David Tennant - The Politician's Husband
David Tennant starred in The Politician's Husband on BBC Two which was broadcast starting on Thursday 25th April 2013.
Emily Watson played his wife and Lucy Hutchinson (who appeared in Prometheus) played his daughter. Ed Stoppard was also in the drama which aired as three one hour programmes.
It was produced by Mentorn-owned Daybreak Pictures to air on BBC Two. Lucy Richer was the executive produce for the BBC alongside David Aukin for Daybreak. Hal Vogel produced the drama. The director was Simon Cellan Jones and the writer was Paula Milne.
The synopsis is:
The DVD of The Politician's Husband was released on 13th May 2013
BBC micro site for The Politician's Husband.
BBC press release about the drama.
David attended the read-through and a photo shoot on Saturday 9th June and filming started on Monday 11th June 2012. It continued until Wednesday 25th July.
Cast list and synopsis of episode one
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July 2012
A German dubbed trailer for The Politician's Husband has been posted to Twitter. Updated 10/3
A French dubbed trailer for The Politician's Husband has been posted to Twitter. Updated 10/3
The Politician's Husband premieres in France and Germany tonight. Updated 10/3
The Politician's Husband premieres in France and Germany in March. Updated 13/2
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2015 The Australian reports that for the third week, The Politician's Husband was the ninth most watched programme yesterday in Australia. It received 581,000 viewers. The top programme (The Voice) had 1.381 million. Updated 17/8
Episode three of The Politician's Husband has its network premiere on ABC in Australia tonight. Updated 16/8
Episode two of The Politician's Husband has its network premiere on ABC tonight in Australia. Updated 9/8
News.co.au reports that The Politician's Husband was the 9th most viewed show on Australian television yesterday. The top show, The Voice, had 1.467m. Updated 3/8
Sydney Morning Herald has a 3 star review of The Politician's Husband and asks if there is anything David Tennant 'is not terrific in!' Updated 2/8
Episode one of The Politician's Husband has its network premiere on ABC in Australia tonight. Updated 2/8
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2014 BBC First have added a clip of the first episode of The Politician's Husband to YouTube. The video will only play in Australia. Updated 4/8
The Politician’s Husband starts tonight on BBC First channel in Australia. Updated 4/8
A photo of a large billboard in Sydney advertising David Tennant in The Politician's Husband for new drama channel BBC First has been posted to Twitter. Updated 22/7
TVTonight (in Australia) gives The Politician's Husband 4.5 stars. Updated 13/7
The Politician’s Husband will air during the premiere week of BBC First channel in Australia. Updated 8/6
There is a David Tennant article and he is on the front cover of My Weekly magazine. The article mentions Broadchurch, Postman Pat, Doctor Who, Hamlet, The Politician's Husband, Gracepoint and our Twitter account! Updated 3/6
IF.com.au reports that The Politician's Husband is one of the programmes which will be shown on the new television station BBC First in Australia. Updated 26/3
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December 2013 The Politician's Husband is included in the BBC's look at political dramas in 2013. Updated 24/12
The Huffington Post have chosen the reveal of who killed Danny Latimer in Broadchurch as the Most Dramatic TV Moment of 2013.
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October 2013 The Guardian has an article about David Tennant complaining about the lack of political drama combined with news of a UK Borgen remake. Updated 25/10
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September 2013 Episode two of The Politician's Husband premieres on TV in Finland (on Yle TV1) at 9pm tonight. Updated 10/9
Episode one of The Politician's Husband premieres on TV in Finland (on Yle TV1) at 9pm tonight. Updated 3/9
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August 2013 The Politician's Husband will premiere on TV in Finland (on Yle TV1) at 9pm on Tuesday 3rd September. Updated 28/8
The former First Minister Of Scotland Lord McConnell has tweeted he is enjoying The Politician's Husband and that there are 'Depressingly realistic characters' plus he thinks that David Tennant is 'outstanding.' Updated 14/8
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July 2013 The Politician's Husband is one of Vulture's 5 Great International Shows That Should Be Streaming. Updated 11/7
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June 2013 The Guardian mentions the rape scene in The Politician's Husband in an article about rape on television. Updated 17/6
Daily Mail complains about the rape scene in The Politician's Husband in an article about The Fall. Updated 10/6
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May 2013 BroadcastNow have announced that The Politician's Husband will be shown on BBC UKTV in Australia. The broadcast date is not known yet. Updated 29/5
Script of episode one of The Politician's Husband is available to download from the BBC Writers' Room with some interesting character traits and acting directions. Updated 21/5
The Politician's Husband DVD is released in the UK today. Updated 13/5
Janet Street-Porter describes The Politician's Husband as 'The best new show on the BBC' in The Independent. Updated 12/5
