Sunday 31 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Sunday 31st July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 from when David Tennant and Catherine Tate co-hosted The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC Radio Two on Boxing Day 2009.

In this clip Catherine Tate tells a Christmas joke, David and Catherine gave away the complete 13 episode series of Big John Little John and they talk about Freeview.

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Saturday 30 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Saturday 30th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the third part of Secret Smile which David Tennant filmed back in 2005.

Secret Smile was a drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005. The drama was based on the Nicci French book of the same name and starred David Tennant, Claire Goose and Kate Ashfield.

The book is different to the television drama so is worth reading in its own right.

This link has the earlier videos of the drama.

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Friday 29 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 today for Friday 29th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a fun online game called Dress Up David Tennant.

You can dress and undress the doll in David Tennant's fashion!

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Thursday 28 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Thursday 28th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the second part of Secret Smile which David Tennant filmed back in 2005.

Secret Smile was a drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005. The drama was based on the Nicci French book of the same name and starred David Tennant, Claire Goose and Kate Ashfield.

The book is different to the television drama so is worth reading in its own right.

Apologies if the video does not play in your country.












Wednesday 27 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Wednesday 27th July 2016

The David TennantTreat 4 Today is a short video from Comic Relief / Red Nose Day in 2009 which David Tennant co-hosted with Davina McCall.

In this clip Davina gave fifty pounds to Comic Relief to kiss David!

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Tuesday 26 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Tuesday 26th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the first part of Secret Smile which David Tennant filmed back in 2005.

Secret Smile was a drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005. The drama was based on the Nicci French book of the same name and starred David Tennant, Claire Goose and Kate Ashfield.

The book is different to the television drama so is worth reading in its own right.

Apologies if the video does not play in your country.












Monday 25 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Monday 25th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the funny clip from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert from earlier this year.

The video has already had over a quarter of a million views and is the 'Who's On First' sketch.


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Sunday 24 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Sunday 24th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is an extract from a David Tennant's interview with Abigail Rokinson of Cambridge University about Hamlet.

David Tennant played the title role of Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company from July 2008 until January 2009 in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. A televised version of the play was filmed in June 2009 in Mill Hill, London and it premiered on  the BBC on Boxing Day 2009.

This extract is from the start of the interview where David explained that he played Hamlet because there was a gap during Doctor Who filming.











Saturday 23 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Saturday 23rd July 2016

The  David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a hilarious pre-movie introduction of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day Of The Doctor that was only shown in theatres.

The video shows two version: one with the live audience reaction and one without. A sontaran, Matt Smith as The Eleventh Doctor, John Hurt as The War Doctor and David Tennant as The Tenth Doctor all appear in this intro.

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Friday 22 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Friday 22nd July 2016

Today's David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 of David Tennant in the fourth and final episode of the BBC Radio Four comedy The Gobetweenies.

This four part comedy was described as 'a candid look at contemporary family through the prism of two North London siblings, Lucy and Tom, as they schlep between their determinedly hands-on parents.'

David Tennant played Joe, Sarah Alexander played Mimi, Finlay Christie played Tom, Phoebe Abbott played Lucy and Stuart Milligan played Harry.

This episode was initially broadcast on Friday 27th May 2011. It was called Befriending Freddie.

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Thursday 21 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Thursday 21st July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a video interview with David Tennant by Caroline Modaressy-Tehrani which was streamed at Huff Post Live on Monday 16th November 2015. 

This was to promote the Netflix series Marvel's Jessica Jones in which David played the main villain Kilgrave which was going to be released worldwide four days later.

During the 30 minute interview David spoke about his character, describing Kilgrave as "not a traditional world dominating villain" in the way he uses his mind control power.

David Tennant also spoke about Doctor Who and how important it had been in his life. A clip from his very first acting role in the anti smoking ad was also shown.

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Wednesday 20 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Wednesday 20th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 from when David Tennant and Catherine Tate co-hosted The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC Radio Two on Saturday 26th December 2009.

In this clip David and Catherine involved actor Bernard Cribbins (who played Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who) in some hilarious "I've got a new business" jokes.

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Tuesday 19 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Tuesday 19th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is an interview with David Tennant which was published online by The New York Times.

The interview was conducted in November 2015 when David Tennant was in New York City for the premiere of Marvel's Jessica Jones and was published online eight days before David Tennant debuted in the title role of Richard II at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM) for The Royal Shakespeare Company Kings And Country cycle of plays in March 2016.

The interview started by David describing when The Royal Shakespeare Company performed Hamlet in Glasgow with Mark Rylance in the tile role as "It was life-changing. I was so blown away that back I went to see it on the Saturday matinee before they left again. Because I couldn't believe it was so vivid and so extraordinary."

