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David Tennant - Broadchurch January to April 2014 April 2014 Broadchurch starts being broadcast in Italy tonight. Updated 28/4 David Tennant projects won two BAFTA Television Craft Awards tonight as The Day Of The Doctor (Doctor Who) won the Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Award and Broadchurch (composer Olafur Arnalds) won the Original Television Music Award. Updated 27/4 The BAFTA Television Craft Awards are announced tonight. Broadchurch, Doctor Who (The Day Of The Doctor) and The Escape Artist are all nominated for various awards. Updated 27/4 Radio Times looks at what the cast of Broadchurch have all done in the past year (including David Tennant). Updated 24/4 The start time for Broadchurch in New Zealand has been announced as 8.30pm (on Sunday 11th May). Updated 24/4 A new photo of David Tennant filming Broadchurch in October 2012 has been posted to Twitter by Chris Chibnall. Updated 23/4 New Zealand will start broadcasting Broadchurch on Sunday 11th May. Updated 22/4 Radio Times has a fun quiz 'How well do you know Broadchurch?' Updated 20/4 Last night on Channel Five it was announced that Broadchurch was voted Britain's 6th Most Favourite Detective Programme in a public vote. Updated 20/4 Radio Times reports that Film critic Barry Norman thinks people should vote for Broadchurch in the BAFTA Audience Award. Updated 19/4 Radio Times explains how the Radio Times Audience Award shortlist was chosen. Updated 18/4 'Broadchurch' was the word used by the EastEnders producer to describe a big storyline coming up to one cast member. This link contains an EastEnders spoiler. Updated 17/4 Clips of David Tennant in both The Day Of The Doctor and Broadchurch were shown on The One Show tonight on BBC One in an item about the Audience Choice award at BAFTA. Updated 16/4 Broadchurch starts being broadcast on TV2 in Denmark from 8.25pm tonight. This evening the first two episodes will be broadcast with the second episode starting at 9.15pm (until 10.10pm). Updated 16/4 Titles of the episodes of Broadchurch in Austria. Updated 14/4 Tonight at 8.15pm episode 7 (Verdacht/Suspicion) and 8 (Enthüllung/Disclosure) of Broadchurch are shown on Austrian television station Puls 4. Updated 14/4 Broadchurch will be broadcast on TV2 in Denmark from 16th April. That evening two episodes will be screened from 8.25pm. Updated 10/4 Broadchurch has been nominated for a Bulldog Award which is voted for by people who have registered for the website. Updated 10/4 What's On TV reports that Broadchurch is the bookies' favourite to win at the BAFTAS. Updated 7/4 David Tennant will be on the cover of Radio Times tomorrow for the 24th time. Updated 7/4 Radio Times looks at 'who's missing from the Bafta TV Awards shortlist' and includes David Tennant. Updated 7/4 Shine International reported today at MIPTV (the world’s most-established TV and digital content marketplace exhibition which opened today in Cannes) that Broadchurch has been sold to a further 70 territories. Updated 7/4 TV One in New Zealand has posted its coming soon trailer for Broadchuch which plays worldwide. Broadchurch and The Day Of The Doctor have been nominated for BAFTA Television Awards. Broadchurch has been nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for Drama Series in the 2014 BAFTA nominations which were announced today. Olivia Colman has been nominated for the Leading Actress Award. Unfortunately David Tennant was not nominated for the Leading Actor Award but David Bradley was nominated for Broadchurch for the Supporting Actor Award. Also both Broadchurch and the Doctor Who episode The Day Of The Doctor have been nominated for the Radio Times Audience Award. Click here for the link to vote. Voting ends at midday on Thursday 15th May.Updated 7/4 Tonight at 8.15pm, episode five of Broadchurch is shown on Austrian television station Puls 4. It is called 'Verleumdung' (which translates as Defamation). It is followed by episode six (Breakdown). Updated 7/4 Broadchurch wins a Peabody Award in the US. Updated 2/4 A great review of the Broadchurch DVD by Times Union includes the phrase 'some of the best television I’ve ever seen.' Updated 2/4 Radio Times has a fun quiz titled 'Which TV Detective Are You?' It includes David Tennant as Hardy. Updated 2/4 Chris Chibnall is asked whether David Tennant is in Broadchurch Series Two in a Front Row interview on BBC Radio Four. Updated 2/4 The Broadchurch DVD (series one) is released in the US. Updated 1/4
March 2014 Daily Tribune review of the Broadchurch DVD (which is released tomorrow in the US) includes 'a terrific performance by David Tennant.' Updated 31/3 Radio Times believes David Tennant is 'likely' to be in Broadchurch Series Two. Updated 31/3 Tonight at 8.15pm, episode four of Broadchurch is shown on Austrian television station Puls 4. It is called 'Vorwürfe' (Accusations). Updated 31/3 A photo of blocking a Broadchurch scene with David Tennant and Euros Lyn has been posted to Twitter. Updated 30/3 Red Carpet News have posted a video of Chris Chibnall talking about Broadchurch Series 2 and another one of Olivia Colman saying some lovely things about David Tennant. Updated 30/3 Broadchurch is one of the Best Streaming Series To Binge Watch This Weekend says ScreenJunkies. Updated 29/3 Digital Spy would like to see a prequel for Broadchurch. Updated 28/3 Broadchurch, Olivia Colman and Chris Chibnall all win Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Unfortunately David Tennant did not win the Best Actor award. Updated 28/3 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards are announced at a lunch today. Nominations include Broadchurch for Best Drama Series, David Tennant for Best Actor, Olivia Colman for Best Actress and Chris Chibnall for Best Writer. Updated 28/3 The full transcript of the David Tennant interview (with new photos) about Broadchurch and Gracepoint has now been posted to Worldscreen. Updated 27/3 Bridport News reports that people from the Broadchurch production team have been in the West Bay area which means that at least some of series Two will be filmed in the town. They also reiterate that filming is expected to last from the end of May until the end of September. Updated 26/3 There is a new David Tennant interview on Worldscreen about Broadchurch and Gracepoint. Updated 25/3 The Stage reports that Peaky Blinders and Broadchurch have picked up the most BAFTA Television Craft Award nominations. Updated 24/3 Broadchurch, The Day Of The Doctor and The Escape Artist are all nominated for various BAFTA Television Craft Awards. The winners will be announced on Sunday 27th April. Updated 24/3 An interesting comparing Gracepoint filming with Broadchurch has been posted to TasteReport. Updated 21/3 Digital Spy includes Broadchurch in their 5 of TV's Greatest Whodunits list. Updated 21/3 Broadchurch will air in Italy from 28th April on the television station Giallo. Updated 19/3 At the RTS Awards tonight Broadchurch won the Drama Serial Award and Olivia Colman won the Actor - Female Award. Unfortunately Chris Chibnall did not win the Writer - Drama Award as the two writers from Run won that. Updated 18/3 Jodie Whittaker now tells BANG Showbiz that David Tennant will be in Series Two of Broadchurch, plus she talks about Gracepoint. Updated 18/3 There is an article about Broadchurch on page 9 of the Mexican newspaper La Gualdra. Updated 18/3 The RTS Awards are announced tonight. Broadchurch, Olivia Colman, Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker are nominated. Updated 18/3 It is NOT confirmed but according to CultBox Jodie Whittaker has said that David Tennant will be in Series Two of Broadchurch. Updated 17/3 Tonight at 8.15pm episode two of Broadchurch is shown on Austrian television station Puls 4. The episode has been named Geheimnisse (Secrets). Updated 17/3 There will be a Broadchurch panel at Harrogate International Festival in July. The panel will consist of writer Chris Chibnall, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker and novelist Erin Kelly who has written the Broadchurch official novel. Updated 15/3 The Broadchurch DVD and Blu-ray are released today in France. Updated 13/3 The consolidated ratings for the whole of the first series of Broadchurch in France were that it received an average of 7.3 million viewers (including both live and replay) which gave it an overall audience share of 27.2%. Updated 12/3 Last night both Broadchurch and Doctor Who won TRIC Awards at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Broadchurch beat both Luther and Silent Witness to win the Crime Programme of the Year Award and Doctor Who beat Call The Midwife and Downton Abbey to win the HD Drama Programme of the Year. Updated 12/3 Chris Chibnall won the award for Writer Drama, Factual Or Entertainment for Broadchurch at the Royal Television Society West Of England Awards it was announced at a ceremony in Bristol last night. Updated 10/3 Episode one of Broadchurch premieres in Austria on the station Puls4 at 8.15pm tonight. Episode 1 is called Entdeckungen (Discoveries). Updated 10/3 Austrian television listing magazine Tele has a photo of David Tennant and Olivia Colman on its front cover for #Broadchurch. Updated 8/3 Metro includes