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2008 Run Time: 300 minutes Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images ? Product Description Takin' Over The Asylum was first broadcast on BBC1 as a six-part series in September 1994. Written by Donna Franceschild, directed by David Blair (Anna Karenina, The Lakes) and starring Ken Stott (Messiah, Rebus) and David Tennant (Doctor Who) in award winning debut performances plus a cameo from Spike Milligan, the acclaimed black comedy Takin' Over The Asylum is available for the first time ever on DVD from 2nd June, priced £19.99. Stott stars as Eddie McKenna, a double-glazing salesman who moonlights as a DJ for hospital radio in a Scottish mental asylum. He nurtures close friendships with the patients there including Francine (Katy Murphy, Our Mutual Friend, Honest) a self-harmer and Campbell (David Tennant, Doctor Who) a manic depressive, with whom he shares a dream to make it onto the commercial radio scene. Campbell's inspired antics promise to bring the pair closer to their aim, but the pressures of life outside of the hospital begin to tell on Eddie.

A vindictive colleague leads his small-minded boss to ban his activities and his eccentric grandmother returns suddenly to Lithuania leaving him penniless and alone. Eddie finds himself drawn to the troubled Francine, but when the radio is threatened with closure he turns to Campbell for comfort. As Campbell regains control over his life and courts success, Eddies goes into decline and he is finally forced to face his own illness - alcoholism. Takin Over The Asylum provided breakthrough acting roles for both Stott and Tennant. The black comedy went on to win several awards, including a BAFTA for best drama serial in 1995, as well as praise from mental-health groups. "Everything about this series is perfect rich in character, it treads a delicate path between tragedy and comedy". Daily Mirror DVD Special Features Audio Commentary with David Tennant Never seen before footage: David Tennant's original audition tape for the role of Campbell. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Ken Stott (Actor) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Ken Stott Male Born Oct 19, 1954 Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott is a Scottish actor, particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in television.

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FIFTIES 2006 51 Years Old His highest-profile television roles have included hospital radio DJ Eddie McKenna in BBC Scotland's Takin' Over The Asylum the leading character, DCI Red Metcalfe, in the BBC crime drama series Messiah (BBC One, 2001â05); DI Chappell in ITV police drama The Vice (1999â2003); as a drunk who fantasises about finding redemption by joining the Salvation Army in Promoted to Glory (ITV, 2003); as Adolf Hitler in Uncle Adolf (ITV, 2005) and as a fictional Chancellor of the Exchequer in Richard Curtis's The Girl in the CafÃ© (BBC One, 2005). 2006 saw him take over the title character in detective series Rebus, a television adaptation of the Ian Rankin novels which had previously starred John Hannah. 2008 53 Years Old In 2008 Stott was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for his performance as comedian Tony Hancock in BBC Four's Hancock and Joan.

… Read More His played the father of cookery writer Nigel Slater in the BBC One adaptation of Slater's autobiographical novel Toast, opposite Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore. Read Less 2009 54 Years Old … On the big screen, he has tended to play mostly supporting parts, such as DI McCall in Shallow Grave (1994), Ted in Fever Pitch (1997), Marius Honorius in King Arthur (2004), an Israeli arms merchant in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and Trufflehunter, a badger loyal to Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). However, he has had occasional starring roles in the cinema, most notably opposite Billy Connolly and Iain Robertson in The Debt Collector (1999) and Plunkett and Macleane of the same year. Most recently, he has starred as Balin in the live-action adaptation of The Hobbit, and played the role to critical acclaim. Stott played a supporting role as Dexter Mayhew's father in One Day (2011) starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.

<br /><br />Stott has continued to act on stage, and in 1997 was nominated for Best Actor at the Laurence Olivier Awards for his role in the Yasmina Reza play Art in which had appeared with Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. In 2008 Stott starred in another West End production of a Reza play, this time God of Carnage, alongside Tamsin Greig, Janet McTeer and Ralph Fiennes at the Gielgud Theatre. Read Less He starred in a revival of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge at the Duke of York's Theatre in early 2009 and reprised his role of Michael in God of Carnage on Broadway (as a replacement for James Gandolfini) at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York. … Read More He is a popular choice for voice work, as narrator for series such as Trawlermen, a documentary following North Sea trawlers, and Send in the Dogs, following the work of UK Police Officers and their canine partners.<br /><br /> Stott has a son, David (born 1985), by his marriage, which ended in divorce. He has not remarried.

