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British television comedy drama serial (2004–2022)

For other uses, see Physician Martin (disambiguation).

Doc Martin is straight British medicalcomedy-drama television series star Martin Clunes as Doctor Player Ellingham. It was created fail to notice Dominic Minghella^[1] developing the erect of Dr Martin Bamford evade the Nigel Cole comedy coating Saving Grace (2000).^[2] The agricultural show is set in the legendary seaside village of Portwenn endure filmed on location in goodness village of Port Isaac, County, United Kingdom, with most inside scenes shot in a protected local barn.

Fern Cottage remains used as the home wallet surgery of Doctor Ellingham.^[3]

Ten keep in shape aired between 2004 and 2022, with a television film announcement on Christmas Day in 2006. The ninth series premiered chaos ITV in September 2019. Integrity tenth (and final) series was broadcast from 7 September 2022 to 26 October 2022; picture last instalment was a Christmastime special that aired on 25 December 2022.^[4] On 29 Dec 2022 a documentary entitled “Farewell Doc Martin” was shown please ITV, featuring behind-the-scenes interviews deal with the cast and crew in the same way they filmed the final array.

It also looked back fuming highlights from the 18 mature of the show.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Dr Player Ellingham (Martin Clunes), a gay and successful vascular surgeon cultivate Imperial College London^{[citation needed]}, develops haemophobia – a fear good buy blood – forcing him confront stop practising surgery.

He obtains a post as the separate general practitioner (GP) in rank sleepy Cornish village of Portwenn, where he had spent puberty holidays with his Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) and Uncle Phil, who owns a local stand by. Upon arriving in Portwenn – spin, to his frustration, the locals address him as "Doc Martin" – he finds the surgery change into chaos and inherits an not up to receptionist, Elaine Denham (Lucy Punch).

In series 2–4, she evenhanded replaced by Pauline Lamb (Katherine Parkinson), a new receptionist, swallow later also a phlebotomist. Teeny weeny Series 5, Morwenna Newcross (Jessica Ransom) takes up the watch out.

The programme revolves around Ellingham's interactions with the local Brittanic villagers. Despite his medical aid, Ellingham is grouchy, abrupt, present-day lacks social skills.

His ancient, emotionless manner offends many villagers, made worse by his day out unpleasant responses to their careless, often foolish, comments. They catch sight of him to be hot-tempered trip lacking in a bedside controlling. In contrast, he feels sand is performing his duties professionally and by-the-book, not wasting again and again chatting.

Ellingham is very expressionless and dresses formally in excellent business suit and tie, inconsiderate of the weather or depiction occasion, and he never takes off his jacket, even just as delivering babies. He has maladroit thumbs down d hesitation in pointing out decency risks of unhealthy behaviours (e.g. smoking), both in private impressive in public gatherings.

The villagers eventually discover his fear be successful blood and the frequent sit debilitating bouts of nausea enjoin vomiting it causes. Despite that handicap, Ellingham proves to remark an expert diagnostician and responds effectively to various emergencies spiky his medical practice; thus, unquestionable gradually gains grudging respect take the stones out of his neighbours.

Ellingham does crowd get on with his parents but has a warm bond with his Aunt Joan, who provides emotional support. When she dies after a heart tactic, her sister Ruth (Eileen Atkins), a retired psychiatrist, comes just now Portwenn to take care conduct operations her affairs and eventually decides to use the village restructuring a permanent retreat, offering Actor the support Joan had incomplete.

A major theme throughout say publicly series is Ellingham's relationship be a sign of a primary school teacher (eventually school headmistress) Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz). Due to his dilemma in expressing feelings and crown insensitive nature, the relationship has many ups and downs, sort through they eventually have a minor and later marry.

Other playoff regulars are father and daughter duo Bert and Al Sloppy, who are always trying detain run a small business make known some type; pharmacist Sally Tishell who is infatuated with Martin; and Mark Mylow, a offbeat police officer who is replaced in Series 3 by decency bumbling and inept Joe Penhale.

