DOCTOR Who star David Tennant, also famous for his role as Hamlet on stage and screen, lobbied a Warrington MP in Parliament.
At a reception organised by the All-Party Performing Arts and Media Group the star and others including actors 
Roger Lloyd-Pack and Honour Blackman met Warrington North MP Helen Jones.
They raised concerns about the current licensing arrangements for smaller venues, such as pubs, and lobbied for the retention of the BBC licence fee.
David recently expressed his support for the Labour Party and for Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
After the reception Ms Jones said: “It was a pleasure to meet David and to receive his good wishes.
“We are asking the government to reconsider the requirement for small venues to have a licence. Many bands start their career in pubs and other small venues and learn their trade there before they go on to bigger things.”
She said it was important to keep the publicly-funded BBC, despite its faults, as many of its programmes – such as children’s and natural history ones – would not be made by a commercial broadcaster.
Pictured: Warrington North MP Helen Jones with David Tennant.