David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch in their Best TV Detective Duos Of All Time. Updated 7/3 Amazingly the french television channel France 2 is airing a clip thanking viewers for having watched Broadchurch. Updated 6/3 An italian article about Gracepoint and Broadchurch has a different Gracepoint logo photo (it shows Clover Point where some of the series is being filmed). Updated 6/3 The cover of the Broadchurch novel has been posted online. Updated 6/3 Télérama.fr has an article titled 'The lesson of Broadchurch.' Updated 5/3 For the first time ever in France Broadchurch has broken the million barrier on catch-up television. Updated 4/3 Puls 4 have uploaded their Broadchurch trailer to YouTube. (The original trailer is now region locked on the Puls 4 website.) The channel is also using a different logo. Updated 4/3 Toutelatele.com compares the viewing figures of the first six episodes in France to the UK. Updated 4/3 C21Media has an article (in English) about the success of Broadchurch in France and its French remake. Updated 4/3 The Telegraph believes David Tennant may be nominated for a BAFTA for Broadchurch despite not receiving a nomination for the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Updated 4/3 Broadchurch has four nominations at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. The nominations are: Broadchurch for the Drama Serial Award. Olivia Colman and Jodie Whittaker for the Actor - Female Award. Chris Chibnall for the Writer - Drama Award. Unfortunately David Tennant has not been nominated for the Actor - Male Award. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Tuesday 18th March at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Updated 4/3 Ozap reports that overall Broadchurch in France received 6.4 million viewers every Monday night which was 25.5% of the viewing public. Updated 4/3 For the third week, Broadchurch was the most watched programme in France last night with 6.50 million viewers (that is 23.8% of the audience watching television at that time). Updated 4/3 It was a year ago tonight that Broadchurch was first shown on ITV! Updated 4/3 The Local has an article in English about the success of Broadchurch in France also reports that it will be remade in French. Updated 3/3 Europe 1 reports that a French remake of Broadchurch is in pre-production. Four writers and a director are already confirmed but no cast has been announced. Updated 3/3 An article about David Tennant in a French local newspaper about his career has the great headline 'David Tennant, superstar.' Updated 3/3 French newspaper Le Figaro says 'Masterful, David Tennant is flawless in the role of tormented Inspector Hardy' in its article. Updated 3/3 The final two episodes of Broadchurch are on France 2 tonight from 8.45pm. Updated 3/3
February 2014 Yahoo! France has an article about the success of Broadchurch in France before it airs in French in Canada. Updated 28/2 There's a great review (in French) of Broadchurch on Radio Canada by LaPresse.ca. Updated 28/2 The Guardian reports that Broadchurch helped contribute to ITV's 16.2% share of all viewing in 2013 (its first increase since 1990). Updated 27/2 Broadchurch breaks catch-up TV records in France, plus the consolidated figures for episodes 1 - 3. Updated 25/2 France 2 has added a trailer for the final two episodes of Broadchurch next Monday, plus an online poll about who killed Danny Latimer. Updated 25/2 Broadchurch once again was the most watched programme on French television last night with an audience of 6,242,000. Updated 25/2 Dorset Echo has an article which looks at the popularity of Broadchurch 'around the globe' (in fact in just France and the US!) and the fan convention based around Broadchurch for this weekend has been cancelled. Updated 25/2 The first German Broadchurch trailer has been released by Austrian television station Puls 4. Also the broadcast in Austria has been delayed by a week to Monday 10th March. Updated 24/2 Two different trailers for Broadchurch tonight in France have been added to Allocine and Premiere. Updated 24/2 Broadchurch episodes four to six are aired in France tonight on France 2 starting at 8.45pm. Updated 24/2 In a new interview with Entertainemnt Weekly (with a new photo) David Tennant says he does not know the ending of Gracepoint or if he will be in series two of Broadchurch. Updated 21/2 Broadchurch has received 4 nominations for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. They are Broadchurch for Best Drama Series, David Tennant for Best Actor, Olivia Colman for Best Actress and Chris Chibnall for Best Writer. The winners will be announced on Friday 28th March. Updated 