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Friday 31st May 2013
Extra seats have been added to The RSC website for the performances of David Tennant in Richard II in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Worldwide link to The Doctors Revisited: The 5th Doctor (including David Tennant interview clips) has been posted to DailyMotion.com. Unfortunately the quality is not great.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

New photos from David Tennant of a (rather unusual) photoshoot in 2005 have just been posted to Tumblr.

The French website Allociné now says David Tennant will not attend the Monte-Carlo TV Festival for Broadchurch as they had originally reported.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 30th May.


Thursday 30th May 2013
Unfortunately Twenty Twelve did not win the Best Sitcom Rose d'Or Award tonight. Spy was the winner.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Bridport News reports that evening markets will be held in the summer in West Bay to appeal to the crowds drawn to the area by ‘the Broadchurch effect.’

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 29th May.

Daily Star has an article about people visiting filming locations including Broadchurch. Visit Dorset has reported the number of visitors to their website has trebled.

The winners of the 52nd Rose d’Or Awards are announced today in Brussels. The David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve is nominated for the Best Sitcom Award.


Wednesday 29th May 2013
The Doctor Who 50th Anniverary episode has been voted by Digital Spy visitors as The Cult Event of 2013/2014 People Are Most Excited About with 77% of the vote.

The Doctors Revisited – The Sixth Doctor will premiere on BBC America on Saturday 29th June at 7.30pm ET. It is not known yet whether or not David Tennant has been interviewed for this episode as he has for the previous five.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Gulf News reports that the Postman Pat movie is in the 'final stages of production' and that Prince Charles saw a trailer when he visited Amman recently.

BroadcastNow have announced that The Politician's Husband will be shown on BBC UKTV in Australia. The broadcast date is not known yet.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 28th May.

The Broadchurch DVD has entered the UK chart at number 9.

BBC America have added a page for Broadchurch on their website. There is not much on there at the moment but more will be added closer to broadcast.


Tuesday 28th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Page 9 of tonight's Evening Standard has an item about the David Tennant production of Richard II being filmed by The RSC.

Tickets to watch David Tennant in Richard II in cinemas on 13th November will be £13 for RSC and Picturehouse Members. The full price will be £20 with concessions at £15.

The RSC Onscreen website states that the schools broadcast on 15th November of Richard II will include David Tennant in the cast Q&A afterwards.

STV has a fun item about David Tennant not returning Paul O'Grady's trousers!

Den Of Geek has a new interview with Bernard Cribbins about Doctor Who and about working with David Tennant.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 27th May.

The RSC press release about the 13th November filmed performance also announces that Nigel Lindsay will play Bolingbroke.

Despite what The Guardian says, tickets are still available for most London performances of David Tennant in Richard II on The Barbican website.

The Guardian reports that the 13th November performance of Richard II will be filmed to stream live to cinemas worldwide and on 15th November to 1,000 British schools followed by a Q&A.
Illuminations blog has more details about the project.
RSC members get priority booking from 3rd June (public booking starts 17th June) from the RSC Onscreen website.


Monday 27th May 2013
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 26th May.

Digital Spy have a new Bernard Cribbins interview about Doctor Who (and working with David Tennant).


Sunday 26th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

We have over 170,000 followers on Twitter!

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Doctors Revisited - The Fifth Doctor premieres on BBC America at 8pm (Eastern) today. It includes new David Tennant interview clips.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 25th May.

At 1.30pm today in West Bay, Dorset is the first Broadchurch Guided Walk which visits various filming locations in the town.


Saturday 25th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Doctor Who News reports that two new Doctor Who books will be published later this year which include David Tennant's era.
The Doctor: His Lives and Times by James Goss and Steve Tribe will be published on Thursday 26th September.
The Vault by Marcus Hearn will be published on Thursday 24th October.

Some screencaps of the Broadchurch DVD extras have been posted to Tumblr and more to PhotoBucket.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 24th May.

It is less than a week since the David Tennant / Matt Smith video interview about filming the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode was posted to YouTube and already it has had over 1 million views!

Hypable have a video of filming the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode at the Tower Of London in April. David Tennant was not involved in that filming but the photo interviews some of the actors.


