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David Tennant
David Tennant was born in Bathgate, West Lothian as David John Macdonald (18th April 1971), Tennant was educated at Ralston Primary and Paisley Grammar School. He also attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
When he completed his studies, Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He also played the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. It was announced on 30 August 2007 that he is returning to play Hamlet. In 1995, Tennant appeared at the Royal National Theatre, London, playing the role of Nicholas John Truman Beckett in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw.
Tennant appeared in several high-profile dramas for the BBC, including Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), He Knew He Was Right (2004), Blackpool (2004), Casanova (2005) and The Quatermass (2005).He also played Barty Crouch Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. David Tennant's name was put forward as a possible candidate for the role of the Ninth Doctor for the new series that began in March 2005 although the role eventually went to Christopher Eccleston. He made his first brief appearance in the episode "The Parting of the Ways" (2005) after the regeneration scene.
His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a sixty-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005.Tennant continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008, and will continue in specials that will make up the 2009 series. However, he is now replaced by Matt Smith in the role of the Doctor.
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David Tennant - news / articles
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Tennant's costly Doctor Who sacrifice -
11 July 2010
-Actor David Tennant's bank balance took a hit when he gave up Doctor Who for a Shakespeare role - the decision cost him £1 million, according to new figures.-
-The Brit's fortune plummeted from £2.5 million to £1.5 million in the first nine months after
David Tennant - what members say
review by from Norfolk, England
Good BBC drama 27 December 2005
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Brillant!! 24 October 2006
review by A customer from Sutton, Greater London
Who is back.. 8 June 2006
David Tennant - filmography
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Broadchurch
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2013)
Starring: Olivia Colman, David Tennant
Director: James Strong
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A hot morning in July and the Dorset town of Broadchurch is bracing itself for the tourist season when Danny Latimer, an 11 year old schoolboy, goes missing.
His mother, Beth, frantically starts to search for him while her best friend, Ellie Miller, a local police officer, arrives at work to ..read more »
 
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
(2012)
Starring: Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, David Tennant
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Collection of performances of all of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. Among the cast are Fiona Shaw, Sir Patrick Stewart, David Tennant, Dominic West, Stephen Fry and Simon Callow.
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Spies Of Warsaw
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Anton Lesser, Tuppence Middleton, Ludger Pistor
Director: Coky Giedroyc
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David Tennant and Janet Montgomery star in this espionage drama as lovers swept up in the intrigue, romance and chaos of pre-WWII Europe. After arriving to take up his post in Warsaw, newly appointed French military attaché, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier (Tennant), soon finds himself dragged into ..read more »
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Nativity! 2 - Danger In The Manger - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Joanna Page, Pam Ferris, Ian Mcneice
Director: Debbie Isitt
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This Christmas, the unforgettable pupils of St. Bernadette s have set their hearts on competing in the National choir contest A Song For Christmas . But with the headmistress not in favour of the plan, new class teacher Mr Peterson (David Tennant) has his hands full trying to curb the enthusiasm of ..read more »
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Prefaces To Shakespeare
(2012)
Starring: David Tennant, Derek Jacobi, Ethan Hawke
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Six-part documentary series exploring the work of Shakespeare. The programme is presented by actors such as David Tennant, Ethan Hawke, Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson and takes a look at the writer's most well-known plays, discussing his inspiration, his characters and performances of these ..read more »
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Nativity! 2 - Danger In The Manger
(2012)
Starring: Joanna Page, Pam Ferris, Ian Mcneice
Director: Debbie Isitt
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This Christmas, the unforgettable pupils of St. Bernadette s have set their hearts on competing in the National choir contest A Song For Christmas . But with the headmistress not in favour of the plan, new class teacher Mr Peterson (David Tennant) has his hands full trying to curb the enthusiasm of ..read more »
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from 182 members
Due for release on 18th November 2013
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The Decoy Bride
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Hamish Clark, Federico Castelluccio, Ken Matthews
Director: Sheree Folkson
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David Tennant, Kelly MacDonald and Alice Eve star in this romantic comedy set in rural Scotland. When Katie (MacDonald) is jilted at the altar, she returns broken-hearted to her remote Scottish island home. But little does she know that Hollwood superstar Lara Tyler (Eve) has chosen the island as ..read more »
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Twenty Twelve - S01 E04
(2011)
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman
Director: John MortonÂ
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Dave Wellbeck is an ex athlete, double Olympic silver medallist and in theory a natural choice as Brand Ambassador for Raising the Bar - a scheme to get young people inspired by Olympic ideals. He's hard working, conscientious, and loyal but the truth is that he has about as much charisma as a ..read more »
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Twenty Twelve - S01 E03
(2011)
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman
Director: John MortonÂ
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It's another challenging week for Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher and his team. Roman remains have been discovered on the site of the Aquatics Centre, forcing them to contemplate radical last minute modifications to the design the building.
