Doc Martin ''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film '' Saving Grace''. The ...

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medical Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practic ...

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

series starring

Martin Clunes Alexander Martin Clunes OBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, comedian, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series ''Doc Martin'' and Gary Strang in ''Men Be ...

in the title role of Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by

Dominic Minghella Dominic Minghella (born 1966) is a British television producer and screenwriter. His most successful project has been the creation of the ITV network comedy-drama series ''Doc Martin'', starring Martin Clunes, which began in 2004. The main chara ...

after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film '' Saving Grace''. The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of

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, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. ''Doc Martin'' first aired on

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

on 2 September 2004, with a first series of six episodes. The episode number for the second series increased to eight. This was followed by a TV film and a third series of seven episodes. The next six series aired eight episodes each. Throughout the series, the various characters almost never refer to him as "Doctor Ellingham". Patients and some of his acquaintances usually just call him "Doc", and everyone else calls him Martin. 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. 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 Nigel Cole (born 1959) is an English film and television director. Career Cole began his career in the 1980s, directing current affairs shows and documentaries for Central Independent Television. Into the 1990s, Cole co-wrote the play ''Sod'' ...

confirmed that there would be a 10th series, which aired in 2022 and is the final series (See main article on ''Doc Martin''). This total counts the TV film as one episode.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2004)

Series 2 (2005–2006)

TV film (2006)

American

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affiliates broadcast this in Part 1 and Part 2 episodes. In the Acorn Media compilation, "On the Edge" is included in the series 2 DVD, as part of that series' episodes.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2004)

Series 2 (2005–2006)

TV film (2006)

Series 3 (2007)

Series 4 (2009)

Series 5 (2011)

Series 6 (2013)

Series 7 (2015)

Series 8 (2017)

Series 9 (2019)

Series 10 (2022)

Home media

References

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