He currently lives with his girlfriend, the artist Nina Gehl. He is a supporter of Heart of Midlothian F.C. <br /><br /> win, 3 nominations <br /><br /> 2 win, 2 nominations <br /><br /> 1 win, 4 nominations <br /><br /> wins 1 nomination Read Less 2014 59 Years Old … Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal National Theatre. Read Less He is more recently known for his role as the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012â2014), and as Ian Garrett in the 2014 BBC TV mini-series The Missing starring alongside James Nesbitt.

… Read More His many notable roles in UK television include the role of Edward 'Eddie' McKenna in the Scottish BBC miniseries Takin' Over The Asylum (1994) co-starring with a young David Tennant, the title character DI John Rebus in the crime fiction-mystery series Rebus (2000â2007) and also as DCI Red Metcalfe in Messiah (2001â2008).<br /><br /> Stott was born in Edinburgh. His mother, Antonia (nÃ©e Sansica), was a Sicilian lecturer whose own father had previously been a priest. His father, David Stott, was a Scottish teacher and educational administrator. Stott was educated at George Heriot's School. For three years in his youth he was a member of a band called Keyhole, members of which later went on to form the Bay City Rollers. After attending Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, Stott began working in the theatre for the Royal Shakespeare Company, but for some years his earnings from acting were minimal and he was forced to support himself by also working as a double glazing salesman.

This is echoed in the character he plays in Takin' Over the Asylum. Read Less LATE ADULTHOOD 2015 60 Years Old In 2015, Stott played Arthur Birling in Helen Edmundson's BBC TV adaptation of J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls. Original Authors of this text are noted on . David Tennant to appear in Of Mice and Men on Radio 4 | Media | The Guardian David Tennant to appear in Of Mice and Men on Radio 4 Doctor Who star to feature as George Milton in adaptation of John Steinbeck novel David Tennant: will be succeeded by Matt Smith in Doctor Who. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Wednesday 9 September 2009 02.08 EDT First published on Wednesday 9 September 2009 02.08 EDT Close This article is 7 years old David Tennant is to star in a BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

The Doctor Who star will play George Milton opposite Liam Brennan as Lennie Small in the story of two migrant workers in 1930s California whose dream of owning a place of their own is destroyed. Steinbeck's seminal novella has been adapted by writer and dramatist Donna Franceschild, who worked with Tennant on BBC2 drama Takin' Over the Asylum, in which he starred with Ken Stott in 1994. Of Mice and Men will air in Radio 4's Classic Serial slot early next year. Tennant will step down from his role as the doctor after three specials that will air towards the end of this year. He will be succeeded by Matt Smith. Tennant's previous Radio 4 plays have included The Wooden Overcoat by Pamela Branch in the Saturday play slot in 2007. A BBC Scotland Radio Drama production, Of Mice and Men will co-star Jude Akuwudike, Christopher Fairbank, Melody Grove, Neil McKinven and Richard Madden. It is produced by Kirsty Williams.

Of Mice and Men has been adapted several times for television and cinema, including a TV version in 1981 starring Robert Blake and Randy Quaid, and a big screen version in 1992 starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinese. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication". David Tennant - Biography - IMDb David Tennant Biography Showing all 152 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (98) | Personal Quotes (46) Overview (3) 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (1) David Tennant was born David John McDonald in West Lothian, Scotland, to Essdale Helen (McLeod) and Sandy McDonald , who was a Presbyterian minister. He is of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent.

