Time Lord Tennant named top TV talent

New Doctor Who David Tennant leads a list of Britain's best TV talent.

The actor, who takes over from Christopher Eccleston as the Time Lord this Christmas, beat the likes of Jamie Oliver and Ant and Dec.

Tennant, 34, tops the Hot 100 in this week's Broadcast magazine, chosen by industry experts. They called his performance in BBC drama Casanova "exuberant, charismatic, and detailed".

And now, "landing the role of one of TV's most iconic characters has propelled Tennant into the big time".

TV chef Oliver was second thanks to his campaigning Channel 4 series Jamie's School Dinners. Third was comedian Catherine Tate and next came Bill Oddie, after his Springwatch series pulled in millions of viewers for BBC2.

Ant and Dec were fifth, followed by daytime TV presenter Paul O' Grady, comedian Julia Davis and Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond.