The Star's Mike Ward Asks: Is Anyone A Patch On David Tennant?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWn12j5m1oiAWBv2_YRogzY5YnMZKZCLSpXwPyve8V-tTwIzpGRoKqvEOUsVPPZ8Y_V-uhi528XqvsMgYGTh52exEmXNlOuuqYWDBLZDPwJNV9Y9QeK7pH-usLmZyKiNo4Qf9TXzxRMBC/s1600/HiRes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWn12j5m1oiAWBv2_YRogzY5YnMZKZCLSpXwPyve8V-tTwIzpGRoKqvEOUsVPPZ8Y_V-uhi528XqvsMgYGTh52exEmXNlOuuqYWDBLZDPwJNV9Y9QeK7pH-usLmZyKiNo4Qf9TXzxRMBC/s640/HiRes3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mike Ward, the Daily Star's TV Critic, has seen David Tennant's new BBC One drama <i>The Escape Artist</i> and has come to the conclusion that he is his favourite actor.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He says, "<i>Doctor Who, The Politician’s Husband, Broadchurch</i>, this new show of his: it’s only just dawned on me, David Tennant is consistently superb."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also describes David  as "...never less than 100 per cent convincing."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also reflects on David's skill of making every character he plays unique and memorable: "He’s got that supreme knack of engaging you entirely in the here and now. Other then sometimes switching from his native Scottish accent to an English one, the way he most notably did in Doctor Who, or wearing his hair slightly floppier, or occasionally sporting a couple of millimetres of stubble, the Tennant we see in every role is nigh on identical, visually speaking. Which means that he’s hooking us in with sheer acting talent alone."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On <i>The Escape Artist</i> he says, "...it’s an excellent, gripping and often shocking story which will have you both horrified and hooked."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dailystar.co.uk/columnists/mike-ward/347224/Gripping-new-drama-The-Escape-Artist-makes-me-wonder-is-anyone-a-patch-on-David-Tennant" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Read the full article in the Daily Star</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Escape Artist </i>stars David Tennant with Ashley Jensen, Sophie Okonedo and Toby Kebbell. The three-part thriller begins on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 29th October</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id195.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Read more on our website</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

BBC One David Tennant Press The Escape Artist The Star's Mike Ward Asks: Is Anyone A Patch On David Tennant?

Mike Ward, the Daily Star's TV Critic, has seen David Tennant's new BBC One drama The Escape Artist  and has come to the conclusion ...

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PHOTOS: The Escape Artist Previewed On The Wright Stuff - Includes Video Clip

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmCejAqAegXrnC455xbinr-KPWFeSBb5YZgXqUPYL9A8sJeVY_F2thEOQ2cp7G5W7F3Jtgpgzm5MUYmPo1Cc1gvB_8Yf5YqrYisANl1HT6G0KthHOHMWQR20lYCeR7rJ7yVoka1zcOhRJ/s1600/Clip01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmCejAqAegXrnC455xbinr-KPWFeSBb5YZgXqUPYL9A8sJeVY_F2thEOQ2cp7G5W7F3Jtgpgzm5MUYmPo1Cc1gvB_8Yf5YqrYisANl1HT6G0KthHOHMWQR20lYCeR7rJ7yVoka1zcOhRJ/s1600/Clip01.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“If you were chained up in a safe in the bottom of a shark tank you don’t call for Paul Daniels. You call for Houdini”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kevin O’Sullivan gave a brief preview of the new David Tennant drama <i>The Escape Artist </i>for Matthew Wright on Channel 5 show <i>The Wright Stuff </i>earlier today. He gave the new three-part drama a glowing review.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“It starts of as what looks like a run of the mill legal drama … and then it take a sudden twist and becomes incredibly dramatic. Then this amazing stuff happens,” he said. “I don’t want to spoil it for people but I do recommend you tune in because you’re going to have a shock ride. Very shocking, very good television and highly recommended.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A short clip from the first episode was also shown</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-wright-stuff/meet-the-team" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Today's episode of The Wright Stuff is available to watch again here</span></a> - The Escape Artist is featured from 1hr 28 minutes in.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist begins on BBC One on Tuesday 29th October at 9pm</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id195.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about the drama here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View more screencaps from the clip below:</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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BBC One David Tennant Reviews The Escape Artist TV Drama PHOTOS: The Escape Artist Previewed On The Wright Stuff - Includes Video Clip

“If you were chained up in a safe in the bottom of a shark tank you don’t call for Paul Daniels. You call for Houdini” Kevin O’Sullivan gave...

