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Broadchurch
David Tennant completed filming the second series of Broadchurch In October. It which follows the great success and BAFTA wins of the first series which was broadcast in the UK in March and April 2013. It has also subsequently been shown in countries all over the world.
The read-through for the first episodes of Series Two was on Thursday 22nd May and joining David and Olivia Colman were Arthur Darvill, Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker from the first series, plus new cast members Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Charlotte Rampling, James D’Arcy and Eve Myles.
Chris Chibnall has again written the series and it started being broadcast on Monday 5th January 2015 on ITV. It is also currently being broadcast each week in Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and Canada. It will be broadcast from Wednesday 4th March on BBC America in the US and Sunday 15th February in Australia on ABC.

Pets Wild At Heart
David Tennant is the narrator of a two part nature documentary on BBC One called Pets Wild At Heart. The documentary is described by its makers as 'an innovative, emotional and humorous view of the wild side of our pets.'
Pets Wild At Heart is produced by John Downer Productions which is the company who produced Earthflight, Penguins: Spy In The Huddle and Dolphins: Spy In The Pod which were also narrated by David Tennant. Pets Wild At Heart was made in conjunction with PBS and WNET.
It is two hour long episodes and will be broadcast on BBC starting on Wednesday 21st January at 8pm.

A.K.A. Jessica Jones
David Tennant will play the main villain in Marvel's upcoming Netflix series A.K.A. Jessica Jones. David will play Zebediah Killgrave (who is also known as The Purple Man).
In the Marvel comics, Kilgrave can produce pheromones which give him the power to control people’s minds as long as he’s physically nearby. He also can recover from severe injuries very quickly and is, quite literally, purple. However it has not been announced yet how closely Marvel’s series will stick to the comic version of the character.
A.K.A. Jessica Jones is scheduled for a 13 episode series and will premiere on Netflix sometime later in 2015.
Jessica Jones will be played by Krysten Ritter and Mike Coulter will play the character Luke Cage. The series will be filmed in New York and all the episodes will be released together.

David Tennant's Diary Dates
This section looks at the upcoming David Tennant related events in the near future:
Sat 31 Jan - Preview screenings of What We Did On Our Holiday in Australia start today in Adelaide.
Sun 1 Feb - Episode four of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 8.35pm on TV1 in New Zealand.
Sun 1 Feb - Episode four of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 10pm on Showcase in Canada.
Mon 2 Feb - Episode five of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 9pm on ITV in the UK.
Mon 2 Feb - Episode five of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 10pm on TV3 in Ireland.
Tues 3 Feb - The fifth Broadchurch Series Two eBook is available at midnight.
Tues 3 Feb - Broadchurch soundtrack (seasons 1 and 2) is released on CD in the US.
Wed 4 Feb - Episode five of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 9.35pm on NRK 1 in Norway.
Sun 8 Feb - Episode five of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 8.35pm on TV1 in New Zealand.
Sun 8 Feb - Episode five of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 10pm on Showcase in Canada.
Mon 9 Feb - Episode six of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 9pm on ITV in the UK.
Mon 9 Feb - Episode six of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 10pm on TV3 in Ireland.

Each day we also tweet all of David's appearances on television (including repeats) in both the UK and the US.

Latest David Tennant News This section lists all the recent news about David Tennant, as well as whenever he is mentioned on the internet and in the media.

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Friday 30th January 2015
New Pets Wild At Heart clip (Hamster The Toilet Paper Thief), narrated by David Tennant, has been posted to YouTube.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 29th January 2015 (6 items).

Thursday 29th January 2015
The new series of W1A has started filming today at Broadcasting House (David Tennant narrated the last series).

Radio Times has a Doctor Who Tenth Anniversary Revival quiz.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Last night Pets Wild At Heart was the second most viewed programme of the evening with 3.78 million (17.5% of those people watching television at that time).
Midsomer Murders was the most-watched programme with 4.79m (21.3%).

BBC Radio Three version of Romeo and Juliet is released on CD today. David Tennant plays the role of Prince Escalus.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 28th January 2015 (9 items).

Wednesday 28th January 2015

The Gracepoint DVD is now available on Amazon in the US.
We understand that Amazon will shop worldwide but the 3 disc DVD set is manufactured on demand and is released on DVD-R which are region free and in principle play worldwide but a NTSC PAL converter will be necessary.
DVD-Rs are however known for not lasting as long as a normal DVD box-set.

The Broadchurch consolidated ratings for episode 3 (broadcast on Monday 19th January) was that it received 8.71 million viewers. That was 7.89 million excluding those who watched it on ITV +1.
In comparison Silent Witness had 8.46 million.

Radio Times posted a David Tennant video interview about A.K.A. Jessica Jones and Broadchurch.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Guardian has an article titled 'Marvel's new Netflix shows: all you need to know about AKA Jessica Jones and friends.'

Daily Mail has some paparazzi photos of David Tennant leaving the Radio Times Covers Party last night.

Pets Wild At Heart episode two (Secretive Creatures) premieres tonight on BBC One at 8pm.

Episode four of Broadchurch Series Two premieres at 9.35pm on NRK 1 in Norway tonight.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 27th January 2015 (8 items).

Tuesday 27th January 2015
Tonight David Tennant attended the Radio Times Covers Party. Photos of him there have been posted to Tumblr.

A round-up of the plethora of newspaper articles about David Tennant in Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones from the past 24 hours.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Radio Times has 'Five reasons David Tennant will make a great Marvel villain'

Broadcast (behind a paywall) reports that at the halfway point of Broadchurch, it has scored almost 1 million more viewers than ITV’s slot average of 5.3m (23% of those watching television at that time) for the past 12 months.
Broadcast says 'Over its first four parts it has gripped an average audience of 6.2m (25.1%). Despite running below the first series overnight average of 7.1m (28.4%), the ITV drama wrestled back the 9pm slot from Silent Witness which outperformed it last Monday. BBC1’s cerebral drama captured an audience of 5.5m (22.5%) last night, down from the previous Monday’s viewership of 5.9m (23.6%). Silent Witness is averaging 6.1m (25.4%) after seven episodes.'

Another review from The Telegraph of episode four of Broadchurch gives it four stars.

Four David Tennant episodes are included in 'Doctor Who: 10 Most Underrated Episodes Of The Revived Series' article by WhatCulture.

The poster for 96 Ways To Say I Love You (the short film starring David Tennant) has been posted to Twitter. No release date has been announced yet.

Episode four of Broadchurch last night received 5.58 million viewers (which was 22.7% of those people watching television at that time) which beat Silent Witness (with 5.53 million / 22.5%).

Round-up of (11) reviews of Broadchurch Series Two episode four.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 26th January 2015 (8 items).

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