Friday 24th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Extracts of the David Tennant / Doctor Who episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks will be included in a compilation programme called What A Load of Buzzcocks on Monday 3rd June.

David Tennant programmes Broadchurch, Twenty Twelve and Tree Fu Tom have all been nominated for various Freesat Awards.
Broadchurch is nominated in the Best Of British: TV Programme Or Series category.
Twenty Twelve is nominated in the Best Of British: Sitcom category.
Tree Fu Tom is nominated in the Best Children's TV Programme or Series category.
The winners will be announced in a ceremony in London on Wednesday 10th July.

Daily Mail describes Billie Piper's role in Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode 'a cameo role.' The length of her involvement has not been confirmed although she did film for considerably less time than David Tennant.

Apparently Broadchurch started being Broadcast in Crotia last week. This is the first non-UK country to show it.
The trailer (with subtitles) has been posted to YouTube.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 23rd May.


Thursday 23rd May 2013
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David Tennant and Olivia Colman's characters in Broadchurch are in the Top TV Detectives list compiled by The Stage.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Broadchurch DVD is expected to sell 18,000 units this week (its first week of release) so will be Acorn Media's best ever week!

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 22nd May.

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists exhibition opens in Birmingham today. Producer Peter Aardman will be there today.

It's 6 months today that David Tennant appears in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode!


Wednesday 22nd May 2013
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MP3 of an interview with Joe Sims today on BBC Three Counties Radio about Broadchurch.

SciFiNow has an interview with Bernard Cribbins where he discusses Daleks and David Tennant.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 21st May.

MP3 of Chris Chibnall interview last night on Radio Five Live. The interview is safe to listen to even if you do not know who the killer is yet. Chris also discussed Doctor Who and Torchwood.


Tuesday 21st May 2013
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.

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The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Scottish Daily Record has an article about What We Did On Our Holiday which includes 'This is a funny, original and rather moving script with universal themes. We believe it will delight audiences all over the world.'

Den Of Geek have an interview with Chris Chibnall where he discusses the missing scences from Broadchurch and Doctor Who.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 20th May.

Digital Spy have an article which mentions that Broadchurch, David Tennant and Olivia Colman are all nominated for TV Choice Awards.

TV Choice Awards (longlist) voting has opened. Broadchurch, David Tennant and Olivia Colman are all nominated for the public vote. The longlist remains open until 14th June and the award ceremony is on 9th September at The Dorchester in London.


Monday 20th May 2013
Xpose Entertainment has an interview with Chris Chibnall where he 'insists claims the second series will focus on the aftermath of the murder are not necessarily true.'

A transcript of the Broadchurch Q and A today on Twitter by Chris Chibnall and Richard Stokes.

Digital Spy has an interview with Chris Chibnall about Broadchurch.

Huffington Post has an interview with Jodie Whittaker about Broadchurch.

CustardTV has a review of the Broadchurch DVD.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 19th May.

It was 4 years ago today that David Tennant filmed his finale scenes as the Tenth Doctor (until this year!)

Since it was posted on Saturday the David Tennant and Matt Smith video interview about filming the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode has already received over half a million views (620,000 currently).

At 5pm today writer Chris Chibnall and producer Richard Stokes will do a Q&A about Broadchurch on Twitter and give away some DVDs. use the hashtag #AskBroadchurch to partcipate.

The Broadchurch DVD is released today as a 3-DVD set in the UK.


Sunday 19th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 18th May.

FilmNewsWeb has a longer plot synopsis for What We Did On Our Holiday.

BBC America has added a trailer (which plays worldwide) of The Doctors Revisited: The Fifth Doctor (which includes a clip of David Tennant) to YouTube.


Broadchurch will air on BBC America from Wednesday 7th August at 10pm EST.
BBC America has added a trailer (which plays worldwide) to YouTube.


David Tennant Quiz #140 (hosted by @DTQuiz) is at 6pm tonight and is about the Doctor Who episode Love & Monsters.


Saturday 18th May 2013
The day of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode (the day David Tennant returns as the Tenth Doctor) is trending on Twitter tonight (#23rdNovember)!