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INTERVIEW: David Tennant On The Escape Artist And The Day Of The Doctor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xzUrwdXmjEKBM4z4FJ_9EglluWKU0KBcalR7MCzpRUNvgbTmjZwsYNaoXclXKlJgxHGhumoJ_PPbE4Acab0GAmAMGOqbNksDA2cgMI9cNkNARikctHm5veAtgxPHHftg-ZjG-N7qEgX6/s1600/HiRes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xzUrwdXmjEKBM4z4FJ_9EglluWKU0KBcalR7MCzpRUNvgbTmjZwsYNaoXclXKlJgxHGhumoJ_PPbE4Acab0GAmAMGOqbNksDA2cgMI9cNkNARikctHm5veAtgxPHHftg-ZjG-N7qEgX6/s640/HiRes1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant has been interviewed by TV & Satellite Week about his new drama <i>The Escape Artist</i> and his appearance in the Doctor Who Anniversary episode <i>The Day Of the Doctor</i>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tell us about your character, Will Burton...<br /></b>"He thrives on chasing unwinnable cases and he has confidence and effortlessness, but there is a hubris too. The courtroom side and the family side to him live easily together, but events happen that pull everything apart."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there's some rivalry with fellow barrister Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo) isn't there?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />"Yes, there is a Top 40 Barristers Under 40 list and he gets number one and she gets number two and it has ever been thus through their career, so she is quite bitter and furious and ready to bring him down in any way she possibly can."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Has the drama made you think about the rights and wrongs of the legal system?</b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />"Yes, everyone deserves a defence or do they? It asks whether you are defending the guilty sometimes and how much you can close your eyes to the evidence and Will wrestles with that, but if you take on a case you set out to win and the morality ceases to matter; it’s like a big boys' debating club where it is about outsmarting your opponent irrespective of the consequences. Doing this has made me broadly proud of our legal system, but you also start to see the loopholes and how things unravel on a tiny decision."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What research did you do?<br /></b>"I watched some trials and our legal adviser Andrew Jefferies is a QC. I found the mental gymnastics at the trials gripping, it really is theatre. Watching Andrew do his stuff and then talking to him afterwards about what he was trying to achieve and where his demeanour in and out of court overlaps was great. You realise how committed lawyers are to giving people a decent defence because he was in the middle of a case where media reports would have you believe that we should throw away the key, but his commitment to his client stopped me in my tracks and I ended up thinking, 'This is a miscarriage of justice.' It is a fascinating job and such an interesting world."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Where did you film the show?</b><br />"In the Old Bailey in London, which was great with its beautiful painted ceilings and also a court in Kingston, Surrey, which was fun because I have filmed there previously as a witness. I was also sent down there in the ITV drama Secret Smile when I played a stalker and now I’ve been there on the defence!"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ashley Jensen plays Will's wife, Kate, did it help that you have known her for a long time?<br /></b>"It did because it takes the curse off of things. I was about 20 when we first met on my first ever professional post-drama school gig, but Ashley had been out of drama school a whole year. She had probably just done panto and a tour of Oor Willie, but we all looked up to her starry-eyed."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How do you choose roles? </b><br />"I think you just know when one of those scripts comes in that you go, 'Ooh hello, I had better do this one.' This was just one of those that you just read it and there are so many elements to it because at first it is a brilliant courtroom drama and you’re watching Will being clever and thinking, 'How did he do that?' but then it becomes something you never saw coming."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Are there any big roles that you have turned down?</b><br />"Well, there are things I got close to that didn't work out, stuff that I didn’t got and I still to this day wish that I had. Spooks was one of them I was down to the last couple with Matthew Macfadyen!"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You're back in Doctor Who in November for the 50th anniversary, what is your favourite ever Doctor Who moment? </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />"My favourite ever moment was probably when I was about eight because they are the ones that live with you forever, so maybe Tom Baker and Davros some moment like that."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Do you get fed up being asked about it all the time?<br /></b>"No, because it has created a great many opportunities for me and it would be very churlish to be down on it and also I am terribly proud of it and I had a wonderfully happy time. I am still a fan, but in a different way because when you are that involved in something, it becomes a part of your life, but I am very passionate about the show."</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The full article and feature on <i>The Escape Artist </i>is available in the new issue of TV & Satellite Week, on sale now.</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-news/news/david-tennant-the-story-becomes-something-you-never-saw-coming"><span style="color: blue;">Source</span></a></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The three part legal thriller <i>The Escape Artist </i>begins on BBC One on Tuesday 29th October at 9pm GMT. <a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id195.html"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about the drama here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David returns to the TARDIS alongside Matt Smith in <i>The Day Of The Doctor</i> which air on BBC One and will also be simulcast worldwide on Saturday 23rd October. <a href="http://david-tennant.com/2009/id205.html"><span style="color: blue;">Read more here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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David Tennant has been interviewed by TV & Satellite Week about his new drama The Escape Artist  and his appearance in the Doctor Who An...

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David Tennant And The Escape Artist: More Press

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa0vrjAIMAvfHcqP9ja-hYenkk7tVRCRavgAV39UhJX8RTwciWz579MwWMC_JcvvkGuQehgfXuARRH1UpY92UEQTnRa90qTRnOHzinpWbtaIm_E-6oWG_CiJmoeH0O7xn7_0-VRqVshIZ/s1600/HiRes4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa0vrjAIMAvfHcqP9ja-hYenkk7tVRCRavgAV39UhJX8RTwciWz579MwWMC_JcvvkGuQehgfXuARRH1UpY92UEQTnRa90qTRnOHzinpWbtaIm_E-6oWG_CiJmoeH0O7xn7_0-VRqVshIZ/s640/HiRes4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant and the new BBC legal thriller <i>The Escape Artist</i> have featured in most UK TV listings publications today. The drama begins on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 29th October.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View a selection of scans here (click through for a larger view): </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaqP-DigMbocTgdpwdE-4WNQ2lGn7rDxAIBKZeOURxeKLOVggFNc1dH2B0B41MIxAQniUT1shoayxSAkBJzA4o5XCq110vpdRNwG-7QIbFSKOhpd1kICxVjJ4EcsuL2e1ycB9ouByKih7/s1600/TEA+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaqP-DigMbocTgdpwdE-4WNQ2lGn7rDxAIBKZeOURxeKLOVggFNc1dH2B0B41MIxAQniUT1shoayxSAkBJzA4o5XCq110vpdRNwG-7QIbFSKOhpd1kICxVjJ4EcsuL2e1ycB9ouByKih7/s640/TEA+005.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n-5EBTtsQboEPHqlDVS58MCgch98fRwJNp9zoJIaRaUYSytnFpT0h6oPsnhwGHUt8wDNQvUjgo_07wnASvvkfrqv32hbQ-TB5-OmiEM_pUC6KGSmuaGJjUBGssolzCJae3wWdqhjAEKB/s1600/TEA+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n-5EBTtsQboEPHqlDVS58MCgch98fRwJNp9zoJIaRaUYSytnFpT0h6oPsnhwGHUt8wDNQvUjgo_07wnASvvkfrqv32hbQ-TB5-OmiEM_pUC6KGSmuaGJjUBGssolzCJae3wWdqhjAEKB/s640/TEA+003.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKk9m8eWK9T9s7I9BsubgxrZtUni0n_s-UahjYC73k63Q5Z4lCQBeewn3sKLaKyRFKj10USoj1ju50vOp3EdUXPhXpuF3GwakSqrAOvv19kzhL39pzVFF-L3RdhFnz9-22pZj_PlGA88tA/s1600/TEA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKk9m8eWK9T9s7I9BsubgxrZtUni0n_s-UahjYC73k63Q5Z4lCQBeewn3sKLaKyRFKj10USoj1ju50vOp3EdUXPhXpuF3GwakSqrAOvv19kzhL39pzVFF-L3RdhFnz9-22pZj_PlGA88tA/s640/TEA.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br />

