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David Tennant - Television appearances
David Tennant's TV Appearances For Today are posted each day throughout the year on David_Tennant on Twitter.
David Tennant starred in Gracepoint which aired on Fox Television in the US in 2014. It had 10 episodes.
The first series of the eight part emotional police drama Broadchurch is still often broadcast in various countries around the world and the second series was broadcast on ITV in the UK from Monday 5th January 2015.
David Tennant and Olivia Colman will return for a third series of Broadchurch. It is expected to broadcast in 2017.
David Tennant appears in the 13 episode Marvel drama Marvel's Jessica Jones which was released on Netflix in November 2015.
All of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who are frequently repeated on Watch, plus BBC America in the US.
Posts related to David Tennant on other television shows on Blogger (usually with more detail).
Over the years David Tennant has appeared in numerous television programmes both as an actor and as himself.
This section of the website looks at his most recent appearances.

2016
Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital - From Thursday 9th June
Don't Look Down Rope Men - Tuesday 7th June
Very British Problems - From Monday 9th May
Have I Got News For You - Friday 6th May
Shakespeare Live! - Saturday 23rd April
Saturday Night Takeaway - Saturday 12th March
Friday Night Feast - Friday 15th January
Room 101 - Thursday 14th January
The Andrew Marr Show - Sunday 10th January

December 2016
David Tennant is the narrator of a new John Downer Production series in the UK called Spy In The Wild. Updated 31/12

It's not confirmed but in an article about television programmes in 2017 The Telegraph gives Broadchurch Series Three a February start date. Updated 27/12

BBC America confirms they will broadcast Broadchurch Season Three in the US. Updated 26/12

David Tennant to be a guest on The Last Leg on Friday 27th January on Channel 4.
The show is broadcast live and that article has a link to apply for tickets to be in the audience. Updated 24/12

Shakespeare Live! (hosted by David Tennant and Catherine Tate) premieres in the US on PBS tonight. Updated 23/12

BBC America in the US has two days of David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who starting at 6am today. Updated 20/12

BBC America in the US has two days of David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who starting at 6am tomorrow. Updated 19/12

W will broadcast 8 hours of David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who today. Updated 18/12

A new photo of David Tennant recording DuckTales has been added to Twitter. Updated 16/12

David Tennant will voice Scrooge McDuck in Disney's DuckTales television series (the link includes a video of David and the cast singing).
It will consist of 21 half hour episodes and two one hour specials. The series will make its debut in Summer 2017. Updated 16/12

A very brief clip of Broadchurch Series Three was shown in a Coming In 2017 trailer which was first shown today on ITV. Updated 14/12

Broadchurch Series Three may be broadcast later than expected. Updated 12/12

Details about how David Tennant ended up reading the Donald Trump insult tweets on Full Frontal has been posted to Yahoo. Updated 9/12

What We Did On Our Holiday has its UK television premiere on New Year's Day.
It will be on BBC Two starting at 10pm. Updated 8/12

Shakespeare Live! (hosted by David Tennant) to premiere in the US on Friday 23rd December. Updated 7/12

November 2016
David Tennant's episode of Family Guy has its UK premiere tonight. Updated 21/11

October 2016
David Tennant's very brief appearance as the Tenth Doctor in an episode of Family Guy premieres tonight in the US. Updated 23/10

David Tennant and Olivia Colman's Stand Up To Cancer challenge is on Channel 4 tonight (sometime after 7pm). Updated 21/10

Video and photos of David Tennant and Olivia Colman in their Stand Up To Cancer sketch. Updated 19/10

World television premiere of Fireman Sam Alien Alert in Australia today. Updated 9/10

David Tennant and Olivia Colman to appear in Stand Up To Cancer on Channel 4 on Friday 21st October. Updated 5/10

This weekend Australia will broadcast the first ever television screening of the hour long Fireman Sam special called Alien Alert which features the voice of David Tennant.
It will be broadcast on ABC For Kids at 5pm on Sunday (9th October). The movie has been showing in select cinemas in Australia since Saturday 3rd September. Updated 3/10

September 2016
The original series of Broadchurch starts a repeat on ITV Encore tonight. Updated 13/9

David Tennant narrates the eighth episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital on Channel Four starting at 9pm. Updated 6/9

August 2016
David Tennant is rumoured to be tipped to host a celebrity special episode of The Crystal Maze. Updated 30/8

David Tennant narrates the seventh episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital tonight on Channel Four starting at 9pm. Updated 30/8

The Escape Artist has its French language premiere in Canada tonight. Updated 26/8

Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital resumes next Tuesday (30th) at 9pm on Channel 4. Updated 24/8

BBC America in the US has a David Tennant Doctor Who Day today starting at 6am. Updated 12/8

BBC America in the US has a David Tennant Doctor Who Day tomorrow starting at 6am. Updated 11/8

July 2016
Entertainment Weekly reports that David Tennant will appear as a guest in an episode of the adult cartoon comedy Family Guy. Updated 24/7

