing The Pirates! movie, David is also asked about Doctor Who and Hamlet.
The Minor Character (starring David Tennant) is Virgin's "Best TV This Week."
The BBC Radio Three website have added some new photos from the recording of Twelfth Night.
The Minor Character is the Television Pick Of The Day in both the Liverpool Echo and the Metro newspapers. It is also their pick in the Irish Independent and that newspaper includes a new David Tennant photo in character.
The Virgin Media Collection have revised their first David Tennant advertisement video.
David Tennant's third television Virgin advert premieres on TV today.
Tonight at 9pm is the premiere broadcast of David Tennant in The Minor Character on the Sky Arts 1 channel.
Wednesday 11th April 2012
Virgin have posted online their third television advert featuring David Tennant (although his four actual advert). It will premiere on television tomorrow evening.
This afternoon Jamie Oliver's film production company Fresh One Productions tweeted confirmation that filming started today on The Spies Of Warsaw.
The BBC have posted a video from the David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve episode which premieres on Friday at 10pm on BBC2. This episode is called Clarence House.
The broadcast date is not yet known but BBC America have confirmed that The Spies Of Warsaw will air on their channel but in four programmes of 45 minutes unlike other countries where it will be two 90 minute episodes.
The box office figures for the second weekend of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie.
The Scottish Labour Party have tweeted that their David Tennant narrated video will premiere on Scottish television tonight.
Some new (old) photos of David Tennant have been discovered online in the past 24 hours.
David Tennant has narrated a new video for the Scottish Labour Party for the local council electrions on 3rd May.
Today the comic book written by Jonathan Ross (with an image of David Tennant) is published.
Filming on David Tennant's latest project The Spies Of Warsaw is expected to start today.
Tuesday 10th April 2012
Sandi Toksvig will be on The One Show tonight at 7pm on BBC One to talk about Playhouse Presents. Sandi co-wrote one episode from the series. This is expected to be the only mainstream promotion for the series before David's episode is transmitted on Thursday.
Cultbox have given three stars in their review of The Minor Character and uses the phrase "the affable actor handles it with his considerable skill."
The Sun reports that David Tennant's image is used in a comic book written by Jonathan Ross which is published tomorrow.
Monday 9th April 2012
A new video has been posted online from David Tennant's day of media interviews for The Pirates! movie.
Filming is expected to start this week on David Tennant's new project The Spies Of Warsaw.
Sunday 8th April 2012
More press about The Minor Character today includes The Observer "A moving if bleak piece," The Sunday Times "Good to see drama led by the script and the idea," The Times "David Tennant is excellent," and The Guardian "The Minor Character is co-produced by the UK's coolest film production company Warp Films."
There is a photo of David Tennant on the cover of the TV & Radio section of the Sunday Times today as The Minor Character is their Pick Of The Week.
Article in Mail On Sunday says the BBC are "furious" at the mention of Doctor Who and use of its logo in David Tennant's first Virgin television advertisement.
Today is the final chance to see The Half exhibition by Simon Annaud at the Idea Generation Gallery, London which has a photo of David Tennant in it.
Saturday 7th April 2012
It's the final chance tomorrow to see The Half exhibition by Simon Annaud at the Idea Generation Gallery, London which has a photo of David Tennant in it.
David Tennant's second Virgin advert (the whale sound one) had it's premiere broadcast on Channel 5 at lunchtime today.
WalesOnLine has a review of David Tennant in The Minor Character which concludes with the phrase "Tennant’s turn makes for compulsive viewing."
Bro Radio in the Barry (Wales) area today broadcast a very brief interview with David Tennant from the 21st March The Pirates! media day. A MP3 of David's interview is here.
The Weekend Magazine from the Daily Mail has an article about Tree Fu Tom and The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. They obviously haven't interviewed David Tennant and the title is totally misleading as that is not something he has said in any interview.
Tonight at 7.15pm Saturday Review on BBC Radio Four will review The Minor Character.