When he was about 3 or 4 years old, he decided to become an actor, inspired by his love of Doctor Who (1963). He was brought up in Bathgate, West Lothian and Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland and was a huge fan of the band The Proclaimers . He attended Paisley Grammar school and while there he wrote about how he wanted to become a professional actor and play the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). He made his first television appearance (which was also his first professional acting job) when he was 16, after his father sent some photos of him to a casting director at Scottish television. He also attended a youth theatre group at weekends run by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD - now renamed the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland [RCS]). When he was 16 he auditioned for and won a place at the RSAMD; the youngest student to ever do so, and started as a full time drama student when he was 17.

He worked regularly in theatre and TV after leaving drama school, and his first big break came in 1994 when he was cast in a lead role in the Scottish drama Takin' Over the Asylum (1994). He then moved to London where his career thrived. Amongst other things, he spent several years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and became famous from his lead roles in TV dramas Blackpool (2004) and Casanova (2005). In 2005, his childhood wish came true. David was cast to play the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who (2005) alongside Billie Piper , after Christopher Eccleston decided to leave. Playing the Doctor made him a household name. Since leaving the series in 2010 his career has continued to rise, with lead roles in films, TV series and theatre.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Samtroy Spouse (1) ( 30 December 2011 - present) (4 children) Trade Mark (3) Raising his eyebrows a lot Trivia (98) David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in "As You Like It," Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet," Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors," and Captain Jack Absolute in "The Rivals.". He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in "Lobby Hero" performed at the Donmar Warehouse and the New Ambassador's Theatres. Attended Paisley Grammar. Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Acted with the 7:84 Theatre Company, a genre-bending, ground-breaking, political Scottish Theatre Group. Decided to be an actor at the age of three. Cast as "Tenth Doctor" for BBC Doctor Who (2005) series to star alongside Billie Piper (April 2005).

While attending Paisley Grammar School, he wrote an essay on how his greatest desire was to play Doctor Who on TV. Best friends with Louise Delamere ( No Angels (2004)). They went to Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama together and shared a flat. Chose his acting surname from Neil Tennant , singer with Pet Shop Boys . This came after reading an interview with Tennant in "Smash Hits" shortly after learning that he would have to change his professional name in order to join the actors' union, Equity, as there was already a registered member with his real name, David McDonald. Nominated for Best Classical Actor Under 30, Ian Charleson Award for his theater role in "Comedy of Errors" as Antipholus of Syracuse. [2000] Won Best Male Performance, Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland, for his role in "Look Back in Anger" as Jimmy Porter. [2005] Won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association, for his role in "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom. Is a big fan of film director Alfred Hitchcock .

Is the second Scots actor to be cast as "The Doctor" (and got a chance to use his actual accent, once, when the Doctor poses as a Scottish physician in episode Doctor Who: Tooth and Claw (2006)). The first was Sylvester McCoy , who was cast as the seventh Doctor in the original series. McCoy's time in the TARDIS was from 1987 to 1989. On August 31, 2007, he turned on the illumination lights for Blackpool. His heroes are John Cleese and Derek Jacobi . Says that his favorite Doctor from the original Doctor Who (1963) was Tom Baker . Considers Paisley as his hometown. His father is Sandy McDonald , a retired minister; mother Helen died of cancer in July 2007. Has a brother, Blair, and a sister, Karen. Favorite actress is Audrey Hepburn . Favorite book is "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger .

Along with Matt Smith , Elisabeth Sladen , John Leeson , Tommy Knight , Alexander Armstrong , Lachele Carl , and Nicholas Courtney , he is one of only eight actors to play the same character in both Doctor Who (2005) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007). So many people wanted to see him in the 2009 RSC Production of Hamlet; the London run at the Novello Theater sold out in three hours. Missed out for a nomination for the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for his "Hamlet" because he did not perform enough shows in London after the show transfered from Stratford-Upon-Avon, due to a back injury and surgery during the London run. Nominated 2009 Evening Standard Theater Award for Best Actor for his Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Won 2009 Critics Choice Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for his Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Nominated for the 2008 Royal Television Society Award-Best Actor for Recovery and Doctor Who.

