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David Tennant stars in Jonathan Ross's new comic

Doctor Who star David Tennant has landed another major sci-fi role - as a Simon Cowell-style evil genius in Jonathan Ross's latest comic book.

Review: The Decoy Bride

A Hollywood star (Alice Eve) attempts to marry her writer fiancé (David Tennant) away from the prying eyes of the world's press in this less-than-original romantic comedy.

This romantic screwball comedy, set on the mythical Scottish island of Hegg, is clearly intended to evoke memories of Whisky Galore!, I Know Where I'm Going and even Local Hero.

Sadly, the visual magic simply isn't there (perhaps because the film was largely shot on the Isle of Man) and the sub-Ealing eccentricity of the locals seems just a little too forced. Kelly Macdonald is appealing as local lass Katie, a Bridget Jones-like mac-singleton returning to the island after her most recent relationship breaks up.

Here, she meets an arrogant author, James (David Tennant), who is trying to marry Hollywood star Lara Tyler (Alice Eve) away from the prying eyes of the world's media. Tennant does his best in a strangely written role requiring him to be supercilious and charming at the same time. It's a trick that even Cary Grant in his prime would have struggled to pull off.

The Decoy Bride film review and trailer

The Decoy Bride is an amiable if unconvincing wedding comedy set on a remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress Lara (Alice Eve) is hoping to marry English beau James Arber (David Tennant) away from the gaze of the paparazzi.

The Decoy Bride review

David Tennant and Alice Eve headline the brand new British romantic comedy, The Decoy Bride. And here's our review...

Review: The Decoy Bride

Cheap and cheerful Scottish-set romcom gets by on charm of Kelly Macdonald and David Tennant.

Ex-Dr Who David Tennant ties knot in romantic comedy

Former Doctor Who David Tennant, who wed Georgia Moffett last month, is walking up the aisle for his new film, romcom The Decoy Bride.

British comedy threw many unusual shapes between 2000 and 2009. Catherine Tate's longform survey of the hits of the decade is hefty enough to stick with. A selection of great clips is punctuated by Tate interviewing - in the loosest possible sense - people like David Walliams, Rob Brydon, Noel Fielding and Alan Carr about what made their shows fly. And Tate's former Doctor Who co-star David Tennant quizzes Tate about her own comic creations.

Catherine Tate tells the story of comedy over the decade she became a household name. It's spiced up with clips and anecdote-packed interviews with the usual suspects (think David Tennant, Alan Carr...), so it might be an exercise in back-slapping. But given that this is the decade that gave us such black-comic masterpieces as The Office (2001), Nighty Night (2004), The Thick of It (2005) and Getting On (2009), maybe it should be christened the new Dark Age of comedy.

Production starts on Nativity! 2

Production started last week on Nativity 2 - The Second Coming, the sequel to the successful 2009 family film. This time David Tennant heads the cast as new classroom teacher Mr Peterson.