DAVID Tennant has admitted There She Goes left the BBC terrified of political correctness backlash for making light of disabilities.<\/p>\n
The comedy sees David and co-star Jessica Hynes play parents of a child with a severe learning disability. <\/p>\n
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The show has just returned for a second series after the first won praise for not suger-coating the trials of parenthood and marriage. <\/p>\n
While David's character Simon relies on booze and dark humour to cope, wife Emily admitted in a low moment in season one that she had struggled to love her newborn daughter. <\/p>\n
In a chat with The Guardian, David, 49, revealed his pride in the way the show tackles its subject matter, even if it is an uncomfortable watch sometimes.<\/p>\n
However, the cast and the BBC had had some trepidation about the show, because it lacked a certain sentimentality and political correctness there was a real fear he said. <\/p>\n
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The star also recalled how a journalist had predicted an incoming \"s**tstorm\" with series one, saying: \"He said: You are going to be destroyed for putting this on television. <\/p>\n
\"We all hoped he was wrong but we feared that he might be right.<\/p>\n
One concern was casting a non-disabled actor to play the couple's daughter Rosie, who is non-verbal and has the mental age of a toddler. <\/p>\n
Show bosses had explored the route of hiring an actor with a learning disability, but David said: \"Anyone who appreciates the kind of challenges that a child like Rosie would have doesnt doubt that it would not really have been possible.<\/p>\n
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There She Goes is based on the experience of the writers Shaun Pye and Sarah Crawford, whose daughter was born with an extremely rare - and still undiagnosed - chromosomal disorder.<\/p>\n
David's character Simon is based on Stuart, and the actor admits he would try and catch him out on set. <\/p>\n
He said: \"Id go: This bit were doing today that didnt really happen, did it? And everything is true.<\/p>\n
There She Goes continues tonight at 9.30pm on BBC Two.<\/p>\n
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