Nominated for the 2009 Broadcasting Guild Awards-Best Actor for his portrayal of "Sir Arthur Eddington" in Einstein and Eddington (2008) and "The Doctor" in Doctor Who (2005). Winner 2009 Theatregoers' Choice Award Best Regional Production was RSC Production of Hamlet with David Tennant and 2009 Theatregoers' Choice Award for Theatre Event of the Year was David Tennant's return to the stage in the RSC Production of Hamlet. From taking the role of The Doctor in 2005 to when he gave the role up in 2010, he became the second longest actor to play the title role on television and the third longest overall. Married to Georgia Moffett since 30th December 2011. They met on the set of Doctor Who (2005) in November 2007, but did not become a couple until some time later. She is the daughter of former "Doctor Who" actor Peter Davison . In January 2011, UK tabloids reported that they had moved in together and become engaged.

Moffett gave birth to the couple's first child two months later, and they married nine months after that. Tennant has never spoken about or confirmed their relationship to the media, though Moffett occasionally posts about him on her social media pages. Tennant revealed on The New Paul O'Grady Show (2004) that he had auditioned for the role of "the Blue Meanie" in the remake of Yellow Submarine (1968). His fiancée, actress Georgia Moffett , gave birth to his first child, a daughter named Olive, on 29 March 2011. He is the second of three non-English actors to portray the "Doctor Who" character. Along with Sylvester McCoy , and Peter Capaldi , all three are Scottish. Married Georgia Moffett on the 30th December 2011. He adopted his wife's son, Tyler, in 2011. He started acting with the hope that he would one day get to play the title role on "Doctor Who". Is a big fan of the TV series, Firefly (2002). Son-in-law of Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson .

His all-time favourite Doctor Who character is the Zygons, who first appeared in Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons: Part One (1975), a Fourth Doctor adventure. Auditioned for the lead role in the American NBC TV series Hannibal. Tennant was unsuccessful, but show-runner Bryan Fuller said in a magazine interview that Tennant's audition was so impressive, he wanted to write him a guest spot as a deranged serial killer. His wife became pregnant for the third time seven months after their wedding, and gave birth on 3rd May 2013. Did not enjoy doing the automatic dialogue replacement in post-production for Doctor Who (2005) episodes. Is the second in a string of Scotish born actors to play the Doctor along side Sylvester McCoy , the 7th Doctor, and Peter Capaldi the 12th Doctor. Used to get in trouble at school because all of the essays he wrote were about Doctor Who (1963) in some way. His most treasured childhood possession was a scarf that an aunt knitted him that was modeled after the iconic multi-colored one worn by Tom Baker on ''Doctor Who''.

The appearance of Lex Luthor's assistant Spalding in Paul Cornell 's run on ''Action Comics'' is based on him. Cornell has written many expanded universe stories featuring Tennant's Tenth Doctor. Legally changed his name to David Tennant, due to rules of the Screen Actors' Guild of America (one's stage name must be the same as one's legal name). Announced he is leaving Doctor Who (2005) after he films four "Bank Holiday" specials and a Christmas special for 2009. Has already finished work on the 2008 Doctor Who (2005) Christmas special. [October 2008] Filming mini-series drama, Single Father (2010), for BBC Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. [April 2010] Margate, Kent: filming True Love (2012). Tennant started work on "True Love" two days after his play, "Much Ado About Nothing", ended. [September 2011] London: Filming the TV series, The Politician's Husband (2013). (In June and July).

[June 2012] Filming for Fright Night (2011), in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [September 2010] In Carlisle and Newcastle filming United (2011). [December 2010] Recording the radio play Kafka, the Musical in London. [January 2011] In London rehearsing for the play 'Much Ado About Nothing.' Rehearsals started on 4 April in Shepherd's Bush. [April 2011] Cardiff, Wales: Filming Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special [April 2013] Poland: shooting Spies of Warsaw (2013) (between early April and mid-June). [April 2012] Los Angeles, attending the TCAs. Tennant was in LA for three days only as he was in the middle of shooting different projects. [August 2012] London, shooting a TV commercial for Virgin. [December 2012] Wales, filming the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special.

