Doc Martin

Doc Martin

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Overview

Doc Martin is a comedy drama about a doctor whose truculence and tactless manner causes mayhem in a small Cornish community. Martin Clunes plays surgeon Dr. Martin Ellingham, whose glittering career comes crashing down around him when he develops a phobia, which prevents him conducting operations.

He makes a life changing decision to retrain as a GP, and applies for a vacant post in the sleepy Cornish town of Portwenn, where he spent childhood holidays.

If the patients are expecting tea and sympathy from their curmudgeonly GP they are going to be disappointed. Despite his surgical brilliance, he has no personal skills, and his understanding of humans is practically non-existent.

Dr Ellingham, or Doc Martin, as the locals refer to him, much to his disgust, finds the surgery is in disarray. The medical equipment is beyond repair, and the patients’ records are a mess. To top it all he inherits the world’s most incompetent receptionist, Elaine Denham, who clearly resents Doc Martin moving in.

The community is united in horror at their foul new GP.

Doc Martin soon finds he needs all the allies he can get as he tries to negotiate his way around village life with hilarious consequences.

Martin Clunes confesses he revelled in the surliness of Dr Martin Ellingham: “I loved being loathsome, it is very liberating!? says Martin.

Martin ClunesDR Martin Ellingham

Louisa gets too involved with things and is a bit of a busy body. She can be presumptuous and sometimes jumps to conclusions too quickly. But she has people’s best interests at heart.

Caroline CatzLouisa Glasson

We liked the idea of reversing the usual ’fish out of water’ scenario which can happen when a ‘townie’ settles in a small rural place. Instead of the village appearing strange and unusual, in our series it is the incoming doctor who is the quirky character, whom the inhabitants find hard to fathom.

Philippa BraithwaiteProducer

I like the very English quality she has of understating emotions rather than letting it all hang out, she keeps them under strong reins.

Stephanie ColeAunt Joan Norton

The historic fishing village of Port Isaac, on the North Cornwall coast, plays the part of Portwenn in Doc Martin. The Platt, the Cornish name for a market square, is at the heart of the village, by the harbour, and was the location for the lifeboat day gala in the first episode of Doc Martin

Port IsaacPortwenn