20/2 Radio Times reports that Broadchurch has recorded the highest viewing figures on the France 2 channel for two years. Updated 19/2 DigitalSpy have posted a video of a weather report on French television which includes Broadchurch! Updated 19/2 Shine America's executive VP of scripted TV programming speaks highly of David Tennant in Broadchurch and Gracepoint. Updated 18/2 There have been some great reviews from French publications and viewers about Broadchurch today. Updated 18/2 BroadcastNow reports that Broadchurch was also one of the top five most-watched shows of the year to date in France. Updated 18/2 Ozap reports that Broadchurch was the most viewed programme in France last night with almost 7.1 million viewers. That figure gave it 25.8% of the people viewing television at that time. Updated 18/2 #Broadchurch was the top trending topic on Twitter in France during its broadcast! Updated 17/2 Tonight Broadchurch starts being broadcast in France. It is on the station France 2 at 8.45pm. Three episodes will be shown consecutively tonight. Updated 17/2 Daily Mail compares Broadchurch and Gracepoint based on the so called 'first photo' of David Tennant from the set. Updated 16/2 RTC Forum have an extensive page of French press about Broadchurch which starts being broadcast in France tomorrow. Updated 16/2 The Canadian television station Radio Canada will start broadcasting Broadchurch in French from Friday 28th February. Updated 14/2 The pre-order link and a competition for the Broadchurch DVD and Blu-ray in France. Updated 13/2 Five French trailers for Broadchurch (including one by actor voicing David Tennant's character) have been posted to YouTube. Updated 13/2 A French television station has a Broadchurch microsite with photos, videos and anecdotes. Updated 13/2 The Broadchurch book is now available to pre-order in both the UK and the US. It will be released in the UK on Thursday 14th August and in the US on Tuesday 2nd September. Updated 12/2 The French trailer for Broadchurch has been posted to YouTube. Episode one premieres on the station France 2 at 8.45pm on Monday. Updated 11/2 Radio Times posts their interview with Chris Chibnall about Broadchurch and Gracepoint. Updated 8/2 A great write-up about Broadchurch from Broadcast Magazine from after the Broadcast Award ceremony last night. Updated 6/2 Tonight at the Broadcast Awards ceremony in London, Broadchurch won both the International Programme Sales Award and the Best Drama Series or Serial Award. Updated 5/2 The Broadcast Awards are announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London tonight. Broadchurch has been nominated for Best Drama Series or Serial Award and both Doctor Who and Broadchurch have been nominated for the International Programme Sales Award in the shortlist. Updated 5/2 Amazon now shows a revised cover for the Broadchurch DVD in the US. It will be released on 1st April and it now lists David Tennant and Olivia Colman's names on it. Updated 4/2
January 2014 Broadchurch will air in Austria on the station Plus4 from 3rd March at 8.15pm and then at the same time each week. Updated 31/1 Radio Times also reports that Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall has given the strongest indication so far that David Tennant will not be in Series Two. He also says that he has heard that David's American accent for Gracepoint is 'fantastic. Updated 30/1 Radio Times reports that Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall has teased about Series Two. Updated 30/1 Broadchurch and Dorset have been voted by Radio Times readers the fourth Top TV Setting of 2013. Updated 29/1 Digital Spy reports that Olivia Colman discussed both Gracepoint and Broadchurch backstage at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards yesterday. Updated 28/1 Broadchurch will premiere on French television on Tuesday 17th February. Updated 28/1 Headline on Herald Scotland is 'Broadchurch starring David Tennant picks up best drama at The South Bank Awards' Updated 27/1 Broadchurch won the TV Drama Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards this afternoon! Olivia Colman accepted the award. Updated 27/1 The South Bank Sky Arts Awards are announced today. Broadchurch is nominated for the TV Drama Award. Updated 27/1 Tonight at the National Television Awards: Unfortunately Penguins - Spy In The Huddle did not win the Documentary Series Award as Educating Yorkshire won. Matt Smith won the Best Drama Performance Award (for Doctor Who). Steven Moffat described David Tennant as 'incredible' as he was talking about Matt Smith taking over from David in Doctor Who when accepting the award on