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To celebrate the release last week of David Tennant and Catherine Tate's sensational West End hit Much Ado About Nothing by Digital Theatre, Time Out magazine are offering readers a 20% discount when they buy the download. All that is necessary is to purchase the play as a full download (standard or HD) or a rental from the Digital Theatre site here, and then enter the code TIMEOUT when completing the purchase.

For full details of the offer and to view a couple of exclusive clips from the production, check out the Time Out London webpage

The offer runs until the 31st December

UK and Ireland cable and satellite channel Watch are running a marathon broadcast of David Tennant's fourth Doctor Who series and the specials over New Years Eve and New Years Day. The schedule runs as follows:



Saturday 31st December

7.30am S4 E1 Partners In Crime

8.30am S4 E2 The Fires Of Pompeii

9.30am S4 E3  Planet of the Ood

10.30am S4 E4 The Sontaran Stratagem

11.30am S4 E5 The Poison Sky

12.30pm S4 E6 The Doctor's Daughter

1.30pm S4 E7 The Unicorn and The Wasp

2.30pm S4 E8 Silence In The Library

3.30pm S4 E9 Forest Of The Dead

4.30pm S4 E10 Midnight

5.30pm S4 E11 Turn Left




Sunday 1st January

6.30am S4 E7 The Unicorn and The Wasp

7.15am S4 E8 Silence In The Library

8.10am S4 E9 Forest Of The Dead

9.10am S4 E10 Midnight

10.10am S4 E11 Turn Left

11.10am S4 E12 The Stolen Earth

12.10pm S4 E13 Journey's End

1.30pm Planet Of The Dead

2.50pm The Waters Of Mars

4.15pm The End Of Time: Part 1

5.35pm The End Of Time: Part 2


All programmes are available to view one hour later on …

As previously reported David will be featured on Catherine Tate: Laughing At The Noughties tonight on Channel 4 10:00pm and 4HD, it's repeated on 4+1 at 11:00pm.
The show is a Radio Times Pick Of The Day. They say:
British comedy threw many unusual shapes between 2000 and 2009. Catherine Tate’s longform survey of the hits of the decade is hefty enough to stick with. A selection of great clips is punctuated by Tate interviewing — in the loosest possible sense — people like David Walliams, Rob Brydon, Noel Fielding and Alan Carr about what made their shows fly. And Tate’s former Doctor Who co-star David Tennant quizzes Tate about her own comic creations.

As we previously reported David Tennant will be a guest on BBC America's The Nerdist: Year In Review on Christmas Eve. BBC America have uploaded the above trailer and there's a quick glimpse of David on there.
BBC America say:
Celebrate all things Nerdy, Geeky and all-out Dweeb-y from 2011 with the launch trailer for the all new Original Special THE NERDIST: YEAR IN REVIEW *** Premiering Saturday Dec 24 at 9/8c*** immediately following DOCTOR WHO: BEST OF THE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS at 8/7c, only on BBC America.

The Nerdist: Year In Review is the first of BBC America's five all new Nerdist Specials based on comedian, writer, Doctor Who fan and web pundit Chris Hardwick's immensely popular Nerdist podcast, the Internet's Top Ranked Podcast.

This Christmas Eve Special is a one-hour year-end review where Hardwick and his team of nerd experts review the best of the U.S. and the UK's top nerd moments, gadgets and superheroes of 2011, and geek-tastic reviews of the year's…

David recently read a series of vampire themed stories for Radio 4. We now have them available for you to download below:

Bewitched
Bewitched by Edith Wharton. Saul still goes out to see his previous girlfriend...even though she died years ago.

Drink My Blood
Drink My Blood by Richard Matheson is about a young schoolboy whose only ambition in life is to become a vampire.

The Girl With Hungry Eyes
The Girl With The Hungry Eyes by Fritz Lieber concentrates on the magnetic power of the vampire.

A Lot Of Mince Pies
A Lot Of Mince Pies by Robert Swindells focuses on a group of carol singers who visit the same cottage every year.

The Lady Of The House Of Love
The Lady Of The House Of Love by Angela Carter a virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village.

If you'd like to listen to some more vampire themed stories read by David visit our audio section here, where you'll find a huge collection David Tennant audio files!
Thanks to Lora Colver…

A number of costumes from Doctor Who were sold today at an auction of entertainment memorabilia at Bonhams in Knightsbridge. Among these were four outfits worn by David Tennant in the third series episodes Human Nature and Family Of Blood, where the Doctor was forced to hide out on Earth in human form.

The items sold, along with final selling prices were:

Lot 173 Three piece tweed suit, teacher’s cape and mortar board, along with a white shirt, bow tie and boots. Sold for £2125 Lot 174 Three piece blue / grey tweed suit and tie. Sold for £938 Lot 175 John Smith’s cream and blue striped pyjamas, slippers and brown checked dressing gown. Sold for £1125 Lot 176 A grey / brown overcoat, hat and scarf, along with the aged John Smith’s red pyjamas. Sold for £1250
For a look at all of the Doctor Who items up for sale, browse the Bonhams site here

It's time to vote for the most stylish British man of 2012. Naturally David Tennant is among those listed by GQ.com and voting is open now.