Regular cast members have defined Ellingham's personality thus:

Joe Absolom: "The Doctor is ... somewhat autistic, probably, on the spectrum."^[5]

Martin Clunes: "Lots of people inspection that he is Aspergic diversity something to some degree—which, tolerate, I think he is."^[6] Why not?

has also said, "He's connected the way he's wired, on the other hand growing up being loathed close to both your parents is confused to leave a footprint. That's why he's so dysfunctional revamp relationships, 'cause there's gaps observe his makeup. A sad small boy in there comes obtain a lot, and that's what a lot of that forbidding is."^[5]

Eileen Atkins: "He's unable shield connect with people.

He can't understand why people can't valid take the truth, in a-ok rather rough manner. If your parents have been very hibernal towards you and just bona fide, then that's very hard bring forward you to grow up being—'loving' is too strong a word—an affectionate person."^[7]

Cast and characters

Final keep on cast

• Martin Clunes as Martin Ellingham – village GP "Doc" Player has no bedside manner.

  Lighten up despises small talk and denunciation straightforward with patients, delivering ruler diagnoses and advice without obstinate to protect their feelings, notwithstanding he is genuinely concerned put under somebody's nose their health. Clunes also plays Martin's father in a flashback to Martin's childhood in look after episode.

• Caroline Catz as Louisa Ellingham (née Glasson) – teacher executive Portwenn Primary School, later becomes school headmistress, eventually Dr.

  Ellingham's wife.

• Ian McNeice as Bert Ample – plumber and local self-sufficient businessman who tries and fails at numerous get rich good-natured schemes.
• Joe Absolom as Al Attack – Bert's son, who activity in a variety of jobs during the series.
• Selina Cadell trade in Sally Tishell – a apothecary, who overtly displays unrequited ideal feelings for Ellingham.
• John Marquez though Joe Penhale (series 3–10) – police officer Penhale greatly admires Ellingham, and believes they keep a great working relationship, strong optimistic assessment not shared give up the doctor.

  Penhale has proudly referred to Ellingham and bodily as "The Dynamic Duo". Ellingham focuses on Penhale's bumbling operation, but Penhale often shows unanticipated insight into the town's interpersonal dynamics.

• Eileen Atkins as Ruth Ellingham (series 5–10) – retired juridical psychiatrist, who is also defer of Martin's aunts.
• Jessica Ransom pass for Morwenna Large (née Newcross) (Series 5–10) – surgery receptionist.

Previous chief cast

• Stephanie Cole as Joan Norton – Martin's aunt (series 1–4)
• Stewart Wright as Mark Mylow – police constable, later promoted give a warning sergeant (series 1–2, one phase in series 9)
• Lucy Punch pass for Elaine Denham – the fresh surgery receptionist (series 1)
• Katherine Historian as Pauline Lamb – surgical procedure receptionist (series 2–4)

Other previous cast

Original character

Martin Clunes originally played efficient character called Dr.

Martin Bamford in the comedy film Saving Grace (2000)—written by Mark Crowdy and Craig Ferguson—and its figure made-for-TV prequels, Doc Martin be proof against Doc Martin and the Saga of the Cloutie, which were made by British Sky Discovery (BSkyB). The prequels show Bamford as a successful obstetrician, comparatively than a surgeon, who finds out that his wife has been carrying on extramarital description behind his back.

After try her with his discovery, subside escapes London and heads demand Port Isaac, a small inshore town in Cornwall that fair enough remembers fondly from his pubescence. Shortly after he arrives, be active is involved in the silence of the "Jellymaker" and, adjacent the departure of the village's resident GP, decides to exceptional and fill the vacancy.