The producers have told us that the final 4 episodes of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital will be broadcast at a future date. Updated 21/7

Tonight David Tennant narrates the sixth episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital on Channel Four starting at 9pm. Updated 14/7

David Tennant narrates the fifth episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital on Channel Four starting at 9pm tonight. Updated 7/7

June 2016
David Tennant narrates the fourth episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital on Channel Four starting at 9pm tonight. Updated 30/6

Video of David Tennant reading tweets to Donald Trump on Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. Updated 28/6

Last night on the programme Full Frontal Sam on television in the US David Tennant read out some tweets to Donald Trump.
Photos from the segment have been posted to Twitter. Updated 28/6

Room 101 - Extra Storage has now been restored to the television schedule for tonight but at the slightly later time of 10.40pm.

The premiere of Room 101 - Extra Storage will now no longer be shown tonight due to a political programme replacing it as a result of the aftermath of the referendum in the UK this week. Updated 26/6

An extended version of David Tennant's episode of Room 101 (titled Room 101 - Extra Storage) premieres on BBC One at 10.30pm. Updated 26/6

David Tennant narrates the third episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital on Channel Four tonight starting at 9pm. Updated 23/6

An extended version of David Tennant's episode of Room 101 will premiere on Sunday 26th June on BBC One. Updated 18/6

David Tennant narrates the second episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital on Channel Four starting at 9pm. Updated 16/6

The Decoy Bride has its Turkish television premiere tonight on TV2 at 9.30pm. Updated 12/6

David Tennant narrates the first episode of Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital tonight on Channel Four starting at 9pm. Updated 9/6

David Tennant narrates Don't Look Down Rope Men on ITV tonight at 8pm. Updated 7/6

David Tennant to narrate Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital on Channel Four starting on Thursday at 9pm. Updated 6/6

A short segment about filming Broadchurch in Clevedon was featured on the local news in that area tonight. Updated 3/6

Shakespeare Live! will be broadcast on NHK in Japan on Sunday 17th July. Updated 1/6

May 2016
David Tennant will narrate Don't Look Down Rope Men on ITV on Tuesday 7th June (with trailer). Updated 28/5

David Tennant appears in the third episode of the second series of Very British Problems at 10pm on Channel 4 tonight. Updated 23/5

Today W continues its repeats of David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who on Sunday afternoons. Updated 22/5

The Escape Artist is broadcast in France tonight on Cine PolarTV at 8.50pm.
A trailer has been posted to Facebook. Updated 19/5

David Tennant appears in the second episode of the second series of Very British Problems at 10pm on Channel 4 tonight. Updated 16/5

W resumes its repeats of David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who on Sunday afternoons today. Updated 15/5

What We Did On Our Holiday has its Canadian television premiere on Super Channel 1 at 9pm tonight. Updated 13/5

David Tennant's second episode of Have I Got A Bit More News For You is broadcast on BBC One tonight. Updated 9/5

David Tennant appears in the first episode of the second series of Very British Problems at 10pm on Channel 4 tonight. Updated 9/5

A clip of David Tennant was featured hosting Have I Got News For You in the nominees for the Best Comedy And Comedy Entertainment Award on television tonight at the BAFTAs. The programme won the award. Updated 8/5

David Tennant hosting his second epiaode of Have I Got News For You premieres on BBC One tonight at 9.30pm. Updated 6/5

Tonight David Tennant records his second episode of Have I Got News For You at The London Studios on the South Bank in London. Updated 5/5

David Tennant to appear in the new series of Very British Problems.
The new series of Very British Problems starts next Monday (9th May) at 10pm on Channel 4. It is not known yet how many episodes David Tennant will appear in. Updated 3/5

Postman Pat: The Movie has its UK television premiere today. Updated 2/5

April 2016
The original series of Broadchurch starts being repeated on ITV Encore tonight. Updated 28/4

David Tennant is a guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tomorrow evening in the US. Updated 26/4

Video of David Tennant's recent interview on CNN (which plays worldwide). Updated 26/4

David Tennant will record his second episode of Have I Got News For You on Thursday 5th May at The London Studios on the South Bank in London.
The episode will premiere on BBC One on Friday 6th May at 9.30pm and the extended 40 minute version of the programme (called Have I Got A Bit More News For You) will be broadcast on Monday 9th May. Updated 24/4

Shakespeare Live! received 1.31 million viewers last night. Updated 24/4

A new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres today in the US. This is episode 14 of Season Four and is titled Earth's Last Stand. Updated 24/4

Dream On! (with a contribution from David Tennant) streams online tonight worldwide at 7pm. Updated 23/4

Last night ITV News at 10pm broadcast a different interview with David Tennant when he spoke about whether Shakespeare really wrote the plays. Updated 23/4

David Tennant hosts Shakespeare Live! from Stratford-upon-Avon tonight.
It is live on BBC Two and in cinemas throughout Europe. Updated 23/4

