Curtis reveals 'Who' Van Gogh casting

Richard Curtis has announced who will play Vincent Van Gogh in his upcoming episode of Doctor Who.

The writer previously revealed that his episode of the show would feature Van Gogh "stabbing a monster".

Curtis told Bullz-Eye: "We've got a brilliant guy playing Vincent van Gogh - which is who it's about - who you should look up on YouTube. He's a guy called Tony Curran, who really could not look more like [him].

"He's a wonderful actor who was in this brilliant movie called Red Road that came out, a rather serious movie. But he's going to be great. I’ve had a lot of fun. We start to shoot in about a month."

He added of his interest in the show: "[I] enjoyed it a lot when I was young, probably drifted away in the middle years, and then, of course, it was stopped.

"I've watched pretty well every episode of the new manifestation, 'cause there's so little family TV, so few times when you can sit down with the whole family and everybody get something out of it. So I'm a serious new convert. "

Red Road was the debut feature from British filmmaker Andrea Arnold, who went on to direct Fish Tank, released earlier this year.