Martin is forced to confront his fear of blood, first when the town plays a prank on him involving ketchup as a fake injury. Fifteen-year-old Melanie Gibson ( Stephanie Leonidas) has a crush on the doctor after he mends her dislocated shoulder. John Slater ( John Alderton), an old flame of Auntie Joan's, returns to the village hoping to rekindle his love affair with her, but Martin discovers he has a life-threatening heart condition. Peter Cronk ( Kurtis O'Brien), a boy at Louisa's school, causes trouble on a wildlife trip and Martin meets Park Ranger Stewart James ( Ben Miller), who believes he lives with a 6-foot red squirrel named Anthony.
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He doesn't want to go, so Louisa offers the ticket to PC Mark Mylow ( Stewart Wright) instead. Louisa buys two tickets to the Portwenn Players Dance and invites Martin. Martin and Bert believe the cause of the epidemic is the origins of the water supply. Bert Large ( Ian McNeice) and his son Al ( Joe Absolom) have an argument over college and the future of their family businesses. Martin appears on the local radio station in an attempt to alert the village to a potential health scare, but his efforts misfire.
Ī stomach bug sweeps the village, filling Martin's surgery with patients. Martin also sacks Elaine ( Lucy Punch) as his receptionist for her general attitude and incompetence after she inaccurately takes down the name or phone number of a boy with suspected appendicitis. He is diagnosed with cancer and must have surgery which may cost the former singer his voice. Former teacher Roger Fenn ( Jeff Rawle) is hoarse and has a lump on his neck, so Martin refers him to a specialist for a biopsy. Martin's surgery officially opens for business, but patients continue to treat it as a drop-in cafe. Disillusioned, Martin decides he has made a mistake and plans to return to London. He also inadvertently uncovers an affair between a teenager and the wife of Colonel Gilbert Spencer ( Richard Johnson), leading to threats of a divorce, a reconciliation and then a punch on his nose. Although pleased to renew his acquaintance with his Auntie Joan Norton ( Stephanie Cole) with whom he spent holidays as a boy, he is less than enamoured of the other locals he encounters and the state of his predecessor's surgery. Having unwittingly offended local teacher Louisa Glasson ( Caroline Catz), he spontaneously diagnoses her glaucoma. Martin interviews for the post of general practitioner (GP) at Portwenn in Cornwall.
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The tenth series of Doc Martin began airing in 2022 and is the final series.Įpisodes Series 1 (2004) No.
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This total counts the TV film as 1 episode. Immediately after airing the finale episode of Series 9, ITV issued a terse publicity statement, "Goodbye, Doc! We'll miss you." However, in April 2020, Director Nigel Cole confirmed that there will be a 10th series (See main article on Doc Martin).Īs of 19 November 2019, 70 episodes of Doc Martin have aired. While it had been reported in 2017 that the series would end after Series 9 in 2019, Martin Clunes clarified that it had only been commissioned as far as that year, thereby not ruling out future plans by the broadcaster. Patients and some of his acquaintances usually just call him "Doc", and everyone else calls him Martin. Throughout the series, the various characters almost never refer to him as "Doctor Ellingham". The next six series aired eight episodes each. This was followed by a TV film and a third series of seven episodes. The episode number for the second series increased to eight. The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn.ĭoc Martin first aired on ITV on 2 September 2004, with a first series of six episodes. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace.
First-run airings of the ITV medical dramedyĭoc Martin is a British television medical comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role of Doctor Martin Ellingham.
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