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The BBC have added the interview with David Tennant and Matt Smith about filming the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode to YouTube.


A SPOILER for anyone who has not seen the Doctor Who episode The Doctor's Name (which premiered tonight), but the voice of the Tenth Doctor was heard in tonight's episode.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 17th May.

The Guardian have a spoiler-free quiz about Broadchurch today.

There is a RUMOUR (and we stress RUMOUR) that David Tennant MAY be shown in the Doctor Who Series 7 finale tonight. Regardless of whether David does appear or not, after Doctor Who (7.45pm), the special David Tennant / Matt Smith video is expected to be posted online as promised.

It's the UK premiere of David Tennant's episode of Dragons: Riders Of Berk today.


Friday 17th May 2013
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Anglophenia has an interview with Stephen Moffat from BAFTA last weekend. When he was asked about the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode he said "Matt and David together was quite special. They really, really, really got on with each other and adored working with each other. It was properly funny. The two of them together in particular are really, really funny."

London24 have a review of the Broadchurch DVD (which is released on Monday) which includes the comment 'top-notch acting, namely from Tennant and Colman, who are stunning in the lead roles.'

An interview with Joe Sims (who played Nige in Broadchurch) has been added to Facebook which includes a lovely story about David Tennant and Joe's mother.

An interview with composer Olafur Arnalds has been posted to Facebook including a question about clues to the killer in the Broadchurch soundtrack.

According to a recent RSC job advert for stage staff, rehearsals for Richard II start on Monday 26th August (which is a Bank Holiday)

WhatCulture! have an interview with Joe Sims who played Nige in Broadchurch.

CrimeTime Preview gives the Broadchurch DVD four and a half stars and the Extras four stars in its review.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 16th May.

Television station ARTE will start broadcasting Spies Of Warsaw tonight in both France and Germany at 8.15pm.

Watch start a new repeat of Series Four of Doctor Who from today. The episodes are at 8am and 5pm.


Thursday 16th May 2013
50 Years: The Daleks special souvenir magazine from Doctor Who Magazine is published. It includes David's era Dalek stories.

InsideMediaTrack has an interview with Chris Chibnall about Broadchurch series one and two.

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The Independent says in an article about Olivia Colman that the second series of Broadchurch goes into production in early 2014. No cast has been announced yet.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

CinemaSauce reports that the company Transmission will distribute What We Did On Our Holiday in Australia and New Zealand.

Chris Chibnall will be interviewed by Phil Williams on Radio Five Live at 11.30pm on Tuesday 21st May about Broadchurch.

On Monday 20th May at 5pm writer Chris Chibnall and producer Richard Stokes will do a Q&A about Broadchurch on Twitter and give away some DVDs.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 15th May.

The Telegraph looks at Jodie Whittaker's eating habits while filming Broadchurch. (Please note the DVD is released next Monday.)

It was 2 years ago tonight that David Tennant and Catherine Tate played their first performance of Much Ado About Nothing.


Wednesday 15th May 2013
A new photo of David Tennant has been posted to Tumblr.

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The David Tennant Daily Photo.

MP3 of Jodie Whittaker interview today on Lorraine about Broadchurch.

Exepose have some speculative guesses about what Broadchurch Series Two COULD involve.

SeenIt says that What We Did On Our Holiday will be filmed in Glasgow and the Highlands. It also says that the main characters are called Doug and Abi.

The Drum compares the adverts for Taggart 3 years ago and for Broadchurch.

A short clip of the Behind The Scenes DVD Extra for Broadchurch has been posted to YouTube.


BBC Films have confirmed via Twitter that they are backing What We Did On Our Holiday starring David Tennant.

The French site AlloCine reports that David Tennant will be at the Monte Carlo TV Festival in June to represent Broadchurch. An English translation of the article has been posted to Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 14th May.


Tuesday 14th May 2013
ScreenDaily now list Amelia Bullmore too in the cast for What We Did On Our Holiday.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

UnrealityTV look at how well the Doctor Who Proms and tickets for David Tennant in Richard II are selling.

Heatworld have a video interview with Olivia Colman where she does an impression of David Tennant.