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Fright Night - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Director: Craig Gillespie
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Teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), the opportunistic host of his favorite TV show, to help him take down Jerry and ..read more »
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True Love - Series 1
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: David Morrissey, Ashley Walters, David Tennant
Director: Dominic Savage
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All five episodes from the first series of the BBC's improvised drama strand. Set in Margate, each 30-minute, self-contained story examines a different dilemma or situation revolving around modern day themes of love and relationships. David Tennant, Billie Piper, Jane Horrocks, Ashley Walters and ..read more »
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Twenty Twelve - S01 E05
(2011)
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman
Director: John MortonÂ
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There are only three applicants for the post of Curator of the Cultural Olympiad so how difficult can it be select the best candidate? Ian, and the team are about to find out when they are forced to go through a series of spectacular u turns.
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United
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Kate Ashfield, Ben Peel
Director: James Strong
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TV drama following the turmoil of football club Manchester United through the Munich air disaster that killed a number of its staff and star players. In February 1958 a flight leaving Munich-Riem Airport crashed on its third attempt to take off. On board were the famous 'Busby Babes', a team of ..read more »
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Twenty Twelve - S01 E01
(2011)
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman
Director: John MortonÂ
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With time ticking inexorably downwards the marketing team come up with a major public event to mark the 1000 days to go milestone. A huge clock designed by a modern British artist will be installed outside the Tate Modern on the banks of the Thames in a ceremony performed by both Seb Coe and Boris ..read more »
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Fright Night
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Director: Craig Gillespie
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), the opportunistic host of his favorite TV show, to help him take down Jerry and ..read more »
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Twenty Twelve - Series 1
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Olivia Colman, Hugh Bonneville, David Tennant
Director: John Morton
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Mockumentary comedy series from the BBC following the trials and tribulations of the team responsible for staging the 2012 London Olympic Games. Narrator David Tennant guides the audience through events as Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) and his support team, including PR ..read more »
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Twenty Twelve - S01 E02
(2011)
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman
Director: John MortonÂ
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A visiting group of dignitaries from Rio (Olympic hosts in 2016) is in London for the week. For Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher and his team the mission is simple. They have to get them across London in time to meet Lord Coe for an official reception at the Olympic Stadium.
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Single Father
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Isla Blair, Chris Hegarty, David Tennant
Director: Sam Miller
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All four episodes of the BBC drama mini-series starring David Tennant and Suranne Jones. After the sudden death of his wife Rita, photographer and family man Dave (David Tennant) faces the daunting prospect of bringing up three young children and his teenage stepdaughter on his own. To make matters ..read more »
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Hamlet - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Peter De Jersey, Sam Alexander, Zoe Thorne
Director: Gregory Doran
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Gregory Doran directs this BBC adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 sell-out production of Hamlet featuring David Tennant in the title role and Patrick Stewart in the role of Claudius. Embittered by the death of his father the King, and subsequent marriage of his mother Gertrude (..read more »
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Glorious 39
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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1939 is set between present-day London and the idyllic British countryside in the time before the beginning of the Second World War. At a time of uncertainty and high tension, the story revolves around the formidable Keyes family, who are keen to uphold and preserve their very traditional way of ..read more »
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Doctor Who - Dreamland
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: David Tennant, Georgia Moffet, Tim Howard
Director: Gary Russell
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Dreamland sees the iconic TARDIS touch down in the desert in the USA. Stumbling across a mysterious alien artefact in a local diner, the Doctor is led to Area 51, also known as Dreamland, the US' most secret base. He then finds himself on a momentous mission to rescue Rivesh Mantilax from the ..read more »
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Hamlet
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Peter De Jersey, Sam Alexander, Zoe Thorne
Director: Gregory Doran
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Gregory Doran directs this BBC adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 sell-out production of Hamlet featuring David Tennant in the title role and Patrick Stewart in the role of Claudius. Embittered by the death of his father the King, and subsequent marriage of his mother Gertrude (..read more »
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Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Noma Dumezweni, Lee Evans, Michelle Ryan
Director: James Strong
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The 2009 Easter special of the relaunched BBC television sci-fi classic starring David Tennant as the latest incarnation of the legendary Time Lord. In this instalment, a meeting with jewel thief Lady Christina de Souza (Michelle Ryan) on a London bus takes a turn for the worse when the bus takes ..read more »
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Einstein And Eddington
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Andy Serkis, David Tennant, Jodhi May
Director: Philip Martin
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Made-for-TV historical drama which charts the development of Albert Einstein (Andy Serkis)'s general theory of relativity, as well as the role played by the English astrophysicist Sir Arthur Eddington (David Tennant) in proving his theories to a wider world.