BBC One David Tennant Press The Escape Artist TV Drama David Tennant And The Escape Artist: More Press

David Tennant and the new BBC legal thriller The Escape Artist  have featured in most UK TV listings publications today. The drama begins on...

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David Tennant & The Escape Artist In The TV Mags

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQO0N1fm7tfHCFgny3AxOiF-ja4TFlwEPxgMrf1ztkqpkOcQkja63UMYjZpapacq3DQcz_SmAseDgNc2PYib-8H1tlOMCGJD2R8CENxb6zTTWM_9s9C6tZFC4dRLBtq8r8aVuI4yVWV8/s1600/escapeartpromo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQO0N1fm7tfHCFgny3AxOiF-ja4TFlwEPxgMrf1ztkqpkOcQkja63UMYjZpapacq3DQcz_SmAseDgNc2PYib-8H1tlOMCGJD2R8CENxb6zTTWM_9s9C6tZFC4dRLBtq8r8aVuI4yVWV8/s640/escapeartpromo.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant is featured in a host of television guides this week to promote his new BBC One thriller, The Escape Artist.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See a selection of scans below:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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David Tennant Admits Cowardice Put Him Off Betting On TV Secrets

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkT8yLIO4nbqFcf6FENQXtRV8Z-bjTJ87BIpE2PWYV-N7bG9Tjw_-Y-_nlIJbvAjINjNvzeG0R6zM7XR0yM0egybkZk5aIxR2k1CgkDxYhgAYWP15GkhuZD2605fL1CfhbRCLqpIC83gD0/s1600/Trailer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkT8yLIO4nbqFcf6FENQXtRV8Z-bjTJ87BIpE2PWYV-N7bG9Tjw_-Y-_nlIJbvAjINjNvzeG0R6zM7XR0yM0egybkZk5aIxR2k1CgkDxYhgAYWP15GkhuZD2605fL1CfhbRCLqpIC83gD0/s640/Trailer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant has admitted that he could have cleaned up at the bookies earlier this year by placing bets on the killer in <i>Broadchurch</i> and on Peter Capaldi being the new Doctor Who, because he knew both in advance. Talking to Radio Times he said,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“It was tempting, but then I thought it would be traced back and the carnage that would cause in the popular press… It’s basic cowardice and hopefully a lack of avarice. Don’t make me out to be entirely without virtue.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David, who has already picked up an award for his role as DI Alec Hardy in <i>Broadchurch</i> and is in the running for more, said that playing the distant and abrupt detective was actually quite an invigorating experience that he would love to be able to carry on into real life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I’d love to be rude,” he said. “It doesn't change the world, but it makes me feel better and is hugely liberating. I’d like to be much ruder to people who put their elbow in your face on the Tube, or don’t look where they’re going.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David's next TV appearance will be the new BBC drama <i>The Escape Artist</i> which begins on Tuesday 29th October. In the legal thriller, written by David Wolstencroft, David plays barrister Will Burton whose ability to win even the most hopeless cases suddenly comes back to bite him in the most shocking fashion. However, David does despair that crime dramas are always more popular than political ones, and reflects a general public disinterest in politics.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I guess the terrible truth is not enough viewers are interested," he said. "They should be. If you don’t have an opinion and don’t vote you have no right to complain about anything. Just shut up and pay your taxes. This is my question for Radio Times readers: why are there so few political dramas on television? And why am I not in one? I’m ready, and have some gaps next year.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist begins on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 29th October. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id195.html"><span style="color: blue;">Visit our website for more information and a photo gallery</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read the full interview with David and a preview of <i>The Escape Artist </i>in the new issue of Radio Times, out tomorrow </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-21/david-tennant-i-was-tempted-to-bet-on-doctor-who-and-broadchurch-mysteries">Source</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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David Tennant has admitted that he could have cleaned up at the bookies earlier this year by placing bets on the killer in Broadchurch  and ...

