Doc Martin is a British television medical comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role of Dr Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella 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 Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn.
Doc Martin first aired on ITV 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 or address him as "Dr 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 been commissioned only 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 confirmed that there would be a tenth 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 PBS 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 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 Series Episodes DVD release Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 1 6 12 June 2007 31 October 2005 29 March 2006 2 8 28 July 2009 3 April 2006 26 July 2006 TV Film 28 July 2009 29 September 2008 17 October 2007 3 7 2 February 2010 18 February 2008 14 May 2008 4 8 6 July 2010 1 March 2010 29 September 2010 5 8 5 June 2012 5 March 2012 21 March 2012 6 8 10 December 2013 24 March 2014 23 April 20147 8 8 December 2015 16 November 2015 27 April 20168 8 12 December 2017 13 November 2017 6 December 20179 8 10 December 2019 11 December 2019 9 December 201910921 March 202312 December 2022
References
External links
Doc Martin Episodes on British Comedy Guide