David Tennant launches the BBC’s ambitious Shakespeare season Former Doctor Who actor stars in Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet by E Jane Dickson 9:45 AM, 22 April 2012 (RADIO TIMES)

David Tennant is a little baffled by the Cultural Olympiad: “I’m a bit hazy as to what it actually means, what it all adds up to,” he says.

“But if it means more Shakespeare, it’s fine my me.” In cultural terms, the Bard is a world-beater, Team GB’s biggest hitter. (“Well, him and Adele,” offers Tennant. “I think they’re the book-ends of our culture.”) Themes from The Tempest will form the centrepiece of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and this week sees the launch, as part of the Cultural Olympiad, of BBC’s Shakespeare Season, with new productions, for Radio 3, of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet (which is broadcast next Sunday).

Tennant, who picked up the Best Actor award for Kafka: the Musical in the BBC Audio Drama awards in January, takes a part in both productions. Despite a dose of flu, he’s closeted with fellow cast members in the green room at Broadcasting House, prior to recording his performance as Malvolio in Twelfth Night.


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