[April 2013] London: Recording the audiobook 'How to Steal a Dragon's Heart.' [January 2013] Filming for the film, The Decoy Bride (2011), in Scotland and Isle of Man. [June 2010] Bristol: Filming the TV series, Broadchurch (2013) (from early August to December). [August 2012] Los Angeles: Auditioning for acting work and doing publicity for Spies of Warsaw. [December 2012] Filming Single Father (2010) in Edinburgh. [May 2010] London: recording the comedy panel game show ''Comedy World Cup'' (as presenter). Tennant filmed Broadchurch Mon-Fri in Bristol and returned to London on the weekends to record Comedy World Cup. [November 2012] Hertfordshire and London, filming The Escape Artist. [February 2013] Scotland, filming The Escape Artist [March 2013] Guest starring in the comedy stage show 'Celebrity Autobiography' at the Leicester Square Theatre in London.

Tennant made his first performance two days after he returned to England from New Mexico, where he'd been shooting the film Fright Night. [October 2010] Coventry, Wales and Warwickshire: filming Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012) (filming took place during October and November). [October 2011] As of April 16, 2005, officially announced as the tenth actor to play the classic television character "Doctor Who," taking over from Christopher Eccleston for the second series of the BBC's Sci-Fi show revival. [April 2005] Filming the 2007 Christmas episode of Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007), with Kylie Minogue in Cardiff. [July 2007] Newcastle: shooting the BBC2 film, United (2011). [November 2010] In Uganda filming for Comic Relief. [November 2010] London, filming the BBC1 drama series The Escape Artist (2013). During this month Tennant also recorded numerous audio books and radio plays.

[January 2013] Playing "Hamlet" in RSC Stratford-upon-Avon, alongside Patrick Stewart . [August 2008] London and Watford, Hertfordshire, filming The Politician's Husband (2013) (between mid-June and the end of July). Tennant started work on the series two days after he returned from Poland. [June 2012] June-July 2012. London, filming )The Politician's Husband_. August - December 2012. Dorset and Somerset, filming Broadchurch. January - March 2013. London, Scotland and Hertfordshire, filming The Escape Artist (2013). April - May 2013. Filming the Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) in Wales. His son was born the day after his final day on set. Tennant then took three weeks off, though he recorded several voice overs and TV commercials, and took a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon to have meetings for Richard II during this time. June - August 2013.

Filming the movie What We Did On Our Holiday in Scotland. January - May 2014. Filming Gracepoint in Victoria, Canada. David flew to Canada the day after the final performance of Richard II. May - October 2014. Filming Broadchurch series 2 in Dorset, Devon and Somerset. David started work on Broadchurch three days after flying home from Canada. August 2013 - January 2014. Playing Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare Production of the play in London and Stratford-upon-Avon. Is a huge fan of Madonna and says "Like a Virgin" was the first single he ever bought. Is a huge fan of The West Wing (1999). In 2007, Tennant became only the second actor to play the Doctor in the Doctor Who TV series to be interviewed as a guest on the UK's most celebrated talk show, Parkinson (1971). The first had been Jon Pertwee , who had been interviewed in 1980, six years after he had left the part. Won Best Actor Award for his role in 'Richard II' at British Stage Awards 2015.

Amazed the audience at his first appearance on the BBC radio quiz show "Just a Minute" (25 Feb 2015) by speaking extemporaneously for a full minute on the topic "Exit, Pursued by a Bear.". (February 2015 - August 2015) New York, shooting 'aka Jessica Jones'. Is the only actor to play two canonical incarnations of The Doctor. Her fourth child a daughter named Doris was born in 2015. Personal Quotes (46) Drama school is a pretty intense experience and I think it changes who you are. I think I grew up at drama school (which was fairly useful personally as much as professionally) and I certainly got exposed to a huge range of ideas, techniques, and practices that I had no previous experience of. I wouldn't have known what I was doing as an actor if I hadn't gone. On his early decision to become an actor: "I was very small, about 3 or 4 I think, and just wanted to be the people on telly telling these wonderful stories. Obviously the idea grew and matured with me but I can't ever remember wanting to do anything else.

