''Doktor Martin'' is a German television comedy drama series produced by production company

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for the German television channel

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

. The first series was broadcast in July 2007, the second in July 2009. The series is an adaptation of the British television series

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, which is broadcast on the British television channel ITV.

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plays Dr. Martin Helling, a vascular surgeon from

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who hangs up his job because of a phobia of blood, so he moves to the East Frisian village of

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for a new beginning. However, everything is very different from his city life; there is no hassle in the practice, patients prefer to stay for a cup of tea. The comedy of the series is mostly centred on the peculiarities of the villagers.

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* 2007 German television series debuts 2009 German television series endings Doc Martin German comedy-drama television series German drama television series German-language television shows German television series based on British television series ZDF original programming {{Germany-tv-prog-stub

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