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PHOTOS: The Escape Artist Stills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkrV4dfFivMQSjJ5RPkF2aEFlx22LUMwAm2ynvm_qitWsLmBcB5687E5VR4XBngFu0smYREd8kQrBe3_dhUdNSWkTjRleFiWmRqOo0ijChlhnb3Y2L0DmQT8lBoU9gEe93ZXd-w1nU9g/s1600/3977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkrV4dfFivMQSjJ5RPkF2aEFlx22LUMwAm2ynvm_qitWsLmBcB5687E5VR4XBngFu0smYREd8kQrBe3_dhUdNSWkTjRleFiWmRqOo0ijChlhnb3Y2L0DmQT8lBoU9gEe93ZXd-w1nU9g/s640/3977.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fresh from his best actor award for Broadchurch at the TV Choice awards, man of the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">moment David Tennant stars as The Escape Artist in this brand new BBC drama written </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by David Wolstencroft (Spooks).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Talented junior barrister, Will Burton (Tennant), specialises in spiriting people out of tight </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">legal corners, which has earned him his nickname – The Escape Artist. But when Will’s </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">talents clear his latest client of a brutal and high profile murder, the consequences are </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chilling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This thrilling action drama, stars a fantastic cast including Toby Kebbell (Dead Man’s </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shoes), Ashley Jensen (Extras) Sophie Okonedo (May Day) and Tony Gardner (Lead </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Balloon), and will be released on DVD on 18 November 2013, from Acorn Media, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">distributors of top TV dramas such as Broadchurch and What Remains, following its </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">transmission on BBC One from 29 October 2013.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will Burton is at the top of his game, having never lost a case, he is in demand much to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the chagrin of his courtroom nemesis, Maggie Gardner. He works by the simple mantra </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that everyone deserves a defence, allowing his genius to blossom without being impeded </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by conscience.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before leaving for a short break in the country with his wife Kate and their son, Will is </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">handed a case, the horrific, brutal murder of a young woman. The defendant Liam Foyle </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Kebbell) cuts a sinister figure: psychologically invasive and physically imposing. This </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">time however, the outcome of the case leads to a shocking game of cat and mouse that </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">will change his life forever.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist is a truly spellbinding drama that is guaranteed to keep audiences on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the edge of their seats until the final credits roll.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Special Features include: Special Features include: Interviews with cast and crew and BRoll</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">footage</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EJFEN50?ie=UTF8&camp=3194&creative=21330&creativeASIN=B00EJFEN50&linkCode=shr&tag=dtennant-21&=dvd&qid=1377751770&sr=1-3&keywords=the+escape+artist" target="_blank"><b>Pre order the DVD here.</b></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View some more HQ promotional images of David Tennant's new BBC thriller, The Escape Artist below:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3MFFgRy1gLrCBOLVmb6d0QizopweWwCh7e_azf4TZc6bLhsAprxqS5kSXvmBgFR62fYiiQz1EF2qi0cC_TWrqHFEq7oshyphenhyphenUno5QtPAfnFeRwVCL0K-zVhpVqJbj9jlgXKq-Uo3n1hec/s1600/3974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3MFFgRy1gLrCBOLVmb6d0QizopweWwCh7e_azf4TZc6bLhsAprxqS5kSXvmBgFR62fYiiQz1EF2qi0cC_TWrqHFEq7oshyphenhyphenUno5QtPAfnFeRwVCL0K-zVhpVqJbj9jlgXKq-Uo3n1hec/s640/3974.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioW_sFbDi5s7WH31InVg8JvZi24IJiKhv_HZW7TG1bzpsGCQYB4l7HH_IJ1E2Y5aPyCvwr7xUa2boi2In8EfKucjboMG8YB2cm7MhZr67VnPGOlRnWJC1motcL-i_6QzeyRotfg0ulnNI/s1600/3975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioW_sFbDi5s7WH31InVg8JvZi24IJiKhv_HZW7TG1bzpsGCQYB4l7HH_IJ1E2Y5aPyCvwr7xUa2boi2In8EfKucjboMG8YB2cm7MhZr67VnPGOlRnWJC1motcL-i_6QzeyRotfg0ulnNI/s640/3975.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPDeLQC8V2PKak3cIUoCBiznn2f7c733Tj2dxVemxJLVYRD6k57Sj_dTgmfUIggNCZrR3FOrGmvU0_opwRkBgvPxeF_EwLJFDMkciw41-nnHNAwZSC73Wr8R6APfL_yirl7juF-Q1FIk/s1600/3976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPDeLQC8V2PKak3cIUoCBiznn2f7c733Tj2dxVemxJLVYRD6k57Sj_dTgmfUIggNCZrR3FOrGmvU0_opwRkBgvPxeF_EwLJFDMkciw41-nnHNAwZSC73Wr8R6APfL_yirl7juF-Q1FIk/s640/3976.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

BBC David Tennant photos Sophie Okonedo The Escape Artist TV Drama PHOTOS: The Escape Artist Stills

Fresh from his best actor award for Broadchurch at the TV Choice awards, man of the  moment David Tennant stars as The Escape Artist in this...

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The Escape Artist: Start Time And Date

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRbmpyF1dj49t8J7KxuicwmusO1gJjrCitrqv8V89PdfFmBgsNC7GLajLpJ_VESf28EmYXRB0lALVJFGca0pD7CCt-PNc2rgYhNMIvVXZWCUEZkVPh6qoq9MLAPyDrghfyAsGV0Mk2Wfp/s1600/HiRes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRbmpyF1dj49t8J7KxuicwmusO1gJjrCitrqv8V89PdfFmBgsNC7GLajLpJ_VESf28EmYXRB0lALVJFGca0pD7CCt-PNc2rgYhNMIvVXZWCUEZkVPh6qoq9MLAPyDrghfyAsGV0Mk2Wfp/s640/HiRes3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The BBC have confirmed that <i>The Escape Artist</i> starring David Tennant will begin on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 29th October. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will <st1:city w:st="on">Burton (David Tennant)</st1:city>, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname - The Escape Artist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo), Will is in high demand, as he has never lost a case.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But when Will’s talents acquit Liam Foyle (Toby Kebbell), who is standing trial for an horrific and high-profile murder, that courtroom brilliance comes back to bite him. Foyle walks free, but he is a serial killer. It’s only a matter of time until he finds his next victim.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, sure enough, he kills again.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch the trailer here:</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Yx1QaSIaTag" width="420"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist is written by David Wolstencroft (Spooks, Shooting Dogs) and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones (State Of <st1:place w:st="on">Play</st1:place>, Restless) and Paul Frift (Room At The Top, Restless) and directed by Brian Welsh (Black Mirror, In Our Name, Mayday) the executive producers are David Wolstencroft and Matthew Read for BBC.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The series will be released as a two disc DVD set on Monday 28th October. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EJFEN50?ie=UTF8&camp=3194&creative=21330&creativeASIN=B00EJFEN50&linkCode=shr&tag=dtennant-21&=dvd&qid=1377751770&sr=1-3&keywords=the+escape+artist" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pre-order your copy here</span></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id195.html"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about The Escape Artist on our website</span></a></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><br />

BBC One David Tennant The Escape Artist TV Drama The Escape Artist: Start Time And Date

The BBC have confirmed that  The Escape Artist  starring David Tennant will begin on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 29th October.  The Escape Art...

