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Doc Martin is a British television medical comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role of Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella[1] after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace.[2] 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 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.[3] Immediately after airing the finale episode of Series 9, ITV issued a terse publicity statement, "Goodbye, Doc! We'll miss you."[4] However, in April 2020, Director Nigel Cole confirmed that there would be a 10th series, which aired in 2022 and is the final series (See main article on Doc Martin).
During the course of the programme, 79 episodes of Doc Martin aired over ten series, between 2 September 2004 and 25 December 2022. This total counts the TV film as one episode.
- ^ Deans, Jason (11 November 2005). "ITV's Doc Martin kicks Spooks into touch". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "'Doc Martin' star Martin Clunes on the making of the British series". Los Angeles Times. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Martin Clunes denies reports that Doc Martin will be ending after nine series :(". Digitalspy.com. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ @ITV (13 November 2019). "Goodbye, Doc! We'll miss you" (Tweet) – via Twitter.