EntertainmentWise describes the new crime series The Fall as 'the new Broadchurch' although the first episode only had half the number of Broadchurch viewers.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 13th May.


Monday 13th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

TV Ratings have a graphic of the Top 25 Watched Programmes in 2013 up to 5th May and the final episode of Broadchurch is at number 7.
David Tennant was also in the fifth most watched programme - Comic Relief.

Metro lists Broadchurch #1 in Olivia Colman's Career Highlights.

Anglophenia have a video interview with Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker from BAFTA last night where they talk about Broadchurch and working with David Tennant.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Today Chris Chibnall tweeted that the Broadchurch DVD (released a week today) will include a behind-the-scenes documentary with footage of first read-through and 'many nervous faces.'

The Telegraph has an interesting article about the arts / theatre / football / Broadchurch / funding.

ScreenDaily lists Ben Miller in the cast of What We Did On Our Holiday in an article about Lionsgate UK securing the theatrical distribution rights to the movie. This is the first time that Ben Miller has been associated with the movie outside of IMDB.

Tickets for each performance of Richard II on The RSC website are now sold out! Some are still available for most performances on The Barbican Centre website.

BlogtorWho has a video of Steven Moffat from BAFTA last night talking about the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special and some rumours.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 12th May.

Starting on Friday 17th May the satellite station Watch are starting a new run of repeats of Series Four of Doctor Who.

The Politician's Husband DVD is released in the UK today.


Sunday 12th May 2013
A video of the Doctor Who clip from BAFTA tonight (including David Tennant) has been posted to BlogtorWho.

By accident some people have been mailed their copies of the Doctor Who Series 7 box-set early so the BBC have said that if people keep the ending secret then a special video featuring Matt Smith and David Tennant will be released after the final episode next Saturday.

Tonight Olivia Colman won the BAFTA Female Performance In A Comedy Award for Twenty Twelve! She also won Best Supporting Actress for Accused. (Unfortunately Hugh Bonnerville did not win the BAFTA Male Performance In A Comedy Award tonight.)

The David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve won the Situation Comedy BAFTA Award tonight!

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

MP3 of Jemma Redgrave talking about the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode yesterday on the Graham Norton show.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 11th May.

Janet Street-Porter describes The Politician's Husband as 'The best new show on the BBC' in The Independent.

Tonight the BAFTA Award ceremony will be on BBC One from 8pm. Twenty Twelve has been nominated for the Situation Comedy BAFTA Award, plus Olivia Colman and Jessica Hynes for Female and Hugh Bonneville for Male Performance In A Comedy Programme are also nominees. Tonight a Doctor Who video montage will be shown.

David Tennant Quiz #139 (hosted by @DTQuiz) is at 6pm tonight and is Complete This Line From Doctor Who.

The premiere Australian broadcast of episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw is at 8.30pm tonight on UKTV.


Saturday 11th May 2013
Joe Sims (Nige in Broadchurch) interview with the BFA has been posted to Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Tonight on the Doctor Who episode Nightmare In Silver, an image of David Tennant's Doctor (along with all the others) was shown briefly. The clip has been posted to Tumblr.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 10th May.

David Tennant is mentioned in The Stage article about Company versus Stars at The RSC.

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.'


Friday 10th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Tonight Billie Piper answered questions on Twitter. In this one she mentioned David Tennant.

Red Carpet News has a video interview with Billie Piper in which she was asked about what it is like to work with David Tennant and Matt Smith again.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

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.

Radio Times has a fun article about the different colours of David's hairs for his various roles.

Q Magazine writer Niall Doherty tweeted that David Tennant has done the sleeve notes for The Proclaimers forthcoming album. There are some interesting notes under his tweet about a time he met David.

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.

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.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 9th May.

BAFTA has announced that a Doctor Who video montage about the 50 years will be shown at the ceremony on Sunday so possibly David Tennant will be included.

Metro didn't like The Politician's Husband but says that David Tennant and Emily Watson acted their socks off.

More details about David Tennant in What We Did On Our Holiday.

Tonight Olivia Colman will be on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One at 10.35pm to discuss Broadchurch and other projects.