The New York Times then mentioned that not did the King And Country cycle of four plays commemorated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death but also the 20th anniversary of David Tennant's Royal Shakespeare Company debut. David comment was "It has a certain symmetry to it, doesn't it? A company I'm involved with on so many levels, really, and it's been such a huge part of my life."

Talking about the person King Richard II David commented "If you are in a world where the divine right of kings is a thing, and as a child you're told, 'God has chosen you to lead these people,' and you're then surrounded by acquiescence and adulation, what does that do to you? How does that form the man you become? That's what fascinates me about trying to find a centre for who this character was."

The interview then stated that David will wear a wig of long hair for Richard II (as he did in London in January) and David explained 'It was a choice in keeping with his rarefied approach to the character. "I liked the idea that he would alight on something he found rather beautiful. He's an aesthete. If he found it rather glorious, there'd be no one to challenge that it was wrong or unacceptable or not what men did. From that, we got the idea that he would have gold leaf on his fingernails. It was looking for a few things that would set him apart, because he could. Because no one would tell him he couldn't."'

The interview took place soon after David had taken part in his first read-through for the revival of Richard II (nearly two years after the first 85 performances of the production closed). David explained "Bits of it are all there intact. And other bits, it's like I've never seen them before. My wife made a very good analogy, that it's like stripping wallpaper. Some bits just come off in a wonderful sort of pass, they just fall off the wall. And other bits, you have to pick away at for days."

The New York Times next quoted the RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran describing David as "the most professional of actors - You never catch David dropping a line, even" and said that he was not all worried about his ability to slide back into the role. When asked what David brought to the character of Richard II in particular Greg said: "He was unafraid of, which I think was fantastic, the fact that for three acts of the play he's almost intolerable. He behaves in a capricious, vain way, and it isn't really until he gets to the abdication that the man's humanity comes through. And I thought David caught that particularly well."

NYT said that David's own selection of great Richards included Derek Jacobi's, Fiona Shaw's and Ben Whishaw's in the BBC-PBS series of filmed adaptations called The Hollow Crown. "Just before I was going to do it, someone gave me a copy, and I said, 'I'll watch this,'. I should never have done that. Because Ben Whishaw is an extraordinary actor. And he does it beautifully, in ways I could never even aspire to."

The New York Times then mentioned that Broadchurch Series Three would start filming in the summer before writing about David Tennant returning to Doctor Who for the Big Finish audio plays with Catherine Tate. David said "It was surprisingly easy to slip back into that time. It could have felt more awkward than it did."

He added "I often say that the first line of the obituary has been written, because Doctor Who has such a reach. It's so loved and noticed, it's part of the cultural furniture. To be associated with that show, it'll be hard to do anything that reduces the impact of that. Which I'm fine with, by the way."

David Tennant interview in The New York Times










Monday 18 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Monday 18th July 2016

Today's David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 of David Tennant in the third episode of the BBC Radio Four comedy The Gobetweenies.

This four part comedy was described as 'a candid look at contemporary family through the prism of two North London siblings, Lucy and Tom, as they schlep between their determinedly hands-on parents.'

David Tennant played Joe, Sarah Alexander played Mimi, Finlay Christie played Tom, Phoebe Abbott played Lucy and Stuart Milligan played Harry.

This episode was initially broadcast on Friday 20th May 2011. It was called Commendations And Competition.

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Sunday 17 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Sunday 17th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a clip from the Doctor Who episode Tooth And Claw where the Tenth Doctor (played by David Tennant) and Queen Victoria met a werewolf.

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Saturday 16 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Saturday 16th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the trailer for Spies Of Warsaw.

David Tennant played the lead role of Jean Francois Mercier in the adaption of the Alan Furst's book The Spies Of Warsaw which was dramatised by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

Janet Montgomery played Anna and the supporting cast included Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anton Lesser, Burn Gorman, Tuppence Middleton and Julian Harries.

Spies Of Warsaw covered the years 1933 to 1943 and was a portrait of subjugated people who tried to resist the suffocating inevitability of Hitler’s regime.

Spies Of Warsaw was screened on Wednesdays 9th and 16th January 2013 in the UK on BBC Four.

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Friday 15 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Friday 15th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a video from the 15th November 2013 school's broadcast of Richard II.

David Tennant and RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran had a Live Question And Answer with students after the broadcast.

David Tennant played the title role in Stratford-upon-Avon from Thursday 10th October 2013 until Saturday 16th November 2013 before the production transferred to The Barbican Centre in London from Monday 9th December 2013 until Saturday 25th January 2014.

David reprised his role as Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company in January 2016 as a part of The Kings And Country Cycle, before transferring in March at Brooklyn academy Of Arts (BAM) in NYC.

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Thursday 14 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Thursday 14th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a video of David Tennant presenting the Special Award at the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA) in 2009 to the woman who revitalised Doctor Who - TV executive Jane Tranter.

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Wednesday 13 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Wednesday 13th July 2016

Today's David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 of David Tennant in the second episode of the BBC Radio Four comedy The Gobetweenies.