I've just sort of taken it for granted all my life that that was what I would do." I do thrive on hard work. Unlike other enduring characters such as Sherlock Holmes or Tarzan, being the Doctor allows you a certain freedom that is both very demanding and very thrilling. It allows you to make the character using elements of yourself. I was sent good luck cards from Tom Baker and Peter Davison . They were the Doctors I grew up watching, while eating toast and drinking Tizer at home, so I was very honoured. I've always been a geek and slightly awkward... slightly umm... I was never the cool kid at school. I'm as happy doing 'Postman Pat' as I am doing 'Hamlet.' I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be. I love characters who are clever and smart, and you have to run to catch up with. I think there's something very appealing and rather heroic in that. I love a bit of political drama; 'The West Wing' is probably my favourite television series of all time. I'd love to work with Aaron Sorkin on something.

Just the way he writes, he has no fear in writing people that are fiercely intelligent, and I love that. I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or television and probably television more than any medium is what influenced me as a child and formed my response to literature, story-telling and, therefore, the world around me. I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they acted out this story and just thinking that was the most fantastic notion, and that's what I want to do. I have such fond memories of watching Doctor Who (1963) when I was a kid and growing up, that if I've left anybody anywhere with memories as fond, then I feel like I've done my job. I don't think I have ever done anything for this age of children before, a pre-school audience. Generally speaking, we don't have vivid memories of that age and what influenced us, yet clearly they are hugely formative years and it's really important that we can create television of a high quality for that audience.

Animation is a fascinating area from an acting point of view because it's not really like anything else because you are only providing a portion of the performance. That's very inspiring and it forces you to do things in a different way - to tell stories through your voice. Twitter! It's like being stalked by committee! The gritty indie films are a lot rarer than the films that aspire to fill multiplexes. The bad guys probably get the better lines, don't they? And they wear less spandex. That would be quite good. BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four - Thirty-nine reasons why we love David Tennant Radio 4 in Four Read more about sharing. Thirty-nine reasons why we love David Tennant Actor David Tennant takes the lead in Richard Wilson's production of John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and presents an associated documentary, Tennant Looks Back At Osborne – both programmes are broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday 30 April. Normally we try and be all impartial and neutral. But not so much, this time. We LOVE David Tennant. Love. Him.

Here are a few of the reasons why… and believe us these are just the tip of the iceberg… He chose Eddie Izzard and Tim Minchin in his Desert Island Discs. On his first outing in Radio 4’s Just a Minute he did the full minute (of COURSE he did – just click on the sound clip to hear him). He often wears a hoodie, as he believes it makes people avoid him. 'Presumably they think you’re about to murder them.' He’s scared of mice. A reviewer made him cry when he made his second stage appearance in King Arthur. The critic said he 'lacks any charm or ability whatsoever.' Someone once asked him for his autograph while he was in the shower. It wasn’t us.* *Yes it was... (Ed.) As Doctor Who he turned pinstriped suits with Converse into A Thing (see the outfit in the video clip)... He kept his sonic screwdriver from when he was The Doctor. His heroes are Derek Jacobi and John Cleese. He took the chemistry he had with Catherine Tate in Doctor Who on to the West End stage, in Much Ado About Nothing. He played Casanova and everyone suddenly realised how Casanova got away with it.

Spookily, when he was 13, David Tennant wrote in a school essay called 'Intergalactic Overdose' that he was 'convinced' he was 'going to play the part of the Doctor on TV'. One of his first appearances was as a patient in BBC Scotland’s Takin’ Over the Asylum, which starred Ken Stott as a DJ on psychiatric hospital radio. David Tennant as Davina in Rab C Nesbitt In 2008 he was awarded Greenest Star on the Planet. Time travel has a low carbon footprint, apparently. He uncovered his dark side as Kilgrave, the terrifying control freak in Jessica Jones. He is married to Georgia Moffett who is the daughter of Peter Davison, the cricket whites-wearing Doctor, and Georgia played David’s daughter in Doctor Who. Still with us? One of his first TV appearances was as a transsexual called Davina in an episode of a Rab C Nesbitt series. He’s a huge Hitchcock fan. He put people off ever going near cliffs in Broadchurch. He auditioned six times for Taggart and never got a part. He suffers from acute stage fright.

