David is voicing a young Charles Darwin in the new Aardman Animations movie project, Pirates! An Adventure With Scientists!.

David says: "What a joy to be part of that. You feel a little bit of a cheat to take any credit for it, but really the stars of this film are the animators. What they can make a piece of plasticine is quite remarkable.""The other day I did my last session on the film and they brought the little model of [my character] Darwin down so I have shaken hands the plasticine me - which was strangely thrilling."

Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists! is released on 30th March 2012.