In its review of episode 3 of The Politician's Husband Liverpool Student Media wrote 'The Politician’s Husband as it is undoubtedly one of the best BBC television dramas of 2013. The script and the cast were perfectly assembled. David Tenant and Emily Watson fulfilled their roles as the ‘golden couple’ faultlessly; it is impossible to highlight a fault' and 'The final episode was a fantastic result to a fantastic political drama.' Updated 11/5
Another worldwide link to download episode 3 of The Politician’s Husband has been posted to Veoh. To download play it and use Firefox Video Downloader. Updated 10/5
Radio Times has a fun article about the different colours of David's hairs for his various roles. Updated 10/5
Digital Spy says The Politician's Husband overnight figure was 8.7% of the viewing public at that time which is also higher than normal for that slot. Updated 10/5
The overnight figures for episode 3 of The Politician's Husband was that it received 1.959 million viewers which is higher than episode 2 and is also higher than the usual figures for the 9pm slot on BBC Two. Updated 10/5
Metro didn't like The Politician's Husband but says that David Tennant and Emily Watson acted their socks off. Updated 10/5
Worldwide link to download episode 3 of The Politician's Husband. Updated 9/5
Episode 3 of The Politician's Husband available to now available watch on BBC iPlayer (UK only). Updated 9/5
The Telegraph have a review of episode 3 of The Politician's Husband and give it three stars. Updated 9/5
Metro lists The Politician's Husband as one of its TV Picks For Today. Updated 9/5
Radio Times has a negative review of episode 3 of The Politician's Husband. However it still lists the drama as one of their TV Recommendations for the 7pm - 10pm slot. Updated 9/5
Episode three of The Politician's Husband is broadcast on BBC Two tonight at 9pm. A synopsis of this episode is here. Updated 9/5
The Politician's Husband is mentioned in an article in The Guardian about sex on television. Updated 8/5
Evening Standard has an article about how Paula Milne used names from The West Wing for The Politician's Husband characters. Updated 8/5
Episode 1 of The Politician's Husband was BBC2's most watched programme for the week ending 28th April with 3.35m viewers. Updated 7/5
The BBC have posted a preview clip of the final episode of The Politician's Husband titled Aidan responds to allegations. Updated 5/5
The Times (not online) gives episode 2 of The Politician's Husband 4 stars and includes the phrase 'As soon as we leave the House for the house, the drama works indecently well.' Updated 3/5
GulfNews has an interview with Emily Watson about The Politician's Husband. Updated 3/5
Review of episode 2 of The Politician's Husband by Liverpool Student Newspaper. Updated 3/5
Huffington Post review of episode 2 of The Politician's Husband has the title 'David Tennant Has Never Looked So Evil.' Updated 3/5
Episode 2 of The Politician's Husband received 1.7 million viewers which is 7.4% of those viewing television at that time. This is about average for the 9pm BBC2 slot. Updated 3/5
Daily Mail did not like The Politician's Husband. Updated 3/5
Worldwide link to download epsiode 2 of The Politician's Husband. Updated 3/5
The Telegraph gives episode 2 of The Politician's Husband 4 stars in its review. Updated 2/5
iPlayer link to episode 2 of The Politician's Husband (UK only). The link is valid for two weeks. Updated 2/5
Huffington Post have a poll about The Politician's Husband. Updated 2/5
The Politician's Husband is one of the TV Highlights for today in The Guardian. Updated 2/5
Birmingham Mail lists The Politician's Husband as one of its top TV choices for tonight. Updated 2/5
The Sun says the BBC expects a backlash over an unpleasant scene towards the start of The Politician's Husband tonight. The link contains SPOILERS. Updated 2/5
The Politician's Husband is one of the Radio Times recommended TV viewing for today.
Episode two of The Politician's Husband is broadcast on BBC Two tonight at 9pm. A synopsis of this episode is here. Updated 2/5
The Politician's Husband producer Hol Vogel explains to On The Box why David Tennant took the role - 'David was drawn to the idea of a character that wasn’t a friendly face that we’re used to seeing. This is a more darker, grown up, complex figure.' Updated 1/5
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April 2013 Kasterborous takes a second look on The Guardian's question about David Tennant being the best actor on TV. Updated 30/4
Page 15 of Evening Standard has a photo of David Tennant with this item about David Cameron and The Politician's Husband (scroll down the column). Updated 30/4
The Guardian has a video review of both Broadchurch and The Politician's Husband from last week. Updated 30/4
The Guardian reports that The Politician's Husband was originally going to include a scene on Question Time instead of Newsnight. Updated 30/4
The Yorker has a review of episode one of The Politician's Husband. Updated 30/4
Some promo pictures from The Politician's Husband final episode have been added to BlogtorWho. Click on each one for a larger version. Updated 30/4
Caitlin Moran's review of The Politician's Husband in The Times has been posted to Tumblr. Updated 29/4
Daily Express believes star names pull in viewers for dramas such as Broadchurch and The Politician's Husband. Updated 28/4