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Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.4
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: John Barrowman, David Tennant, Billie Piper
Director: Graeme Harper
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Episodes 11-13 from the fourth series of the BBC's relaunched version of the sci-fi classic, starring David Tennant as the legendary Time Lord. Comedienne Catherine Tate co-stars as the Doctor's assistant Donna Noble, with former companions Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), ..read more »
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Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.3
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Eve Newton, David Tennant, Alex Kingston
Director: Alice Troughton
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Episodes 8-10 from the fourth series of the BBC's relaunched version of the sci-fi classic, starring David Tennant as the legendary Time Lord. Comedienne Catherine Tate co-stars as the Doctor's assistant, Donna Noble, with Alex Kingston as Professor River Song. Episodes comprise 'Silence In The ..read more »
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Learners
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Jessica Hynes, Shaun Dingwall
Director: Francesca Joseph
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Bev (Jessica Hynes) is a downtrodden wife who's failed her driving test eight times. Desperate to pass, she feels frustrated by her husband Ian's (Shaun Dingwall) approach in teaching her to drive. Inspired by glamorous driving school owner Fiona (Sarah Hadland), Bev is determined to succeed along ..read more »
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Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol. 4
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Colin Teague
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Episodes 11-14 from the third series of the relaunched update of the classic sci-fi programme, in which David Tennant returns to his role as The Doctor along with his new companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman). Episodes include: 'Utopia', 'The Sound Of Drums' and 'Last Of The Time Lords'.
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Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol.3
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Hettie Macdonald, Charles Palmer
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Episodes 8-10 from the third series of the relaunched update of the classic sci-fi series, in which David Tennant returns to his role as The Doctor along with his new companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman). Episodes are 'Human Nature', 'The Family of Blood' and 'Blink'.
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Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol. 2
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Charles Palmer
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Episodes 4-7 from the third series of the BBC's relaunched version of the sci-fi classic, starring David Tennant as the legendary Time Lord. From the moment the Doctor walks into the life of medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) he changes it forever. In Elizabethan London, they meet ..read more »
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Small Wonders - Vol. 1 - British Short Films
(2007)
Starring: Mark Benton, Mark Benton, David Thewlis
Director: Rodney Butcher, Misha Manson-Smith, Patrick Cade
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A collection of twelve British short films featuring a host of popular actors and actresses including David Tennant, Alison Steadman, Jenny Agutter, Celia Imrie, Mark Benton, David Thewlis and Simon Shepherd. Films include: 'At Dawning', 'D.I.Y. Hard', 'Dumping Elaine', 'Exposure', 'The Fishmonger'..read more »
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Doctor Who - The Runaway Bride
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: David Tennant, Sarah Parish, Catherine Tate
Director: Euros Lyn
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The 2006 Christmas special of the new series of Doctor Who. Donna (Catherine Tate) is due to marry her boyfriend Lance (Don Gilet) on Christmas Eve, but she finds herself transported aboard the Tardis. As the Doctor (David Tennant) tries to get Donna to the church on time, the alien Empress of ..read more »
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Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 3
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Colin, Julia Sawalha
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The popular BBC2 TV series follows eight well-known celebrities as they go back to their roots and research their, at times, surprising family histories. The celebrities featured in this series are David Tennant, Barbara Windsor, Robert Lindsay, Colin Jackson, David Dickinson, Julia Sawalha, Jeremy ..read more »
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The Quatermass Experiment : BBC
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: David Tennant, Mark Gatiss, Jason Flemyng
Director: Sam Miller