Matt's behalf. A video of it has been posted to YouTube. Unfortunately David Tennant or Olivia Colman didn't win Best Detective Award for Broadchurch as Benedict Cumberbatch did. However Benedict Cumberbatch mentioned both David Tennant and Olivia Colman briefly as other nominees in his acceptance speech. Doctor Who (and not Broadchurch) won the Drama Award. A clip of David Tennant was shown from The Day Of The Doctor. David Tennant did not attend as he was on stage in Richard II at the time. Updated 22/1 Amazon now shows the cover of US version of Broadchurch Series One DVD. The DVD will be released on 1st April. Updated 22/1 The National Television Awards are announced tonight. David Tennant and Olivia Colman are nominated for TV Detective Award, Broadchurch and Doctor Who for Drama Award and Penguins - Spy In The Huddle for Documentary Series Award. The awards will be televised (almost) live on ITV from 7.30pm. Updated 22/1 Radio Times has short profiles for David Tennant (and Olivia Colman) as contenders in this year's NTAs. Updated 21/1 Details about The Broadchurch Experience fan weekend. Updated 19/1 Olivia Colman will be a guest on The Graham Norton Show tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One. Belfast Telegraph picks up on Olivia saying on the programme that she would have liked to have been asked to be in the US remake of Broadchurch called Gracepoint. Updated 17/1 Dorset Echo reports that there will be a convention weekend for fans of Broadchurch. Updated 16/1 Daily Express has a photo of David Tennant in an article about Martin Shaw saying that police dramas are 'too predictable.' Updated 15/1 In an article about Sherlock, Radio Times reports that the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special is still the most tweeted about TV episode ever! (Broadchurch is high in the charts too.) Updated 13/1 David Tennant article about NTAs in Radio Times this week. Updated 13/1 C21 Media also reports that Broadchurch was also one of the most time-shifted imported shows on Australian free-to-air networks in 2013. Updated 10/1 Both Doctor Who and Broadchurch are included in Daily Telegraph article about a quarter of all viewers watching on catch-up. Updated 10/1 Both David Tennant and Olivia Colman for Broadchurch are included in USA Today Golden Age of TV Acting. Updated 10/1 Broadchurch is one of RTE's Top TV Picks For January (in the Republic Of Ireland). Updated 8/1 Broadchurch starts being broadcast in the Republic Of Ireland tonight at 9pm. Updated 8/1 David Tennant is on the cover of the Radio Times for the 23rd time. Updated 7/1 David Tennant, Broadchurch, Doctor Who and Penguins - Spy In The Pod are all nominated in final round of voting for National Television Awards. David Tennant has been nominated for the newly created TV Detective Award. Broadchurch and Doctor Who have both been nominated for the Drama Award. Penguins - Spy In The Huddle has been nominated for the Documentary Series Award. Full details and the voting link are here. Updated 7/1 Episode one of Broadchurch premieres in Norway tonight on NRK1 at 10.10pm. Updated 7/1 Daily Mail includes Broadchurch in its Must-see TV Of 2014. Updated 3/1 Broadchurch starts being broadcast on RTL4 in The Netherlands at 9.30pm tonight. Updated 3/1 Both Doctor Who and Broadchurch are included in Metro's 5 Returning Shows Not To Be Missed. Updated 2/1 David Tennant is one of The Loop's (in Canada) Names To Watch in 2014 (for both Broadchurch and Gracepoint). Updated 2/1 Broadchurch starts broadcasting in The Netherlands and South Africa this week. Updated 2/1 Broadchurch is included in The Stage's Review of 2013 In Television. Updated 2/1 The Chronicle (in Australia) includes Broadchurch in its list of 'wonderful' new TV in 2013. The article describes it as 'intense, powerful stuff' and starts with 'David Tennant showed what a compelling actor he is.' Updated 2/1 Anglophenia has a Catching Up With Broadchurch article (which includes Gracepoint). Updated 1/1 WalesOnline reports that the finale of Broadchurch was the top television drama moment of 2013 on Twitter by attracting 260,000 tweets. Updated 1/1 Anglophenia lists Broadchurch Series Two and Gracepoint as Things to Look Forward To in 2014. Updated 1/1 Broadchurch is listed by Sydney Morning Herald as a Returning Show To Savour In 2014 and they call it 'Perhaps the best British drama in years'. Updated 1/1 Broadchurch - September to December 2013 Broadchurch - May to August 2013 Broadchurch - April 2013 Broadchurch - March 2013 Broadchurch - February 2013 Broadchurch - January 2013 Broadchurch - 2012 Broadchurch Series One - Filming dates / locations