Thursday 9th May 2013
Daily Mail reports that David Tennant and Rosamund Pike will film What We Did On Our Holiday in June and July.

Worldwide link to download episode 3 of The Politician's Husband.

Episode 3 of The Politician's Husband available to now available watch on BBC iPlayer (UK only).

The Telegraph have a review of episode 3 of The Politician's Husband and give it three stars.

After the finale of The Politician's Husband aired tonight, it ended 13 continous weeks of new David Tennant on TV each week! He will next appear in The Escape Artist later this year and then in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Mirror reports that Olivia Colman will say tomorrow on The Graham Norton Show that some of the Broadchurch cast members were doubtful at first about a second series.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 8th May.

Metro lists The Politician's Husband as one of its TV Picks For Today.

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.

Episode three of The Politician's Husband is broadcast on BBC Two tonight at 9pm. A synopsis of this episode is here.

The Doctor Who Pop-up Shop opens in Newtown, Sydney, Australia today.

BlogtorWho has details of an interview with John Hurt about the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode which includes some spoilers.


Wednesday 8th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Metro has the story about David Tennant being the bookies favoutite to play Alex Ferguson if any such drama was commissioned.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Politician's Husband is mentioned in an article in The Guardian about sex on television.

Evening Standard has an article about how Paula Milne used names from The West Wing for The Politician's Husband characters.

The betting company PaddyPower has David Tennant as the 6/1 favourite to play 71 year old football manager Alex Ferguson (who announced his retirement today) in any future biopic, even though one has not been announced yet!

MediaTel has an interesting article about the structure of Broadchurch with a funny finale paragraph.

Bridport News has an article about Broadchurch being given credit for West Dorset beating the recession, plus it says there are calls for writer Chris Chibnall to be given the keys to Bridport.

We now have over 160,000 followers on Twitter!

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 7th May.

Olivia Colman tells The Mirror that the Broadchurch 'cast avoided booze to keep the killer's identity secret.'


Tuesday 7th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Some new (to us!) promotional images of David Tennant from True Love have been posted to Tumblr.

Episode 1 of The Politician's Husband was BBC2's most watched programme for the week ending 28th April with 3.35m viewers.

Scans of David Tennant talking about Olivia Colman in Radio Times have been posted to Tumblr.
Alternatively a transcript of David Tennant's quotes from Radio Times has also been added to Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 6th May.

Radio Times published today includes the quote from David Tennant about Olivia Colman in Broadchurch which The Times used yesterday.

Another RUMOUR also seems to be untrue as David Tennant's name is now removed from movie listing on IMDB for the movie What We Did On Our Holiday.


Monday 6th May 2013
The Times has an article of David Tennant talking about Olivia Colman and filming Broadchurch. Only the preview version is visible for non-subscribers but the full article will be in Radio Times tomorrow.

BleedingCool (later repeated by lots of websites) has a RUMOUR about David being in Guardians Of The Galaxy. Please note that the article has subsequently been updated with the official denial that he will not be in it.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A worldwide link for The Doctors Revisited: The Fourth Doctor has been posted to Tumblr.

The Oxford Student Online seems unimpressed by Broadchurch but it does praise David Tennant and Olivia Colman in its review.

Entertainmentwise thinks Olivia Colman is very likely to return for a second series of Broadchurch. Please remember the cast has NOT been announced yet.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 5th May.

GeekNative thinks David Tennant's image as the Tenth Doctor is used in Avengers #7.


Sunday 5th May 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Hamish Glen (of Coventry's Belgrade Theatre) talks to Birmingham Mail about giving David Tennant 'his big break.'

At 2.45pm today Danny Hargreaves tweeted about the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode 'That's a wrap ! Dr who 50th Done !! Wow it's going to be epic !!!!!!!!!' However later another member of the production team tweeted that it was not a wrap for everyone as there was additional content to be filmed and all the filming would be completed on Wednesday.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 4th May.

And Jonathan Bailey also talks about the difficulty in keeping the killer in Broadchurch a secret in Belfast Telegraph.

The Guardian has an interview with Olivia Colman about the difficulty in keeping the killer in Broadchurch a secret.

David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch are Vicky McClure's Best TV Pairing according to her interview in The Guardian.

