Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Doctor Who, Jessica Jones and Broadchurch alum David Tennant has been tapped to lend his voice to the title character in the animated TV special The Highway Rat.
The vocal cast for the half-hour, Magic Light Pictures production will also include Rob Brydon as the narrator, Nina Sosanya as the Duck, Tom Hollander as the Squirrel and Frances de le Tour as the Rabbit. The Christmas special airing this year is based on the children's picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.