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PHOTOS: Screencaps From The Escape Artist Trailer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLIdjtgensoHB61-ZviD4fu7C3wkJ4MtorDpF4wQCgGvb3YOwcsTYbJVKrQHiU3znu0-DT7K5fKKtA4rCs3svGH0TVCEZWPBX6hAIiNXibk9D5wT0VLQhn17f7xw0rcC-EFN2BUUou0o/s1600/Trailer07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLIdjtgensoHB61-ZviD4fu7C3wkJ4MtorDpF4wQCgGvb3YOwcsTYbJVKrQHiU3znu0-DT7K5fKKtA4rCs3svGH0TVCEZWPBX6hAIiNXibk9D5wT0VLQhn17f7xw0rcC-EFN2BUUou0o/s640/Trailer07.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BBC One have today released the trailer for the new legal thriller <i>The Escape Artist </i>starring David Tennant. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist</span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will <st1:city w:st="on">Burton (David Tennant)</st1:city>, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname - The Escape Artist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner, Will is in high demand, as he has never lost a case.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But when Will’s talents acquit Liam Foyle, who is standing trial for an horrific and high-profile murder, that courtroom brilliance comes back to bite him. Foyle walks free, but he is a serial killer. It’s only a matter of time until he finds his next victim.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, sure enough, he kills again.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Escape Artist </i>also stars Ashley Jensen, Sophie Okonedo and Toby Kebbell. The series begins on BBC One in the week commencing 26th October.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View more screencaps from the trailer here:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91img083nKAwwfR6yUM850aCiBW2415sgQ4XQeeBKjyjwNsyYlGVsvo9rpU3H8YwAANe3MoElooObGSMCU6-ouBSz1IN5cRd-P6aHRImvXizDEvFL38s8ttznvx75RbxMxGlRJPfo9-Y/s1600/Trailer01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91img083nKAwwfR6yUM850aCiBW2415sgQ4XQeeBKjyjwNsyYlGVsvo9rpU3H8YwAANe3MoElooObGSMCU6-ouBSz1IN5cRd-P6aHRImvXizDEvFL38s8ttznvx75RbxMxGlRJPfo9-Y/s640/Trailer01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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BBC One David Tennant The Escape Artist TV Drama PHOTOS: Screencaps From The Escape Artist Trailer

BBC One have today released the trailer for the new legal thriller The Escape Artist starring David Tennant.  The Escape Artist Will Burton ...

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VIDEO: Trailer For The Escape Artist Starring David Tennant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2xCPgz9k-QHPTYsUdvAZcI41L5s_5tWSL_29vbFKC9eT8JbpsN4Ws7F2-n675hNeIclUZ0gzUaLH8E-qY6fiPKvj0irUzWwPVY19eR0E3mZG_yGwg2hNhIJ8VFHGGvygrECQRjRWc1c/s1600/Trailer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2xCPgz9k-QHPTYsUdvAZcI41L5s_5tWSL_29vbFKC9eT8JbpsN4Ws7F2-n675hNeIclUZ0gzUaLH8E-qY6fiPKvj0irUzWwPVY19eR0E3mZG_yGwg2hNhIJ8VFHGGvygrECQRjRWc1c/s640/Trailer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BBC One have posted a trailer for <i>The Escape Artist, </i>the brand new three part legal thriller starring David Tennant coming soon to BBC One.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist, written by David Wolstencroft (<i>Spooks</i>), is an original suspense thriller set in the world of criminal law. David Tennant plays Will Burton, a talented junior barrister who specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname of 'The Escape Artist'.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the prime suspect in a horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artist also stars Toby Kebbell (<i>RocknRolla, Black Mirror</i>), Sophie Okonedo (<i>The Slap, Criminal Justice</i>), and Ashley Jensen (<i>Extras, Ugly Betty</i>).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch the trailer here:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Yx1QaSIaTag" width="420"></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Escape Artist</i> will be shown on BBC One in the week beginning Saturday 26th October</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id195.html"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about the drama on our website</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

BBC One David Tennant The Escape Artist TV Drama VIDEO: Trailer For The Escape Artist Starring David Tennant

BBC One have posted a trailer for The Escape Artist, the brand new three part legal thriller starring David Tennant coming soon to BBC One. ...