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This BBC 4 remake of the classic 1950s television sci-fi play by Nigel Kneale was broadcast live, as it would have been in the 1950s. Jason Flemyng plays Professor Bernard Quatermass, head of the British Rocket Group, supervising a manned mission into the depths of space. When the rocket crashes ..read more »
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Secret Smile
(2005)
Starring: David Tennant, Kate Ashfield, Claire Goose
Director: Christopher Menaul
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When Miranda (Kate Ashfield) Splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan (David Tennant) because he attacked her she finds out that he is now going out with her sister Kerry (Claire Goose) and later proposes to her. Miranda warns her sister, as Brendan swims his way into their family ruining ..read more »
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Casanova - BBC
(2005)
Starring: Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter O'Toole, Matt Lucas
Director: Sheree Folkson
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Irreverant three-part BBC television miniseries about the notorious 18th century lothario, written by Russell T. Davies, and starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole in the title role. The aged Casanova (O'Toole) is living out his days as the custodian of a library in Bohemia, when he meets young ..read more »
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L.A. Without a Map
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Julie Delpy, Joe Dallesandro, Steve Huison
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
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Romantic comedy starring David Tennant as an idealistic Brit who follows an aspiring actress to LA in a search for love. Richard (Tennant) is the undertaker of a small town in England but resents the mundane nature of his life and dreams of gaining success as a writer. He meets Barbara (Vinessa ..read more »
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Jude
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Kate Winslet, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Jude Fawley (Christopher Eccleston) is a stonemason with a passion for learning. He yearns to go to University, but his ambition is scuppered by an unhappy marriage to a pig farmer's daughter. When this ends, Jude moves to Christminster, where he falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead (Kate ..read more »
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Takin' Over The Asylum
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Caroline Paterson, Angela Bruce, Elizabeth Spriggs
Director: David Blair
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All six episodes of the Bafta-winning black comedy series from the 1990s, starring David Tennant in his debut role. Set in a Scottish mental asylum, St Jude's, Ken Stott plays Eddie McKenna, a double-glazing salesman fighting his own demons, who moonlights as a D.J. in the hospital at night. During ..read more »
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Penguins: Spy in the Huddle - Blu-ray
Starring: David Tennant
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Documentary narrated by David Tennant that films penguins from a unique perspective. Through the use of cameras disguised as life-sized penguins, the film-makers were able to capture penguin life from within the colony. With features on emperor penguins, the humboldt penguin and the unusual ..read more »
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Earthflight - Blu-ray
Starring: David Tennant
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Six-part BBC series narrated by David Tennant that utilises cutting-edge film technology to capture stunning images of birds in flight. The show travels to five continents to capture footage of birds as diverse as snow geese, cranes, flamingos, pelicans and eagles taking to the skies.
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Doctor Who - Infinite Quest
on DVD
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Gary Russell
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Animated spin-off of the new series 'Doctor Who', featuring the voices of real-life stars David Tennant and Freema Agyeman. The Doctor (Tennant) and Martha Jones (Agyeman) set off on an adventure through space to find the datachips to unlock The Infinite, a huge spaceship that can grant people ..read more »
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Earthflight
on DVD
Starring: David Tennant
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Six-part BBC series narrated by David Tennant that utilises cutting-edge film technology to capture stunning images of birds in flight. The show travels to five continents to capture footage of birds as diverse as snow geese, cranes, flamingos, pelicans and eagles taking to the skies.
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Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
on DVD
Starring: David Tennant
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Documentary narrated by David Tennant that films penguins from a unique perspective. Through the use of cameras disguised as life-sized penguins, the film-makers were able to capture penguin life from within the colony. With features on emperor penguins, the humboldt penguin and the unusual ..read more »
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