David Tennant as Richard II When he was voted Sexiest Actor in 2005 he claimed to have voted for John Barrowman. He gives great raffle prizes to his local school summer fair. He dislikes astrology and McDonalds. Comedian Arabella Weir was his landlady and he’s godfather to her eldest child. He is immensely kind to his fans, even recreating a Doctor Who clip for an ill child. He played Richard II with a long wig and brocade gown. He loved Doctor Who as a child and carried a Tom Baker doll around school. He describes Twitter as 'like being stalked by committee'. The first single he bought was Madonna’s Like a Virgin. During Tennant’s tenure the Tardis was slightly whiffy as he was often engaged in a farting competition with John Barrowman. He was caught speeding on deserted roads in the middle of the night, twice. In Wales. In a Skoda. He gave us the saddest Doctor Who exit ever when he was separated from Billie Piper as Rose. He gives great Hamlet (watch the 'coward' soliloquy in the video clip). The theatre sold out of tickets in three hours.

He nicked the 'Tennant' part of his name from Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys. His real surname is MacDonald but for Equity he had to change it. As he got the name from a copy of Smash Hits, he points out that he could have been 'David Kajagoogoo.' Appearing in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was, he says, odd. 'You sit on the set with the cream of the National Theatre and the RSC, all clutching wands or wearing witches’ hats.' He decided on acting as a career when he was three. He made his grandma knit him a Tom Baker-esque scarf when he was little. He loves us. That’s definitely true. Yes. David Tennant to appear in Of Mice and Men on Radio 4: tennant_love Next David Tennant to appear in Of Mice and Men on Radio 4 David Tennant is to star in a BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

The Doctor Who star will play George Milton opposite Liam Brennan as Lennie Small in the story of two migrant workers in 1930s California whose dream of owning a place of their own is destroyed. Steinbeck's seminal novella has been adapted by writer and dramatist Donna Franceschild, who worked with Tennant on BBC2 drama Takin' Over the Asylum, in which he starred with Ken Stott in 1994. Of Mice and Men will air in Radio 4's Classic Serial slot early next year. Tennant will step down from his role as the doctor after three specials that will air towards the end of this year. He will be succeeded by Matt Smith. Tennant's previous Radio 4 plays have included The Wooden Overcoat by Pamela Branch in the Saturday play slot in 2007. A BBC Scotland Radio Drama production, Of Mice and Men will co-star Jude Akuwudike, Christopher Fairbank, Melody Grove, Neil McKinven and Richard Madden. It is produced by Kirsty Williams.

Of Mice and Men has been adapted several times for television and cinema, including a TV version in 1981 starring Robert Blake and Randy Quaid, and a big screen version in 1992 starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinese. Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal We will log you in after post We will log you in after post We will log you in after post We will log you in after post We will log you in after post Anonymously David Tennant: TV Shows Starring David Tennant -11 Items- ; 5 Extras Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant Extras is a British sitcom about extras working in television and film sets and in theatre. The series was co-produced by the BBC and HBO, and was created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and ; 6 Dreamland Stuart Milligan, Clarke Peters, Nicholas Rowe Dreamland is the third animated Doctor Who serial to air on television, and the second to air after the revival of the live-action series in 2005.

It stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and aired ; 7 Duck Patrol David Tennant, Richard Wilson, Sue Johnston Duck Patrol is a British television comedy series that originally aired in 1998. Produced by LWT for the ITV network, it centered on a river police station by the River Thames. The series consisted of ; 8 Earthflight David Tennant Earthflight is a British nature documentary that shows a flight from the view of the wings of birds across six continents, showing some of the world's greatest natural spectacles from a bird's-eye ; 10 The Graham Norton Show The Graham Norton Show is a British comedy chat show broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It was shown on BBC Two from February 2007 to May 2009 and has been on BBC One since October 2009. ; 11 Love Life David Tennant, Billie Piper, David Morrissey Love Life is a British drama television miniseries shown on ITV.

