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If you haven't already headed over to the Official Facebook page for The Decoy Bride then what are you waiting for?
There's all the latest on David's new movie and you can chat to fans all about it.
Visit it online at www.facebook.com/thedecoybride and 'Like' it today!

We're pleased to be able to share an exclusive clip of The Decoy Bride featuring David.
The hilarious romantic comedy is released in selected UK cinemas on 9th March and is released on DVD on 12th March.
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The shortlist for this year’s Royal Television Society Programme Awards has been announced and David's recent drama for BBC Two, United, has been nominated in the Single Drama category.
It will go up against Eric & Ernie and Random.
The annual event honours excellence in key genres of television programming, from children’s drama to comedy performance, history to soaps and covers both national and regional output.
The awards will be hosted by actor and comedian Rob Brydon at a ceremony held on Tuesday 20th March at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

The Radio Times has the full list of nominees over on the website here.

It's not long until Tree Fu Tom starts on Cbeebies and we've just been sent a brilliant trailer from Blue Zoo that will give you a taste of all the fun that's in store!


Tree Fu Tom Launch from Blue Zoo on Vimeo.

Tree Fu Tom starts on Cbeebies on Monday 5th March at 5.25pm and continues at the same time each week day.
Visit our Tree Fu Tom section for more information here.

Co-writer/actor Sally Phillips (Smack the Pony) and director Sheree Folkson (A Royal Scandal) discuss their feature film The Decoy Bride, which was screened as part of the Great Scots strand at the Glasgow Film Festival 2012.
Bridget Jones meets Local Hero in this fizzy romantic confection that features a sparkling screwball comedy performance from Kelly Macdonald. Hollywood star Lara (Alice Eve) and her writer fiancé James (David Tennant) are desperate for a quiet romantic wedding far from the prying eyes of the paparazzi. The tiny Scottish island of Hegg seems ideal but the media are soon descending in their hordes. A cunning plan is devised to stage a fake wedding and throw them off the trail. Local lass Katie (Macdonald) is the decoy bride but nothing goes entirely as expected in an entertaining romp with echoes of I Know Where I'm Going.

And there's a fabulous commentary written by Sally over on the Shooting People blog which you can read here.

The new David Tennant BBC1 drama Love Life is set to undergo a change of name after the BBC and ITV came to an agreement over who would use the title.

Both broadcasters commissioned dramas of the same title last year. The BBC series, created by Dominic Savage, consists of five semi-improvised overlapping stories set in Margate with a cast that includes David as well as Vicky McClure, Billy Piper, Ashley Walters and David Morrissey. The ITV drama is three episodes long, set in Manchester and was written by Bill Gallagher, who adapted Lark Rise To Candleford for screens.

ATV Today have reported that following amicable discussions the BBC have agreed to relinquish the title and rename their drama True Love, the name by which it was known when the first news of the production emerged. The drama is expected to come to BBC1 in late spring

United, the BBC drama starring David Tennant, Jack O'connell and Dougray Scott will be released on Region 1 DVD in North America and Canada on the 22nd May 2012.

The drama, which was originally screened in the UK in April 2011 tells the story of Manchester United's Busby Babes, who were involved in a catastrophic plane crash in Munich that killed or injured a number of players, club staff and journalists. David Tennant plays Jimmy Murphy, the club's chief coach and assistant manager, who stepped up to lead the club back to glory.

Pre-order the DVD here.

The Decoy Bride will be shown on Sky Box Office from 9th March 2012.
The film will be released in selected cinemas on the same day and will be released on DVD on 12th March 2012.
You can pre order the DVD in our shop here.

Sky Movies says:
Hollywood star and bride-to-be Alice Eve can't face the thought of the paparazzi gatecrashing her wedding on a remote Scottish island...so she hires local lass Katie (Kelly MacDonald) to act as a decoy. The trouble is when Katie meets her dashing British fiance (David Tennant) the romantic sparks fly. Zingy romantic comedy co-written by Smack The Pony and I'm Alan Partridge star Sally Phillips.

The BBC Media Centre have released a new video of David Tennant discussing his role as Twigs in the new Cbeebies show, Tree Fu Tom. Twigs is Tom’s best friend and sidekick – he goes everywhere with him and is the comic heart of the show. This tiny acorn sprite is like the wide-eyed, fun-loving, free-spirited and seriously silly child in each of us. Tree Fu Tom starts on Cbeebies on 5th March.

The Laurence Clark documentary that David has provided the voice over for will be shown on BBC One during their Beyond Disibility season. The programme will air at 10.35pm on Wednesday 21st March 2012.
The BBC Media Centre say: Comedian Laurence Clark and his wife Adele both have cerebral palsy. When they had their baby boy, Tom, six years ago they were criticised by doctors for being irresponsible because Laurence is wheelchair-user and Adele is heavily dependent on her crutches.
But now Adele is pregnant again and this time she is determined to have a natural birth: a brave decision considering Laurence’s cerebral palsy was caused by his own difficult birth and Adele’s CP affects her from the waist down. For six months we follow Laurence, Tom and Adele in a film that lays bare the joys… and hurdles… of disabled parenting.
The documentary (1x50) was commissioned by Danny Cohen, Controller, BBC One and Charlotte Moore,Commissioning Editor for Documentaries and BBC Three. The commissionin…

The BBC Media Centre have released more details about David's new Radio 4, Waiting For The Boatman.
They say:
The infamous painter Caravaggio is missing. Mario Minniti, his former apprentice, arrives in Naples to retrace his last known movements.

Waiting For The Boatman by Stephen Wakelam stars David Tennant as Minniti and Anton Lesser as Piero.
Naples is a dangerous place in 1610. Following a violent attack on the street, the renowned painter and hell-raiser Caravaggio has gone missing. His former apprentice arrives in the city and attempts to retrace the painter's last known movements, but his search leads to uncompromising discoveries.
The cast also stars Peter Hamilton Dyer as Abraham Vinck, Joe Dempsie as Cecco and Tracy Wiles as Marchesa di Colonna.
Producer and Director/Sasha Yevtushenko for the BBC

Waiting For The Boatman will air on Friday 16th March 2.15pm-3.00pm on BBC Radio 4.

David Tennant will be starring in a one-off drama for Sky Arts as part of a new season of programmes commissioned by the channel following a large budget increase. The drama, The Minor Character, is based on a short story by Will Self, with David playing a witty and acerbic artist called Will. It is to be shown as part of a new comedy and drama strand called Playhouse Presents.

The new strand is just part of the latest offering by the channel as parent company Sky wish to reposition it as a natural rival to BBC4, offering a similar mix of arts-based programming and high quality drama. Sky Arts are also bringing The South Bank Show and a Michael Parkinson talk show back to screens. Playhouse Presents is due to come to Sky Arts from April 2012, and also includes performances from Emma Thompson, Russell Tovey, Trevor Eve, Martin Shaw, Stephen Fry, Brenda Blethyn and John Hurt, among others. According to the channel, " ...the series showcases the incredible wealth of acting, directi…