DAVID Tennant has admitted There She Goes left the BBC terrified of political correctness backlash for making light of disabilities.

The comedy sees David and co-star Jessica Hynes play parents of a child with a severe learning disability.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

"We all hoped he was wrong but we feared that he might be right.

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.

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.

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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.

David's character Simon is based on Stuart, and the actor admits he would try and catch him out on set.

He said: "Id go: This bit were doing today that didnt really happen, did it? And everything is true.

There She Goes continues tonight at 9.30pm on BBC Two.

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