David Tennant returns as the host of Masterpiece contemporary tonight, November 21st, introducing Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon in “Lennon Naked”.

Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who) channels John Lennon in this acclaimed recreation of Lennon’s last turbulent years with the Beatles. Naoko Mori (Torchwood) co-stars as Yoko Ono.

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Enjoy it tonight everyone, Kari and Kelsey are huge Beatle fans and can’t wait to see this! xox

United is based on the true story of Manchester United’s legendary “Busby Babes”, the youngest side ever to win the Football League, the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number and the extraordinary spirit of a city that rebuilt the team in the wake of the disaster.

David Tennant will star as coach Jimmy Murphy, alongside Jack O’Connell (Skins, Dive) as Bobby Charlton, the youngest of the Babes, and Sam Claflin (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Any Human Heart) as star player Duncan Edwards. Manager Matt Busby (the source of the team’s nickname) is to be confirmed. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.

The Munich Air Crash killed 22 of the 44 passengers onboard, including supporters, journalists and embassy staff.

Simon Heath, Executive Producer, World Productions, says: “Chris Chibnall has written an authentic and moving version of this heartbreaking story, which with the help of a great cast, we hope will be a fitting tribute to those who survived and those who lost their lives at Munich.”

Peter Salmon, Director, BBC North, says: “This was a tragedy that touched the lives of many people in Manchester both directly and indirectly. With its superbly talented cast and powerful script, I am proud that BBC North is supporting this project.”

United starts filming later this month in and around the North East of England. Written by Chris Chibnall (Law & Order: UK, Camelot) and directed by James Strong (Dr Who, Hustle), the film is produced by Julia Stannard (The History Boys, The Government Inspector) and executive produced by World Productions Simon Heath (Larkin: Love Again, Hancock & Joan) and Polly Hill for the BBC. Commissioned by Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning and Janice Hadlow, Controller, BBC Two.

United is backed by Lip Sync Productions, Content Films, BBC North and the BBC.

World Productions is entering its 20th year with this new film. During that time, the company has made over 250 hours of drama, including Ahead Of The Class, This Life, The Cops, Party Animals and Outlaws.

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Source: BBC Press Office

Thanks to our source, we were the first to mention this!

As it’s been confirmed, David will be co-hosting the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show this Thursday at 6AM (UK time). Absolute Radio was kind to let us know and gave us something pretty to look at.

David Tennant has described his failed effort to crack US TV as an “interesting learning curve”.

The former Doctor Who star had been hoping to make it big with a starring role in Rex Is Not Your Lawyer.

But after heading to Los Angeles, TV chiefs in the US did not commission a full series of the show following the pilot episode.

David told the Radio Times that he has still not been informed what went wrong. “These are enormous empires and you don’t hear anything, you just get told what to do,” he said.

David, soon to be seen in BBC One drama Single Father, said the process was a “political minefield”.

“You have to be careful about what you say about what you knew, because everybody tells you things that they’re not supposed to and you’re not quite sure what’s true and what isn’t.

“It was a fantastic experience to have. I learnt a lot about how that network in television works and how I feel about that. It was a very interesting learning curve.”

However he said he is not regretting his decision to quit his role as the Time Lord, allowing new boy Matt Smith to take on the role.

“No, it felt just right, actually. It still does. It felt right to pass the baton on and for it to continue to thrive. It was just wonderful and it created many, many more opportunities than it closed down. I think my life is in a very different place and my career is in a very different place to what it was before I did Doctor Who and that is 90 per cent positive.”

:: The full interview is in the Radio Times on sale on Wednesday.

Source: The Press Association.

She was nervous about working with the former Doctor Who in what is David’s first major UK role since handing over his sonic screwdriver to Matt Smith.

But Suranne had only heard good things about him through mutual acquaintances, including current Coronation Street supremo Phil Collinson. Happily, he lived up to his billing.

She said: “Working on Single Father was the first time I’d met him but I had no real trepidation because people I know said he was the loveliest man ever and he really is. He was brilliant with the kids as well.”

Even so, kissing him felt wrong. Not that there was anything wrong with his technique, just that she was so caught up in the drama of Single Father, she felt genuinely awkward.

She said: “Nothing to do with David, he is a lovely kisser but when we did the first screen kiss I said to the director, ‘oh it doesn’t feel right’. But it wasn’t meant to feel right after what had happened. That’s the point.”

Suranne can always ask David for advice on one of her next roles. She has just been confirmed in a guest role in the new series of Doctor Who and will play a young woman called Idris in an episode written by cult author Neil Gaiman. It follows an earlier appearance in the spin-off show, The Sarah Jane Adventures, in which she played the Mona Lisa.

To see the rest of the interview with Suranne Jones and a few other small mentions of David Tennant, click here.