Get Free Screening Tickets For Tree Fu Tom

BBC Children's Television celebrates its tenth birthday with a special event at the new MediaCityUK Studios in Salford.

The Big Birthday Bash takes place on Saturday 18th February and includes screenings of brand new CBBC and CBeebies programmes. Among these is Tree Fu Tom, a fantasy adventure series aimed at 4-6 year olds. David Tennant provides the voice an Acorn Sprite called Twigs, while another former Doctor Who star, Sophie Aldred, plays the titular Tom.

You can apply for free tickets to the two public premiere screenings of the show via the Big Birthday Bash website which take place at 10am and 11.45am.

New Radio Drama For The BBC: Waiting For The Boatman

David Tennant has been in the BBC Radio studios this week recording a new play by Stephen Wakelam called 'Waiting For The Boatman' The synopsis of the play reads:

We travel to Naples in 1610 with the painter Mario Minniti as our guide. Minniti has recently received a desperate letter from his old mentor Caravaggio, urging him to come to his rescue. The great artist has been attacked and fears for his life. But now, with Minniti in Naples, he is nowhere to be found. As we continue the search, the story of Caravaggio's fateful final days is revealed. The director is Sasha Yevtushenko.

David's co-star in the Afternoon Drama is fellow RSC actor Anton Lesser. The play is due to be broadcast sometime in the first half of 2012

Extra Broadcast Info For Wild About Pandas

Wild About Pandas, the BBC Scotland programme following the journey of the two giant pandas that recently took up residence at Edinburgh Zoo, will also be available to view in the rest of the UK.

It was initially thought that the programme, which is narrated by David Tennant, would only be shown in the Scotland region, but updated TV listings have revealed that it will also air at 9pm on BBC2 on Tuesday 7th February.

Read about the programme on the Wild About Pandas BBC listing page (note that at the time of writing this page had not been updated with the new broadcast details)

EDIT: This seems to have dropped off the schedule again - there is just a repeat showing in Scotland now listed for 7pm, BBC2 (Scotland) on the 8th February. We will update you if we get any more details

Much Ado About Nothing Competition Winners

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The Decoy Bride Trailer

The trailer for the new David Tennant feature film The Decoy Bride is now online via IFC Films, the American distributor.

The film, which also stars Kelly MacDonald, Alice Eve and Michael Urie is due for release in UK and US cinemas on 9th March.

David Tennant Visits Charity Body & Soul

David Tennant, along with a number of other celebrities, today visited the London charity Body & Soul as part of the launch celebrations for Sport Relief 2012. Among the group was Lara Stone, model and wife to Sport Relief challenge hero David Walliams, Tom Ellis, star of Miranda, and choreographer Arlene Phillips. Also present was model and TV presenter Lizzie Cundy who tweeted a picture of her and David.

Established in 1996, Body & Soul is a pioneering UK charity dedicated to transforming the lives of children, teenagers and families living with, or affected by HIV. You can read more about their crucial work here.

Sport Relief runs on alternate years to its sister campaign Comic Relief with the same aim of raising money to support projects in the UK and overseas. This year the campaign has already seem two huge celebrity challenges in the form of Helen Skelton's Polar trek and David Walliams's Thames Swim, while last week saw the Sport Relief Bake Off. However, there is still plenty more to come in the form of the Sport Relief Mile and Let's Dance For Sport Relief, special themed episodes of favourite TV shows and the marathon TV show on BBC1 from 7pm on Friday 23rd March. Celebrity participants in the Sport Mile and the dance tournament have yet to be announced, as has the full line up for the TV show.

For up-to-date Sport Relief info, visit their website or Facebook page or follow @sportrelief on Twitter

David Completes Work on The Pirates!

David Tennant yesterday completed vocal recording for his role in the forthcoming Aardman animated feature The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (or The Pirates! Band Of Misfits if you are in the USA). According to Peter Lord, the director via Twitter:

"We recorded the very last syllable (surely!) with the delightful David Tennant yesterday - now can't wait to share it with you all."

The 3D film is due to be released on Wednesday 28th March in the UK, with its premeiere on Thursday 22nd March.It is released in the USA and Canada on 30th March and in Australia on 5th April. Other stars of the film include Hugh Grant, Brian Blessed, Salma Hayek, Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen. David plays a young Charles Darwin with Hugh Grant as The Pirate Captain

Elsewhere in the news, the film's trailer caused controversy when charity LEPRA Health In Action expressed disbelief at a scene poking fun at people with leprosy. Happily, the charity have since reported that Aardman have worked with them and committed to changing the offending scene.