12 The Quatermass Experiment Katie Johnson, Reginald Tate The Quatermass Experiment is a British science-fiction serial broadcast by BBC Television during the summer of 1953 and re-staged by BBC Four in 2005. Set in the near future against the background of ; 13 Who Do You Think You Are? Who Do You Think You Are? is a British genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004. It is made by the production company Wall to Wall. In each episode, a celebrity goes on a ; 14 Nan's Christmas Carol David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Ben Miller Nan's Christmas Carol is a spin-off of The Catherine Tate Show. The one-off special based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is about Nan visited by three ghosts on Christmas night in her council ; 15 People Like Us David Tennant, Lucy Punch, Sarah Alexander People Like Us was a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer.

Originally a radio ; 16 Playhouse Presents Emma Thompson, David Tennant, Hayley Atwell Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different ; 17 Rab C. Nesbitt David Tennant, Barbara Rafferty, Elaine C. Smith Rab C. Nesbitt is a Scottish Comedy which began in 1988. Produced by BBC Scotland, it stars Gregor Fisher as an alcoholic Glaswegian who seeks unemployment as a lifestyle choice. Rab C. Nesbitt was ; 18 Recovery David Tennant, Sarah Parish Recovery is a British television film, first broadcast on BBC One in 2007, starring David Tennant and Sarah Parish. ; 19 Rex Is Not Your Lawyer David Tennant, Abigail Spencer, Jane Curtin Rex Is Not Your Lawyer was a proposed legal drama from actor Andrew Leeds and novelist David Lampson.

A pilot was shot in December 2009, starring David Tennant, Jerry O'Connell, Abigail Spencer, Jane ; 20 Scream of the Shalka Derek Jacobi, Richard E. Grant, Sophie Okonedo Scream of the Shalka is a Flash-animated series based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was produced to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the series and was ; 21 Secret Smile David Tennant, Claire Goose, Kate Ashfield Secret Smile is a British drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005. It is set in Acton, London and is based on the Nicci French book of the same name, directed by Christopher Menaul and ; 22 Single Father David Tennant, Millie Innes, Chris Hegarty Single Father is a four-episode 2010 BBC television drama centred on Dave, a photographer attempting to look after his children as a single father after the death of his partner, Rita, in a road ; 23 Spies of Warsaw David Tennant, Janet Montgomery Spies of Warsaw is a 2013 tv mini series.

24 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation with the division Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, Lucasfilm and ; 25 Takin' Over the Asylum David Tennant, Ken Stott, Angus Macfadyen Takin' Over the Asylum is a six-part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. It was written by Donna Franceschild, produced by Chris Parr and ; Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch David Tennant, Joanna Scanlan, Debbie Welsh 27 The Quatermass Experiment David Tennant, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss The Quatermass Experiment was a 2005 live remake of the 1953 TV series of the same name by Nigel Kneale. ; 28 True Love David Tennant, Billie Piper, David Morrissey True Love is a five-episode 2012 semi-improvised BBC television drama, which began on BBC One on 17 June 2012.

Each episode is a self-contained story, devised through improvisation, exploring an issue ; 29 Twenty Twelve David Tennant, Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Colman Twenty Twelve was a BBC television comedy series written and directed by John Morton. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Amelia Bullmore, the programme was a spoof on-location documentary ; 30 Viva Blackpool David Tennant, David Morrissey, David Bradley Blackpool is a British television musical comedy drama serial, produced in-house by the BBC. It was screened on BBC One as six one-hour episodes on Thursday nights at 9pm from 11 November to 16 ;

Question: Which Dr Who actor starred with Ken Stott in the 1994 BBC Scotland drama 'Takin' Over the Asylum ?
Answer: DAVID TENNANT