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Michael Sheen’s ‘Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake’ obituary for David Tennant might make you die of laughter

Oonagh Keating. Updated April 17th, 2025

If you’ve never watched or listened to the Where There’s a Will There’s a Wake podcast, you’ve really missed out on something special.

Originally hosted by the brilliant Kathy Burke, it allowed celebrities to chat with her about their ‘fantasy funeral’, and despite the dark subject matter, every episode has been packed with laughs – and moving moments.

Although Kathy has passed on – not like that – the podcast lives, and is now in its ‘purgatory’ phase, and that has allowed actors and married couple Georgia and David Tennant to experience another collaboration with their ‘staged’ co-star, Michael Sheen, who was invited to write a eulogy for his good friend.

Only really good friends can get away with roasting one another like this.

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“Not, of course, his real name. He was actually christened Marmaduke John Tenant, but nevertheless David Tennant was, of course, a name that came to symbolise a very particular kind of Englishness.”

We’re not prepared to accept that David Tennant will ever die. He’ll clearly regenerate, and there’ll be no need for a eulogy.

Nevertheless, the internet approved of Michael Sheen’s moving words.

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Both of them doing each other’s eulogies and owing each other money.
Valeria

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Not me believing he was called Marmaduke I’ll believe anything Michael Sheen says.
SeeDeeE123

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Genuinely paused this to fact check Marmaduke before the sarcasm washed over me…
dan

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Love their friendship.
Indi

Of course, Twitter got to hear about it, too.

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You probably won’t be surprised to learn that when Michael Sheen appeared on the podcast, he asked David to do his eulogy.

So, round 2 was clearly revenge.

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