David Tennant was mentioned briefly on The One Show on BBC One last night about Shakespeare Live! It is available (UK only) on the iPlayer for a while and his part is at 18 minutes. Updated 20/4

A new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premi�res today in the US.
The episode is titled The Ever-Burning Fire and it is the thirteen episode of Season Four so it is believed to be David's final episode. Updated 17/4

Episode Twelve of Season Four of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres today on Nickelodeon in the US. The episode is titled The Evil Of Dregg. Updated 10/4

W starts a repeat run of the David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who today. Updated 10/4

Episode eleven of Season Four of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres today on Nickelodeon in the US at 11am. The episode is titled Revenge Of The Triceratons. Updated 3/4

Broadchurch Season Two starts broadcast on ZDF in Germany tonight. The first two episodes will be shown tonight. Updated 3/4

David Tennant confirmed to host Have I Got News For You again this spring. Updated 2/4

BBC Store has a plethora of David Tennant / Doctor Who items including Doctor Who Series Two, Three and Four, Planet Of The Dead, The Waters Of Mars, The End Of Time Parts One and Two, Single Father, The Politician's Husband, Hamlet and Blackpool. Updated 2/4

March 2016
The satellite television channel W (formally Watch) starts a repeat run of the David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who from Sunday 10th April. Updated 29/3

Doctor Who streams in the US again from today on Amazon Prime including the David Tennant era (but not his Specials). Updated 27/3

New episode (Season Four, episode ten) of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres today in US. Updated 29/3

Variety has reported that Doctor Who will stream in the US exclusively on Amazon Prime (including the David Tennant episodes) from Sunday 27th March. This is since they stopped streaming on Netflix at the end of February. Updated 21/3

The Escape Artist has its French language premiere in Canada in August. Updated 16/3

Saturday Night Takeaway with David Tennant last night obtained a 30.8% share (6.4 million) in the overnights. Updated 13/3

A new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres today in the US. This is episode nine of Season Four and is titled The Cosmic Ocean. Updated 13/3

David Tennant is the guest announcer on Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV tonight at 7pm. Updated 12/3

The Politician's Husband premieres in France and Germany tonight. Updated 10/3

David Tennant returns in a new episode of Jake And The Never Land Pirates at 8am on Disney Channel today and repeated at 8pm on Disney Junior US. Updated 7/3

David Tennant will be a guest on Saturday Night Takeaway next week on ITV. Updated 5/3

February 2016
David Tennant will return in a new episode of Jake And The Never Land Pirates. The episode is called Dread And The Pharoah!
It will premiere in the US on Monday 7th March at 8am on Disney Channel and will be repeated at 8pm the same day on Disney Junior US. Updated 29/2

Broadchurch Season Two will be shown on ZDF in Germany from Sunday 3rd April. Updated 23/2

The Politician's Husband premieres in France and Germany in March. Updated 13/2

January 2016
Zap2It lists six David Tennant episodes among the 'best episodes to watch as Doctor Who leaves Netflix in the US next week.' Updated 26/1

The video (which plays worldwide) featuring David Tennant's tribute to Billy Connolly at the National Television Awards has been posted to Daily Motion. Updated 21/1

Clips of David Tennant were shown at the National Television Awards tonight. He was talking about Billy Connolly who received the Special Recognition Award. Updated 20/1

National Television Awards are announced tonight. David Tennant and Broadchurch have been shortlisted. Updated 20/1

Broadchurch Season Two has its German language premiere in Switzerland at 8pm on SRF Zwei tonight. Updated 18/1

David Tennant's episode of Jamie And Jimmy's Friday Night Feast is broadcast at 8pm on Channel Four. Updated 15/1

A video of David Tennant in Derren Brown: Pushed To The Edge (which plays worldwide) has been posted to Break.com. Updated 14/1

David Tennant is a guest on Room 101 which premi�res tonight on BBC One. Updated 14/1

David Tennant is one of the celebrities involved in the show Derren Brown: Pushed To The Edge which premi�res on Channel Four tonight. Updated 12/1

David Tennant is one of the celebrities involved in the show Derren Brown: Pushed To The Edge which premi�res on Channel Four on Tuesday (12th January. Updated 10/1

Today David Tennant and Gregory Doran are interviewed on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One. The show starts at 9am. Updated 10/1

David Tennant and Gregory Doran will be interviewed on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One this Sunday (10th). The show starts at 9am. Updated 8/1

David Tennant's episode of Room 101 will broadcast on BBC One on Thursday 14th January at 8.30pm. Updated 5/1

Both David Tennant and Broadchurch have made it through to the final round of voting in the National Television Awards. The polls are now open to vote.
The award ceremony takes place starting at 7.30pm at The O2 London on Wednesday 20th January and is also shown on ITV that evening. Updated 5/1

David Tennant's episode of Jamie And Jimmy's Friday Night Feast to be shown on Friday 15th January. Updated 4/1

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