Scots actor David Tennant reveals what it's like home-schooling five children
Scottish actor David Tennant says home-schooling his children during lockdown has been a “challenge”.
The Bathgate-born performer, 49, has five children with his actress wife Georgia Moffett.
He told BBC Breakfast: “We’re lucky that we’ve got space, although we do have quite a lot of children so we have got quite a full house.”
The former Doctor Who star admitted: “Home-schooling was challenging.
“Obviously my wife Georgia was ultimately in charge because she’s better at organising things than I am.
“But between us we’d wrestle one child into a corner.”
The actor, who is back in a new series of comedy-drama There She Goes, said: “You very quickly recognise the gaps in your own knowledge.
“It’s not, ‘How do I do long-division?’
“It’s, ‘How do they teach long-division now because it’s all changed?’”
Tennant added: “I’ve always respected teachers for what they do, but oh my goodness I’m very glad they exist.”
Mr Tennant, best known for his portrayal of the tenth incarnation of TV’s best-loved time lord, told his parents at the age of three that he wanted to become an actor because he was a fan of the show.
They tried encouraging him to aim for more conventional work he has described himself as “absurdly single-minded” in pursuing an acting career.
He watched almost every Doctor Who episode for years, and spoke to Tom Baker at a book-signing event in Glasgow.
He acted in school productions throughout primary and secondary school in Renfrewshire, where he grew up.
In his most recent role, Mr Tennant portrays a doctor suspected of murdering his family in Deadwater Fell, a Scottish true crime mini-series which premiered on Channel 4 in January.
Later this year he will play Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des, a three-part mini-series due to be broadcast on ITV.
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