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The Escape Artist Director: "Working With David Tennant Is Something Else"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihLD79h86rDKUTRQ-RHfqtYPDMA6nU5oF35v9py2tY3fzApuOu_Dhrjre7UiTHrOVqVMoQoQSSvuk7anx2S22fYSqe_SXUTh3peQ9ptcBjSOmjJbjz7_Re6Z_mKy_eYyetC3-kxE_kSU/s1600/thees7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihLD79h86rDKUTRQ-RHfqtYPDMA6nU5oF35v9py2tY3fzApuOu_Dhrjre7UiTHrOVqVMoQoQSSvuk7anx2S22fYSqe_SXUTh3peQ9ptcBjSOmjJbjz7_Re6Z_mKy_eYyetC3-kxE_kSU/s640/thees7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interview with Brian Welsh, the director of David Tennant's new BBC One drama, The Escape Artist:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you tell us what the title ‘The Escape Artist’ means to you?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story is about Will Burton who is a criminal defence barrister. He’s at the top of his game and he spends his days getting criminals off on technicalities and using his amazing brain to work his way through evidence. ‘The Escape Artist’ refers to his ability to escape from any situation.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where would you place The Escape Artist in terms of genre?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would probably describe The Escape Artist as a legal drama that you never feel safe in. You know that there is danger. It’s totally unique.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What was your vision for the piece?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first looked at the script I almost saw it as a mixture of genres. In one way it is a courtroom drama and in another way it’s a Hitchcock-esque thriller. There’s also an emotional family theme at its heart, which deals with loss and grief. So that was one of the things that drew me to it, because I didn’t see it like other courtroom dramas.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you try to avoid clichés in the courtroom scenes?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We made a choice to use a big courtroom (courtroom one in the Old Bailey) that allowed us a lot of space and the opportunity to manoeuvre the camera around the environment in quite a unique way. I tried at all times to avoid descending into the clichés that we all know too well (i.e. do you swear by the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth). We tried to keep to the information that was necessary for the story and also the information that had an emotional resonance for the story.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant plays Will, can you tell us about casting the role?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, David was on the show before I came to it, but working with him is something else. He’s a force of nature. It’s an incredible gift to be able to learn pages and pages of really complicated legal jargon and dialogue, whilst keeping an honest emotional truthfulness throughout. He’s a special man.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How much rehearsal did you do with David?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We talked a lot about the moral complexity of the piece. There’s almost a Machiavellian element to Will’s character. We also met some criminal barristers who had this swagger and charm about them, as well as wit and intellect, these were the attributes that allowed them to win in this ‘game’ that is essentially it. David and I spent time going through the script before we began filming about some of the subtext decisions. The script is really rich with subtext. We also played a lot on set, in some cases there was a number of ways in which it could go and David was great with it.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you tell us about Kate and Will’s relationship, and why it was so important to have Ashley playing Will’s partner?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I read the script for the first time Ashley Jensen was the first person that came to my mind. She has a warmth and intelligence that felt like a great contrast to Will’s work environment. I think she really demonstrates the strength and stability of his home. I didn’t want the character to be a stereotype in any way, which was why it was so great that as soon as Ashley came in she was just full of ideas.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you tell us about Toby Kebbell’s character, Foyle?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew absolutely that Foyle had to be able to battle with Will’s intellect, and be as smart if not smarter than him at times. The story is essentially about these two guys and their slightly animalistic competition with each other. Toby, whom I’ve worked with before, I knew would elevate this character off the page. I talked to Toby a lot before starting about how we could really push David Tennant’s buttons. One of the most exciting scenes for me, even at the script stage, was when the two of them meet for the first time. There’s not a lot of action or high drama, it’s just two guys speaking. However, it’s the richness in subtext and what’s going on between them that make it so much more interesting to me.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you tell us about Monica Dolan and her character?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monica Dolan is an actress whom I have admired for a very long time. She came onto the show very late and I was nervous because we didn’t have very much time to chat, apart from a two-hour phone conversation. We discussed this female character who is on the parish council and is quite sexually repressed. She sees this charming man who appears to be a pillar of the community, almost like a rock star. Monica is so wide open and instinctive as an actress that we shot a lot of her stuff on one day.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could you tell us about Sophie Okenado and her character Maggie?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was really keen to cast Sophie as Maggie from the outset. I knew that she had some innate personal attributes that felt very in tune with Maggie. There was also something about her ethnicity and her desire to succeed in the Oxbridge-elite world that I knew Sophie could really identify with. There’s something about the way that she works, the rawness, the freedom she brings to it that’s the type of acting I really love. I’ve never seen Sophie do something twice from take to take.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In terms of Maggie’s character she’s always second place to Will. They regularly engage in sparring matches and he often takes her out when she least expects it. She’s utterly driven to try and beat him. Through this story she makes some decisions to try and put herself in that place, ultimately some real darkness comes out in her soul as well.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What was it like to film in the historical areas of London such as the old Bailey?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was amazing to be in that environment. Quite early on we came up with a colour pallet for the look of the show, I wanted it to have a heavy, dark feel. I was amazed at how nicely The Old Bailey fitted in with our film noir vision. Then we found Kingston which had the same architect as the courtroom we used in the Old Bailey. It was important for us to stay authentic to that world but also to maintain the look we wanted.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some interesting, small scenes in the script like cancelling a subscription, why did you include moments like that?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another thing that drew me to the script was that it explores grief in a very honest way. It deals with the everyday mundane things that one has to cope with after the trauma of loss. It could be cancelling insurance, or a bank card, or trying to get their password for something, and having to deal with these robots on the end of the phone who don’t understand what you’ve gone through. I suppose the bureaucracy of losing someone is beautifully illustrated in the script and was something that I could really identify with.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How was your relationship with David Wolstencroft?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I came on board we only had the first script. I really enjoyed working with David and feeding through ideas, he’s a really collaborative writer. I had a lot of questions about Will’s character and also thematic questions on law and the legal system etc. David and I spent hours talking about that, and I enjoyed the collaboration.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was having the audience jump out of their skin something you really wanted to happen?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Definitely. I think it’s important in a show like this where you have so much suspense and fear, you need those ‘jump’ moments. It’s part of what the audience buys into anyway.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you create that suspense?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It really is all about what you hold back and what you show. Trying to find a balance between the information that you need to feel that impending fear of doom, and what’s best left to the imagination. Also there’s choosing the right points for music and not pre-empting things too much. It’s an on going process that continues into the edit and beyond. You’re essentially always playing around to try and maximize those moments.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you were going to get somebody to watch The Escape Artist what would you say to them?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wouldn’t want to say too much about the show because it’s so surprising in so many ways. I guess part of the beauty of it is that it’s a mixture of so many genres and you never quite know what’s coming next. I guess I would just plea to them to trust me because it will take you on a real journey.</span></div>

BBC One David Tennant The Escape Artist TV Drama The Escape Artist Director: "Working With David Tennant Is Something Else"

Interview with Brian Welsh, the director of David Tennant's new BBC One drama, The Escape Artist: Can you tell us what the title ‘The Es...

