It's time for our annual review of David Tennant's year. Over the next couple of weeks we'll be taking a month-by-month look back at some of the best memories of 2015.
TV
As the new year opened TV viewers worldwide were eagerly
anticipating the second series of the award winning Broadchurch. Shrouded in
secrecy, very little was revealed about the new series. Teaser trailers
questioned why Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller were still in Broadchurch, and it
was theorised that the plot would tackle the trial of Danny’s killer. New promo
photos revealed new cast members, including Eve Myles, James D’Arcy and
Charlotte Rampling, and introduced the motif of the bluebell. In an interview David revealed that he had been hooked by the plot. The series returned in the UK and Ireland on
January 5th, rolling out to other countries around the world over
the next few months. Meanwhile, a tie-in series of 8 original short stories was
launched, written by Erin Kelly, author of the first series novelisation,
released one at a time following each episode. In spite of some negative press
and competition from other stations, the series was received enthusiastically
and consolidated audience figures showed that it was as popular as ever.
David appeared with Olivia Colman on The Graham Norton Show
on January 16th to promote Broadchurch. During the interview they
discussed keeping secrets and checked out some steamy fan art.
David was announced as the narrator of Pets: Wild At Heart –
the latest animal documentary from John Downer Productions. The 2-part series
began on BBC One on January 21st
In spite of the probable cancellation of the show, David’s fans voted
him the winner of the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Actor In A New TV
Series for his performance as Emmett Carver in Gracepoint.
Radio
David appeared on the Matt Edmondson Show on Radio 1 and on BBC Radio 4 Front Row. He also returned to Absolute Radio on January 12th to co-host the
Breakfast Show with Christian O’Connell, when he provided lyrics, in character
as DI Hardy, to the Broadchurch theme. David hinted that he had a top secret
new project in the pipeline, which was of course…
Marvel’s Jessica Jones
It was announced that David would play supervillain Kilgrave
in the new Netflix series Marvel’s Jessica Jones (then known as AKA Jessica Jones). The series was adapted from the comics
series Alias by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos and adapted by Melissa
Rosenberg. Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad) would be playing the titular Jessica,
and the series would film in New York during the spring and early summer of
2015. Also announced were Mike Colter as Luke Cage and Rachael Taylor as Trish
Walker.
National Television Awards
On January 21st, David went to the NTAs to
present an award with his Broadchurch co-star Olivia Colman. What he didn’t
realise was that he was about to be presented with a Special Recognition Award
and his family and friends had been working secretly behind his back to produce
a tribute video. Many of David’s former colleagues contributed to the video, including Billie Piper,
Catherine Tate and Richard Wilson and, most movingly for David, his father,
Sandy McDonald.
Film
What We Did On Our Holiday starring David alongside Billy
Connolly and Rosamund Pike was released on DVD in the UK.
Radio Times
David attended the Radio Times Covers party where he was
presented with a special award of his 25 covers.
Only the Queen has more cover appearances than he does now!
Charity
David was one of a number of celebrities promoting Comic Relief’s Make Your Face Funny For Money campaign, He said of the fundraiser: “I’ll be supporting Red Nose Day once again and this
time I’ll be making my face funny. It’s got to be one of the most simple but
fun ways to raise money yet. Money that will help people both in the UK and
Africa.”
Check back tomorrow as we take a look at the news from February 2015.
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