MP3 of a discussion on Front Row about The Politician's Husband. It includes clips from both The Politician's Wife and then The Politician's Husband. Updated 28/4
(Another) Daily Mail review gives The Politician's Husband 3/5 and calls it 'highly watchable' but has a few niggles. Updated 28/4
The Guardian looks at both Broadchurch and The Politician's Husband. It uses the phrases 'two extremely watchable leads' and 'Hardy needed to played by an actor with a lot of charm, and Tennant has charm to burn' about Broadchurch. Updated 28/4
The Independent article about both Broadchurch and The Politician's Husband includes the phrase 'This is David Tennant Week!' Updated 27/4
Caitlin Moran in The Times (not online) reviews The Politician's Husband and says 'Tennant clocking up another 10/10 performance in a career that doesn’t seem capable of being lacklustre.' Updated 27/4
Herald Scotland has a review of The Politician's Husband which includes praise for David Tennant. Updated 27/4
5 viewers opinions of The Politician's Husband have been posted onto the Radio Times website. Updated 26/4
The worldwide link to watch episode 1 of The Politician's Husband has been posted to VEOH (install the veoh web player first). Updated 26/4
Daily Mail has an article titled 'From murder to political suicide, David Tennant's the master of tension.' Updated 26/4
Digital Spy has an article on The Politician's Husband viewing figures. Updated 26/4
Episode one of The Politician's Husband last night received 2.5 million viewers which was 11.2% of those watching television at that time. The usual BBC Two 9pm slot on a weekday is only 1.7 million or 7.5%. Updated 26/4
Review of The Politician's Husband by Huffington Post has the title 'David Tennant Proves 'Broadchurch' Was No Fluke.' Updated 26/4
The Guardian review of The Politician's Husband includes 'Tennant and Watson; they're both great, and great together.' Updated 26/4
MSN have a 3 star review of The Politician's Husband and describe it as 'a solid political drama.' Updated 26/4
The Independent review of The Politician's Husband mentions 'the quality of the cast and the emotional intrigue.' Updated 26/4
The review of The Politician's Husband from The Spectator concludes with 'It’s a gripping watch.' Updated 26/4
Worldwide link to download episode 1 of The Politician's Husband. Updated 25/4
A clip of episode 2 of The Politician's Husband has been added to the BBC microsite. Updated 25/4
The Telegraph gives The Politician's Husband 3 stars in its review. Updated 25/4
UnrealityTV have a review of The Politician's Husband with the title 'David Tennant and Emily Watson shine in this engaging and well-written drama.' The review ends with 'From watching Tennant in the Politician’s Husband it is clear why he is appearing on every TV drama at the moment and why 2013 will continue to be his year.' Updated 25/4
#politicianshusband was trending on Twitter tonight! Updated 25/4
iPlayer link to download episode 1 of The Politician's Husband. (UK only and valid until 16th May.) Updated 25/4
FemaleFirst have an article titled 'David Tennant – Going From Strength To Strength' which is mainly about Broadchurch and The Politician's Husband. Updated 25/4
A chance to have your review of The Politician's Husband posted on Radio Times website. Updated 25/4
A transcript of The Politician's Husband Q&A from last Friday. Updated 25/4
The Huffington Post asks 'Can David Tennant Do The Double?' The page also has 35 photos from The Politician's Husband. Updated 25/4
Radio Times 'compares the real dramas of Westminster with David Tennant's new drama' (The Politician's Husband). Updated 25/4
Metro also mentions David Tennant's hair as it lists The Politician's Husband as one of its TV Highlights for tonight. However they describe it as 'a slightly dodgy quiff.' Updated 25/4
The Politician's Husband is The Guardian's Top TV Highlight and they write about David 'with an incredible hairdo!' Updated 25/4
The online version of Radio Times today also has The Politician's Husband as one of their recommended television programmes today, along with their review. Updated 25/4
The Politician's Husband is the TV Pick Of The Day in both Daily Star and Daily Express. Updated 25/4
The Politician's Husband is the TV Choice For Today in Radio Times magazine. Updated 25/4
Episode one of The Politician's Husband is broadcast on BBC Two at 9pm tonight.
Article from The Independent about The Politician's Husband (with quotes taken from the BBC press pack). Updated 24/4
The BBC have issued the first video clip of David Tennant and Emily Watson from The Politician's Husband. Updated 23/4
The cover of The Times supplement has a full page photo from The Politician’s Husband of David Tennant and Emily Watson. Updated 23/4
If you are suffering from post-Broadchurch blues, remember David Tennant stars in The Politician's Husband on Thursday! Updated 23/4
Two promo photos of David Tennant from episode two of The Politician's Husband have been posted to Blogtor. Updated 23/4
Time Out gives The Politician's Husband 3 stars in its review. Updated 22/4
The Sun article about The Politician's Husband focuses on the sex scene. Updated 22/4
Radio Times has its review of episode one of The Politician's Husband. Updated 21/4
The Politician's Husband is the TV Highlight on ThisIsSouthWales website. The article has some great comments about David Tennant. Updated 20/4
On Monday 22nd at 7.15pm real life political couple Peter and Virginia Bottomley will discuss The Politician’s Husband in Front Row on BBC Radio Four. |