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The Escape Artist Producers: "David Tennant is one of the most extraordinary actors I’ve ever worked with."

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYIaSP-qV-yXlGarl4UKdnutuTtwCYkslArREpOMW2onNH_7B7WiG38Xi7R8YwDbQ14nfiAnAX3RlDfNt3PvkzGJBI8DZze1Pgyitszqhy6tiNKNcwsjUznU-P1AdmaUDMiKeqLkRH_c/s1600/thees6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYIaSP-qV-yXlGarl4UKdnutuTtwCYkslArREpOMW2onNH_7B7WiG38Xi7R8YwDbQ14nfiAnAX3RlDfNt3PvkzGJBI8DZze1Pgyitszqhy6tiNKNcwsjUznU-P1AdmaUDMiKeqLkRH_c/s640/thees6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><h1 class="minisite" style="clear: left; letter-spacing: -1px; margin: 0px; padding: 11px 8px 6px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="minisite" style="clear: left; letter-spacing: -1px; margin: 0px; padding: 11px 8px 6px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Interview with The Escape Artists producers, Hilary Bevan Jones and Paul Frift:</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="section" id="section-1" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 32px;"><h2 style="border-color: rgb(20, 122, 200); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 6px 1px 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hilary Bevan Jones</span></h2><div class="content content-rich-text"><div class="richtext"><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Wolstencroft has described your relationship as a ‘will they won’t they’ romance with regards to ever working together. Why now and why this project?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David and I have wanted to work together for ages, but then he moved out of the country. Then we had a lovely lunch at BAFTA and that’s when the moment was right. He told me this idea and I leapt at it, within a couple of hours the working script had come around to my office and within another hour I’d read it and I’d told him I wanted to do it. So it all happened very quickly.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What was so appealing about the script?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are so many different elements to The Escape Artist and that’s why I find it so appetising. When I first read it and the story unravelled something happened which actually made me jump a foot out of my seat. I was really shaken and really surprised. David’s writing always manages to surprise me and I absolutely love that.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could you tell us a bit about the casting?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant was the first choice for Will so that was fantastic when he said yes. We then wanted somebody you absolutely believe he could have a very sexy but happy relationship with, and Ashley Jensen was again a first thought, and is perfect. For Maggie, Brian Welsh had worked with Sophie a lot, and I had been longing to work with her for years.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think Toby Kebbell brings what Will could have been in another life, in another time to the role of Foyle. Foyle is not the most pleasant of people but there’s something attractive about him, there’s a sensuality, a charisma. They’re both magnetic and I think magnets do sometimes attract and sometimes they repel and we really needed that dynamic at the core of the piece.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What did Brian Welsh bring to the project?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s the first time I’ve worked with Brian. I really loved Black Mirror, it was sensational and I knew other actors that had worked with him and they all spoke very highly of him. I think what he brings is an absolute focus, he’s wonderful with the cast but he also has a real vision for the whole piece. This is quite a tapestry so you need somebody who can stand back and make sure it all comes together and he does that really well.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why is this suited to television in particular?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be honest TV gives you extra time, it’s that simple. There is nothing else that would warrant it not being on a big screen except that 180 minutes is a bit long. You can explore the characters more and get into the nuances, where as in a movie of 100 minutes you can’t quite have the same scope. You can have scale obviously but you can’t get into those little extras.</span></div></div></div></div><div class="section" id="section-2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 32px;"><h2 style="border-color: rgb(20, 122, 200); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 6px 1px 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Paul Frift</span></h2><div class="content content-rich-text"><div class="richtext"><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you get involved with the project?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hilary called me quite early on and I was very excited because we hadn’t worked together since State Of Play. Though since then we worked together on Restless. When she told me it was a contemporary legal thriller written by David Wolstencroft, creator of Spooks I became even more excited. Then she told me it was going to star David Tennant, and the excitement levels went straight through the roof!</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you think the story is really about?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess it’s something to do with the existence of good and evil in life. Legal dramas tend to work out who is innocent or who is guilty, so it’s to do with that hunt for justice. I’ve always been fascinated by legal dramas in the sense that it is something that has been going on for centuries. When you get to the trial there’s something about that event - prosecution, defence, jury, judge - seeing that on film brings out that sense of justice in all of us.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you make sure everything was legally accurate?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have a legal advisor who is a QC, Andrew Jeffries. We went to watch him at The Old Bailey and there’s certainly something of an actor in him and I think probably in every barrister because they are having to sell something to their public, the jury.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Were there any challenges on the shoot?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shooting in Scotland was very challenging. It was snowing, very cold, possibly the coldest I’ve ever felt on a film location, and I’ve filmed in Iceland and Austria but this was very, very cold. It was a real challenge for the actors as they’re a bit more exposed than us - completely layered up in our clothing. We try and make them as warm as we possibly can but I think they are quite incredible to keep their concentration and deliver even in those circumstances. The crew too were incredibly professional, they just kept going.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you talk about working with David Tennant?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David is one of the most extraordinary actors I’ve ever worked with. He’s incredibly professional, very good technically, he seems to be able to remember lines like no other actor I’ve come across. I think this role will take him to places no other role has taken him recently. I think it really pushes him to give a fantastic performance.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What made you choose Brian Welsh to direct?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We looked at Black Mirror and Mayday, they were both very striking pieces of television. Brian is young, he’s fresh, he’s got a lot of new ideas and it’s been a great joy working with him. I think he is really trying to bring out the Hitchcockian tension in the drama. He’s also extremely good with actors, he’s an actors director and we like that. And he’s very good at the visual side of it. He’s doing a great job.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could you talk more about the visuals and look of the show?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well we’re also very lucky to have David Higgs as our cinematographer. He is extremely experienced and gives all of the visuals a very rich look. His operating style is very dynamic, and he brings out all of the different aspects of the drama.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What about the location choices?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In terms of locations, there is a distinction between the very ancient and the modern. The legal world has been around for centuries and our characters live in the modern world so we chose some very ultra modern loft apartments for both Will and Maggie, and of course The Old Bailey, Middle Temple and the High Court in Scotland bring a great contrast to the piece and it works very well.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What audience are you aiming at with The Escape Artist?</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every so often a thriller comes along that bites into what the audience wants and pushes all their buttons, and that’s what we’re hoping to do with this.</span></div></div></div></div></div>

BBC One David Tennant The Escape Artist TV Drama The Escape Artist Producers: "David Tennant is one of the most extraordinary actors I’ve ever worked with."

