From The Archives: David Tennant’s Highland Roots

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We are delving in to our archives to rediscover some of our favourite David Tennant articles. First up in this series is a look back at the official Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine article from February 2008...














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Happy Halloween! We hope you all have a suitably spooky day. To get you in the mood here's some tales of vampires read by David Tennant!
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The first promotional image of David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in character for their new Channel 4 drama, Deadwater Fell, has been released as the series is featured at MIPCOM this week. 

MIPCOM is the world's most anticipated entertainment content market, allowing TV execs to network and to screen and buy new content for broadcasters around the world. The event takes place from the 14th - 17th October at Palais des Festivals in Cannes.

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The longlists for this year’s National Television Awards have been released and Good Omens is nominated in the Best Comedy category.


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