This four part comedy was described as 'a candid look at contemporary family through the prism of two North London siblings, Lucy and Tom, as they schlep between their determinedly hands-on parents.'

David Tennant played Joe, Sarah Alexander played Mimi, Finlay Christie played Tom, Phoebe Abbott played Lucy and Stuart Milligan played Harry.

This episode was initially broadcast on Friday 13th May 2011. It was called Sniffling Stevie And The Gym Horse.

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Tuesday 12 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Tuesday 12th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 from when David Tennant and Catherine Tate co-hosted The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC Radio Two on Saturday 26th December 2009.

In this clip David and Catherine discussed with actor Bernard Cribbins (who played Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who) his work in pantomime, narrating the animated series The Wombles and voicing Buzby.

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Monday 11 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Monday 11th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the 13th and final Richard II production diary from The Royal Shakespeare Company.

This  video shows some clips from the Richard II school broadcast that happened on Friday 15th November 2013 together with a Question And Answer live session with David Tennant and RSC's Artistic Director Gregory Doran. Jane Welsh, director of language for learning at St Albans Academy talked about the children first encounter with a Shakespeare live performance.

David Tennant played the title role in Stratford-upon-Avon from Thursday 10th October 2013 until Saturday 16th November 2013 before the production transferred to The Barbican Centre in London from Monday 9th December 2013 until Saturday 25th January 2014.

David reprised his role as Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company in January 2016 as a part of The Kings And Country Cycle, before transferring at Brooklyn Academy Of Arts (BAM) in NYC in March.

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Sunday 10 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Sunday 10th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a short clip from a Doctor Who Confidential which was first broadcast on BBC Three in 2008.

In this funny video David Tennant showed how to play cards!

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Saturday 9 July 2016

David Tennant 4 Today for Saturday 9th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a video clip from the studio of Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show when David co-hosted.

This segment is titled The Ultimate Baddie and Christian asks David how many different impressions of baddies he can do in 60 seconds.

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Friday 8 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Friday 8th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the twelfth production diary video of The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard II which starred David Tennant as Richard.

In this video the producer of the live broadcast of Richard II, John Wyver, talks on the eve of the broadcast about the technical preparations involved in bringing the production to cinemas across the world.


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Thursday 7 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Thursday 7th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a video clip from the Never Mind The Buzzcocks Doctor Who special which was hosted by David Tennant. The team members included Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins.

In this segment David and his guests discussws the British rock band Coldplay.

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Wednesday 6 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Wednesday 6th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 of David Tennant talking to BBC Radio Four about Billie Piper in the play Great Britain from July 2014.

David was briefly asked during the interval of the play at the National Theatre by a reporter for the Today programme what he thought of the play and he replied "It's a fantastic piece. Billie is, of course, magnificent."

The reporter, Zoe Conway, then said that the director of the play, Nicholas Hytner, had described it as 'a grotesque distortion of reality' and asked David what he made of it. David replied "I think the reality, as we've learnt from some of the stuff that's come out in the Old Bailey is pretty grotesque to start with, isn't it? So I think it's interesting, to see that reflected in a slightly heightened form, but then at other times you wonder how heightened it really is with some of the truths that were uncovered."

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Tuesday 5 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Tuesday 5th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the eleventh production diary video of The RSC's Richard II which starred David Tennant as Richard.

This video features David Tennant talking about his excitement in the lead-up to his first ever live theatre performance to audiences in cinemas across the world.


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Monday 4 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Monday 4th July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a video of the Doctor Who quiz segment of the Never Mind the Buzzcocks Special which was hosted by David Tennant.  Included on the panel were Catherine Tate and Jo Whiley.

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Sunday 3 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Sunday 3rd July 2016

Today the David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a video of part of his interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert from April 2016.

This clip (which should play worldwide) is titled 'David Tennant Explains Why Shakespeare Still Matters.'











Saturday 2 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Saturday 2nd July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the tenth production diary for Richard II which was posted online by The Royal Shakespeare Company in November 2013.

David Tennant played the title role of Richard II in Stratford-upon-Avon from Thursday 10th October 2013 until Saturday 16th November 2013 before the production transferred to the Barbican Centre in London from 9th December 2013 until Saturday 25th January 2014.

David reprised his role as Richard II for the RSC Kings And Country cycle  at Barbican in January 2016 before transferring at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music (Bam) in NYC in March 2016.

In this video designer Stephen Brimson Lewis explained how he created the critically acclaimed design for the world of Richard II.

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Friday 1 July 2016

David Tennant Treat 4 Today for Friday 1st July 2016

The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is a MP3 from when David Tennant and Catherine Tate co-hosted The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC Radio Two on Boxing Day 2009 (Saturday 26th December).

In this 7 minute clip David and Catherine discussed Bernard Cribbins and Christmas dinner.

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