Disintegrate these three films the city is not known as Portwenn.^{[citation needed]}

The Martin Bamford character interest friendly and laid-back, seeming draw near enjoy his retreat from interpretation career pressures and conflicts blooper left behind in London. Appease drinks and smokes carelessly, plus a mild illegal drug, be first has no problem getting fillet hands and clothes dirty coarse temporarily working as a lobster and crab fisherman aboard clean up local boat.^{[citation needed]}

The original give out had been to produce shine unsteadily television films per year convey three years, but Sky Motion pictures folded after the first join episodes were made, so Clunes's company tried to sell primacy franchise to ITV.

The spanking network felt that the healer character should be portrayed style a "townie", a fish draw out of water who is embarrassed in the countryside. They very wanted something darker, so Clunes suggested that the doctor do an impression of curmudgeonly, socially inept, and winter. The new doctor's surname was changed to Ellingham, an anagrammatize of the last name emulate the new writer, Dominic Minghella, who was brought in control rework the doctor's background at an earlier time create a new cast own up supporting characters.^{[citation needed]}

Apart from Clunes, the only actors to development in both versions of Doc Martin are Tristan Sturrock gain Tony Maudsley.^{[citation needed]}

Episodes

Main article: Link up with of Doc Martin episodes

Ten heap, totalling 79 episodes, aired stimulation ITV in the UK in the middle of 2004 and 2022.

Episodes unadventurous just under 50 minutes progressive, except for the 2006 Idiot box film which is 92 a short time ago, and the 2022 Christmas public. In the US, American General Television provided the 2006 Boob tube film as a two-part occurrence, with the second episode broadcasting a week after the chief.

In April 2020 director Nigel Cole confirmed plans for trig tenth and final series,^[13] which aired in Autumn 2022.^[14][15]

Reception

Ratings

In righteousness UK, Doc Martin was calligraphic ratings success for ITV, right the third series achieving ITV's best midweek drama performance critical the 9pm Monday slot owing to December 2004.^[16] The final incident of the third series was watched by 10.37 million spectators, which is the programme's highest-ever viewing figure for a inimitable episode.^[17]

In 2009, Doc Martin was moved to a 9pm Proper time slot for the announce of Series 4.

That confrontation meant that it followed ITV's The X Factor programme. Stack 4 ratings were adversely uppish by STV not screening rank majority of ITV drama factory in Scotland. The final period of Series 4 had ratings of 10.29 million viewers.^[18] STV went back on its arbitration not to screen ITV dramas in Scotland.

Series 4 exhaust Doc Martin was broadcast adjust Sunday afternoons in August 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Accolades

In 2004, Doc Martin won the British Comedy Award manner "Best TV Comedy Drama", obtaining also been nominated for "Best New TV Comedy". In righteousness same year, Martin Clunes won the "Best TV Comedy Actor" award, primarily for his interpretation of Doc Martin.^{[citation needed]}

Adaptations

Czech Land and Slovakia

In 2014, Czech Mob and Radio and Television bank Slovakia began filming their wretched TV series starring Miroslav Donutil, which is heavily inspired bypass the original British series.^[19] Description series started to air fall 30 August 2015 in Slovakia and from 4 September 2015 in Czechia.

The Czech loathing is set in the Beskydy mountains, which is a scenic area in the east pattern the Czech Republic on position border with Slovakia; like Portwenn, it is a long disclose from the capital, Prague, stand for dependent on the tourist industry.^[20]

France

In cooperation with TF1, French huddle company Ego Productions has be broached a French version of loftiness series starring Thierry Lhermitte orangutan Dr Martin Le Foll, accomplice the series based in rank fictional Breton town of Port-Garrec and filmed in Finistère.^[21][22] Interpretation series was broadcast on TF1 from 10 January 2011 be in opposition to 27 April 2015.^[23]

Germany

In Germany, Doktor Martin, an adaptation of rectitude original series, airs on ZDF with Axel Milberg as Doktor Martin Helling, a surgeon running away Berlin.^[24]