For details about the poll click here. To vote click here. Results will be posted online and in the magazine in early February 2012.

David Tennant is narrating a BBC Radio 4 production of The Pied Piper Of Hamelin, adapted from the classic poem by Robert Browning. The production stars teenage actor Bertie Gilbert and features music by chorister Thomas Platts and the choir of Wingham School in Kent.

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin is broadcast on Boxing Day at 11.30am.

After a series of teasing tweets last night, Digital Theatre have made Much Ado About Nothing, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, available as a digital download from today (13th December).



The play is available as a rental download at £5.99, or to keep at £8.99, with a HD option at £10.99.
The trailer is available to view here, while the download can be purchased here. For more information check the official Digital Theatre press release below:




D I G I T A L T H E A T R E
DAVID TENNANT AND CATHERINE TATE IN SHAKESPEARE’S
M U C H A D O A B O U T N O T H I N G
Digital Theatre announces William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing as its latest release available to watch online or download to the desktop, with pre-order available from today (13 December 2011) at http://www.digitaltheatre.com/ and release on 13 December 2011. Starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate as Benedict and Beatrice, Josie Rourke’s award winning production of Much Ado About Nothing enjoyed a record breaking r…

The nominations for the British Comedy Awards 2011 were announced earlier tonight, and a couple of David Tennant's projects are in the running for prizes.

Sky TV's This Is Jinsy, the surreal show created by Justin Chubb and Chris Bran, was nominated for Best Sketch Show. David played the ultra-camp plastic surgery addict Mr. Slightlyman in the first episode, Wedding Lottery.

Twenty Twelve, the spoof documentary series from the BBC focusing on the trials and tribulations of the British Olympics Deliverence Committee, received two nominations: Best New Comedy and Best Sitcom. Hugh Bonneville, who plays the head of the committee, Ian Fletcher, also picked up a nomination for Best Comedy Actor. David provided the voiceover for the series, which he apparently recorded down a digital phone from America while shooting Fright Night.

The British Comedy Awards 2011 will be broadcast live from Fountain Studios on Friday 16th December at 9pm on Channel 4. The host, as last year, will b…

David Tennant will be narrating Shrek: Once Upon A Time, a look back at the animated series of films centred on a green ogre. According to TV listings:

"David Tennant narrates a celebratory look at how an ogre with a Scottish accent single-handedly changed the face of animation. It features exclusive interviews with the creative geniuses behind the award-winning animation and the voices that brought the story to life, including Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Saunders and Shrek himself, Mike Myers."

The programme will air on BBC3 at 9pm on Friday 23rd December.

Nativity 2 is due to hit UK cinemas on November 23rd 2012.

David Tennant completed work on the film just over a week ago with final scenes shooting in Stratford-upon-Avon town centre (see above, with Joanna Page) and the Courtyard Theatre. The semi-improvised film also stars Joanna Page, Ben Wilby, Pam Ferris, Marc Wootton and Jason Watkins and was directed by Debbie Isitt.

Count down to the release date here

Absolute Radio have posted a clip of David Tennant on stage with Breakfast Show DJ Christian O'Connell at Monday night's Beer and Cake Club. Christian had previously played some audio clips on his show of David stumbling over his words and claimed he was drunk on just a couple of beers! The video clip shows David's disbelief at performing on stage after drinking.



Absolute have also uploaded a number of photos to their website - you can see them here

David Tennant's four-part drama Single Father will have its debut broadcast in North America via Toronto-based channel TVO. The series will run as part of the channel's January season and will air on Sunday nights at 10pm ET starting on 8th January 2012.

In the past TVO have aired a number of imported British programmes uncut, including Doctor Who. Although Ontario-based it can be picked up in other provinces and in some of the North-Eastern states of the USA.

TVO can be found on the following channels:
Cable channel 2 (may vary in some areas)
Bell TV channel 265
TVO HD on Bell Fibe TV channel 1265
Rogers TVO HD channel 580
Rogers-On-Demand channel 100
Shaw Direct channel 353

For more details visit tvo.org

Full details of the channel's January schedule are here

David Tennant has added another title to his growing repertoire of audiobooks. Strathmore Publishing today announced that David had been working with them in the following tweet:


“David Tennant finished in our studio yesterday: brilliant reading of brilliant book CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG FLIES AGAIN “


The book by Frank Cottrell Boyce is a new story about the flying car created by the late Ian Fleming and forms the first part of a trilogy written with the full consent and support of Fleming's family. As yet, not details of a release date are available.


The webite for 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again' can be found here

In a shock turnaround, the newly announced Much Ado About Nothing DVD has been pulled from the Amazon release schedule. Customers who placed a pre-order on the item received this email today:

Hello,
We're writing about your order which contained the following:
 Much Ado About Nothing [DVD]
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006H4R9XY

Unfortunately, we can't offer this title for sale as the manufacturer has decided not to release it in the UK at this time. As it's no longer being released by the manufacturer we've cancelled it from your order and you haven't been charged for it.

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