Doc Martin - ITV1 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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Genre
Broadcast
Channel
Episodes
79 (10 series), plus 1 documentary
Creator
Stars
Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom, Selina Cadell, John Marquez, Stephanie Cole, Eileen Atkins and more
Writers
Dominic Minghella, Jack Lothian, Richard Stoneman and Edana Minghella
Directors
Ben Bolt, Minkie Spiro, Paul Seed, Nigel Cole, Ben Gregor and Kate Cheeseman
Producers
Philippa Braithwaite, Mark Crowdy and Sandy Poustie
Companies
Martin Clunes stars in this traditional and very popular family comedy drama as the socially challenged GP working in a sleepy Cornish hamlet.
After developing a phobia of blood, specialist vascular surgeon Martin Ellingham is forced into a change of career. He may have re-trained as a GP, but he still retains the aloof and tactless manner that presumably took him to specialist surgery in the first place. When he's unleashed on the sleepy Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, the inhabitants are in for a shock - they're more likely to receive cold-blooded diagnoses and personal insults than tea and sympathy.
Things do not start well. On an initial visit, he greatly disconcerts local teacher Louisa Glasson, who he then finds is on the health board that will either accept or reject him as the new doctor. Luckily she is won over. Later, Martin and Louisa fall in love and eventually - after a few false starts - get married. But harmony is hard to find...
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Also known as
- Farewell Doc Martin (Documentary)
Production
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Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
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Broadcast details
First broadcast
Thursday 2nd September 2004 at 9pm on ITV1
Next repeats
- Series 4, Episode 2: Sunday at 12:10pm on ITV3
- Series 4, Episode 3: Sunday at 8pm on ITV3
Most recent repeats
- Sunday 6th April 2025 at 8:00pm on ITV3 - Series 4, Episode 2
- Sunday 6th April 2025 at 10:55am on ITV3 - Series 4, Episode 1
- Sunday 30th March 2025 at 8:00pm on ITV3 - Series 4, Episode 1