Episode one of Spies Of Warsaw will air in Australia starting at 8.30pm tonight on UKTV.


Saturday 4th May 2013
The BBC have posted a preview clip of the final episode of The Politician's Husband titled Aidan responds to allegations.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 3rd May.

Telegraph article (scroll down the page slightly) looks at Broadchurch locations in both Clevedon and West Bay.


Friday 3rd May 2013
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.'

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

GulfNews has an interview with Emily Watson about The Politician's Husband.

Radio Times article about the photos we tweeted yesterday of filming of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode which explains the significance to newer fans. (Minor SPOILERS)

Daily Mail article about yesterday's filming of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode. (There is a photo of someone who could be mistaken for David Tennant.)

Review of episode 2 of The Politician's Husband by Liverpool Student Newspaper.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Huffington Post review of episode 2 of The Politician's Husband has the title 'David Tennant Has Never Looked So Evil.'

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.

A FUN item (and not true) about how David Tennant appears to be in so much on television at the moment from NewsBiscuit!

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 2nd May.

It is 160 days today until David Tennant plays his first performance of Richard II so we have been doing the countdown on Twitter for 100 days!

Birmingham Post says that David Tennant's famous T-shirt in Hamlet was hand-printed inside the Royal Shakespeare Company costume department.

Daily Mail did not like The Politician's Husband.

David Tennant has won the BTVA Peoples Choice Award For Best Male Vocal Performance In A Guest Role for Huyang in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Worldwide link to download epsiode 2 of The Politician's Husband.


Thursday 2nd May 2013
The Telegraph gives episode 2 of The Politician's Husband 4 stars in its review.

iPlayer link to episode 2 of The Politician's Husband (UK only). The link is valid for two weeks.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

This afternoon filming on the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode moved to a school in Cardiff. (The road filming earlier was just a stunt man filming a scene as Clara.)
There was a report that Jenna-Louise Colman was on set but no photographic proof. There was no sign of any other known actors.
However two 2 (minor) SPOILER Doctor Who photos were tweeted here and here which classic Doctor Who fans will appreciate.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Telegraph have an article (taken from Doctor Who Magazine) about David Tennant being the only returning Doctor for the 50th Anniversary episode.

MPs of the David Tennant and Russell T Davies interview clips in Bernard Who? today.

STV thinks David Tennant would look good in a dress in their article titled 'Scots snubbed on Britain's Sexiest Woman list.'

Huffington Post have a poll about The Politician's Husband.

The Politician's Husband is one of the TV Highlights for today in The Guardian.

Filming for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode is reported to take place today in Cwmdare Street, Cardiff. There is no news whether David Tennant will be involved.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 1st May.

Birmingham Mail lists The Politician's Husband as one of its top TV choices for tonight.

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.

The Politician's Husband is one of the Radio Times recommended TV viewing for today.
Radio Times online review of The Politician's Husband (includes a link to the preview clip).
Scan of Radio Times magazine review of The Politician's Husband (the same review) which includes a photo of Emily Watson.

Episode two of The Politician's Husband is broadcast on BBC Two tonight at 9pm. A synopsis of this episode is here.

David Tennant is interviewed in the second episode of Bernard Who? on BBC Radio Four at 11.30am today.

Doctor Who Magazine #460 is published today. There is a photo of David Tennant (and all the Doctors) on the front.


Wednesday 1st May 2013
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.'

Anglophenia has an article titled 'David Tennant is an Emmy Nominee!'

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A look at the impact David Tennant performing in Stratford-upon-Avon has had on the town and a 1 night free bed and breakfast offer from Avonlea Guest House.

DoctorWhoTV reports that Doctor Who Magazine confirms David Tennant will be the only returning Doctor appearing in the 50th Anniversary episode. It also says that filming on the episode is nearly complete.

David Tennant has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his voice work on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. David Tennant is nominated for the Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program Award. The winners will be announced on 16th June.

Radio Drama Reviews have posted a review of Waverley.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 30th April.

A Doctor Who Pop-up Shop will open in Newtown, Sydney Australia on 9th May. It is not known whether all the Doctors will be represented.



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