Friday 6th April 2012
Saturday Review on BBC Radio Four will review The Minor Character at 7.15pm tomorrow evening.
Sony have posted an extra video featuring the characters from the movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists which is not in the actual movie.
Episode Two of the David Tennant narrated comedy Twenty Twelve premieres tonight on BBC Two at 10pm.
Thursday 5th April 2012
David Tennant's movie The Decoy Bride is mentioned briefly in The Guardian regarding it being available on demand almost as soon as it was showing in select cinemas.
As well as the Evening Standard magazine tonight having the David Tennant / Will Self article, on page three of the actual newspaper there was an article about Jamie Oliver's television prodution company co-producing The Spies Of Warsaw. This article says that The Spies Of Warsaw has already started filming in Poland although Polish websites appeared to think it will start next week.
Names have been posted online of some new children’s audiobooks which are read by David Tennant.
Virgin have posted another Virgin Media Collection video onto YouTube.com. This one shows Sir Richard Branson making a whale noise while David is sitting cross-legged on a sofa.
The Radio Times has posted a review of David Tenannt in The Minor Character.
The Evening Standard in the London area today has an article about David Tennant and Will Self's first meeting. Although the pair have spoken a couple of times, the Evening Standard have posted an article / interview about arranging their first actual meeting.
Virgin have added a video of Behind The Scenes footage of the recording of David Tennant's advert for them.
An update on sending cards for David Tennant's birthday on Wednesday 18th April.
Wednesday 4th April 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - the article in the Radio Times Extras magazine.
The Radio Times Extras magazine (for subscribers only) has a photo of David Tennant on a one page article about the forthcoming BBC Radio Shakespeare season. The article also promises a future, larger article too.
The cast read-through for Spies Of Warsaw happened on Wednesday 28th March in London. Updated 4/4
BBC Media Centre issues a new press release about Spies Of Warsaw with more cast details.
First trailer posted online for David Tennant's documentary about Hamlet. It was previously called Prefaces To Shakespeare but now appears to be using the title Shakespeare Prefaces.
It was on this date last year that David Tennant started rehearsing Much Ado About Nothing.
Tuesday 3rd April 2012
The filming dates of Spies Of Warsaw.
David Tennant is confirmed for the drama Spies Of Warsaw.
The David Tennant voiced Tree Fu Tom is CBeebies No. 1 show of the year so far according to the latest figures published in Animation Magazine.
Monday 2nd April 2012
The movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists was the second most popular movie at the UK Box Office over its opening weekend according to the figures which were released this evening.
A MP3 of The Book Café on BBC Radio Scotland's review of Silver: Return To Treasure Island including an audiobook extract read by David Tennant.
A new photo of David Tennant filming the Virgin Media Collection advert has been posted online.
The David Tennant narrated BBC comedy Twenty Twelve is one of the nominees for the Comedy Award in the short-list of nominations in the sixteenth South Bank Sky Awards which were announced this morning.
David Tennant's drama United has been sold to new markets overseas according to an article on RapidTVNews.
At 1.15pm today The Book Café on BBC Radio Scotland will review Silver: Return To Treasure Island with an audiobook extract read by David Tennant.
Sunday 1st April 2012
As part of it's Shakespeare Season the BBC have announced that Twelfth Night (with David Tennant as Malvolio) will broadcast on Sunday 22 April at 8.30pm and Romeo and Juliet (with David as Prince Escalus) will have its first transmission on Sunday 29th April also at 8.30pm. Both plays will be broadcast on BBC Radio Three. Also there are some great new pages for all the BBC Shakespeare programmes in the upcoming months including a new photo of David Tennant recording the radio plays.
The Book Café on BBC Radio Scotland on Monday 2nd April at 1.15pm will review Silver: Return To Treasure Island with an audiobook extract read by David Tennant.
David Tennant included in The Guardian's story about the "We're All Eating This Together" campaign.
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