Interview with The Escape Artists producers, Hilary Bevan Jones and Paul Frift: Hilary Bevan Jones David Wolstencroft has described your rel...

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David Wolstencroft On The Escape Artist: "David Tennant Inhabits The Part Completely"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LOWRHjWwGq6_6h-r9P-ecqkKN7jaUHG1xHJhUX0Iw6YNrqWHpEtWEqYEBvOZtbstDFIlu0JVS9Xg4fb9AhRWk9TlMgcxZMBDHlD8f-gSOG4Lc3DJhs7qHQ_OfFD1buVIGE-wYglZKU8/s1600/thees5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LOWRHjWwGq6_6h-r9P-ecqkKN7jaUHG1xHJhUX0Iw6YNrqWHpEtWEqYEBvOZtbstDFIlu0JVS9Xg4fb9AhRWk9TlMgcxZMBDHlD8f-gSOG4Lc3DJhs7qHQ_OfFD1buVIGE-wYglZKU8/s640/thees5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Escape Artists writer David Wolstencroft talks about the new BBC One drama:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why did you choose ‘The Escape Artist’ as the title?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Titles just materialise. When I created Spooks, that title was literally the first thing I wrote, at the top of the notepad. It was exactly the same with The Escape Artist. I knew I wanted to write a legal drama that had aspects of a Hitchcockian thriller to it. Something that didn’t go the usual way these types of stories can go, I wanted to give it an air of mystery and menace.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you tell us what makes this crime drama different?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There’s a tendency with legal stories to get caught up in the intellectual side of things rather than the emotional underbelly. I wanted to do something that from the gut rather than something that was about the ins and outs of the law, although this does of course involve that but I tried to frame it in a different way.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you tell us about the character of Will?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will is the master of the machine that is the legal system. I wanted to write a story about someone who gets out of that machine and is promptly run over by it. I’ve had personal experiences with legal process both here and in America, and all of those experiences have resulted in me thinking deep, raw, primal thoughts. You’re dealing with these spectacularly complex legal concepts, having these meetings that are full of legal gibberish, and yet the overall feeling for me was one of boiling fury. I was like a caged animal, and so I wanted to put that into this story of a criminal barrister.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How important are Will’s family to his journey?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our private life often tells a more truthful story about ourselves that the one we project professionally. Will’s world - his marriage, his relationship with his son, is paramount in this story. It helps us identify with him. I don’t imagine I could be a lawyer or do what Will does, but he’s committed to his family, and that’s something I relate to very much. I think that creates a powerful emotional connection.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you have casting in mind when writing?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I rarely have anyone in mind when I write because I think that sometimes limits the character. In any case the right actor will also bring their own stuff to it. I have been very lucky in that David Tennant does just inhabit the part completely.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ashley and David had worked together before, that must have helped in terms of casting?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was so excited when we were talking about Ashley joining the cast as I’ve long admired her work in Ugly Betty and in Extras. I knew that working with them both was going to be a lot of fun because they’ve got a short hand together.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could you tell us a bit about the part of Maggie played by Sophie Okonedo?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think Will, Maggie and Foyle all share an element of the psychopath about them. What I love about Maggie and what Sophie has done with the character is she gives the impression that she would truly stop at nothing in order to succeed - but she never does go that far, she’s a brilliant lawyer.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you feel about Toby Kebbell being cast as Foyle?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was blown away by what Toby did. He was like a de-tuned television walking around the set. Deeply unsettling. The scenes between Foyle and Eileen especially. Those scenes really are messed up. When I wrote them I had an image in my mind on just how dark it would be but they went completely into the basement.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was the character of Foyle based on any real-life criminals?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No, but I think he evolved out of the need for him to be in the script. In as much as I wanted him to be as engaging a nemesis as possible. He needed to be intelligent and manipulative a classic villain. I also wanted him to have an emotional response, he stays very much true to what he believes in, even as a psychopath he goes into very dark hellish places but he still stands up for what he believes in, in a horrible way. He’s a man of honour, perversely, but the wires are all jumbled.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you put the twists and turns of the story together?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did what I always do – I wrote myself into a corner and waited to see what happened. Will helped me get there, by that stage I knew him and although it sounds weird he sort of helped me do that.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are there hints that Foyle and Will could have swapped places?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a lot of mirror scenes in the script to make that point. Brian (Welsh) does a great job in showing it using reflections in people’s glasses, mirrors on walls etc. That’s part of what I think the ambition has always been, to show reflections between the characters, showing their similarities. There are a lot of ways to approach the show that aren’t just about who done it and how.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why did you choose television rather than film to tell the story?</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m a TV addict. I grew up with the big event series like Cracker, House Of Cards, Edge Of Darkness. And the bar keeps being raised, which speaking personally as a writer I respond to very much. Look at something like Sherlock, and the way they tell stories on that show. I think television does allow you to inhabit a world in a way film doesn’t. I also wanted this to return. The BBC have been really supportive in that regard, they really got it from the beginning and we all wanted to make the same thing so it seemed like a perfect fit.</span></div>

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