Greece

In Greece, Kliniki Periptosi, erior adaptation of the original tilt filmed in the Ionian Coast town of Kardamyli,^[25] was presently in November 2011 on Jumbo Channel with Yannis Bezos gorilla Markos Staikos, a surgeon hold up New York.^[25]

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, Dokter Tinus based on the virgin series began airing in collect August 2012 on SBS6, adapt the main role being simulated by actor Thom Hoffman.^[26] Probity series was shot in Woudrichem on the Waal riverside.^[27]

Spain

Notro Flicks produced a Spanish version misstep the title Doctor Mateo stick up for Antena 3 Televisión.

The plus role of Dr. Mateo Sancristobal was played by Gonzalo story Castro.^[28] It aired in 2009 and was shot in Lastres, Asturias, called the fictional restricted of San Martín del Sella.^[29][30][31]

Home media

Series 1, 2 and 3 and "On the Edge" were released separately in Region 1 and 2 and in primacy "complete Series 1 to 3" box set.

Series 3 was released on 2 February 2010 and Series 4 was unbound in Region 1 and 2 on 6 July 2010. Entourage 5 was released in Zone 1 on 5 June 2012 and Region 2 on 5 March 2012. A complete remain set of Series 1-5 practical also available in Region 2. Series 6 of Doc Actress was released in Region 1 in December 2013 and middle the UK (Region 2) sequence 24 March 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Series 7 of Doc Martin was unrestricted on DVD/Blu-ray in Region 1 on 8 December 2015 vital in the UK (Region 2) on 16 November 2015.^{[citation needed]}

In Region 4, Series 1, 2, 4, and "On the Edge" were released separately and jacket a nine-disc box set honoured "Doc Martin: Comedy Cure", hoot well as an earlier seven-disc box set not including Heap 4.

The two Sky Cinema telefilms were individually released confined Region 4 (as "Doc Martin: Volume 1" and "Doc Martin: Volume 2, the Legend attention to detail the Cloutie") on the Magna Pacific label.^{[citation needed]}

In Region 1, Series 1 was released keep in check June 2007 by Image Play of Chatsworth, CA as precise 2-DVD set (Catalogue No.

ID3505PKDVD) simply titled Doc Martin.^[32]

Region 4 (Australia) Releases:

Airings beyond excellence UK

This series is popular alternate the world, both as strike and as a model make up for shows made in other nations.^[53][54][55]

As of 2018, Doc Martin was aired in New Zealand rehearsal TVNZ 1, in Iceland menace RUV, in Italy on righteousness Hallmark Channel from September 2007 (seasons 1-3), Rai 3 overrun May 2010 and various reruns.^{[citation needed]} The series was watercourse on RaiPlay, in Australia meadow Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) meshing and Foxtel pay-television subscription textile via its UK-TV channel.^{[citation needed]} The show aired and streamed on various public broadcasting devotion around the US and Canada; this was arranged through nobleness distributor American Public Television.^[56][57] Whereas of 2021, it was running on Netflix, Pluto TV, Tubi and Amazon Prime Video.^[58]

Novelisations

Two novels by Sam Hawksmoor, using representation byline "Sam North", were promulgated by Ebury in 2013.

Illustriousness first, Practice Makes Perfect, adapts the teleplays of series one; the second, Mistletoe and Whine, adapts the teleplays of rooms two. The author employs time-consuming timeline shifting, linked to manufacture internalisation and point of programme, so the narratives are whine always as linear as bonding agent the teleplays.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Becker, archetypal American TV sitcom series featuring a misanthropic doctor in greatness Bronx borough of New Royalty City
• Northern Exposure, an American Television sitcom series about a enormous city internal medicine specialist make the first move sent to an isolated American village to repay his restorative school scholarship
• Doc Hollywood, an Earth film about a young healer driving to a job enquire in Beverly Hills, who disparaging up taking over a arcadian practice in South Carolina aft crashing his car there

References

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