The series follows Doc Martin as he turns his back on life as a celebrated London surgeon and moves to a sleepy Cornish village to become the local doctor. Despite his surgical brilliance, Doc Martin lacks any interpersonal skills and his bedside manner soon starts to upset his new patients.
Doc Martin finds the surgery 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 is joined by a prestigious cast including Stephanie Cole as his Aunt Joan, who provides him with the emotional support he needs to face his new surroundings. Caroline Catz plays primary school teacher Louisa Glasson. Attracted to her though he is, Doc Martin is helpless.
Ian McNeice and Joe Absolom star as father and son, Bert and Al Large, who try to sort out Portwenn’s plumbing problems. Lucy Punch plays the feisty receptionist Elaine. Felicity Montagu plays Caroline, a local radio presenter.
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Running time: 14 x 1 hour
Starring
Stephanie Cole Waiting for God, Tenko
Caroline Catz Murder in Suburbia, In Denial of
Murder, The Vice
Ian McNeice Ace Ventura, A Life Less Ordinary
Joe Absolom Servants, P.O.W. EastEnders
Lucy Punch Being Julia, Mid-sommer Murders, I Saw
You
Felicity Montagu Bridget Jones'
Diary, I'm Alan Partridge, Trust
Guest stars
Celia Imrie Calendar Girls, Bridget Jones’
Diary
Jeff Rawle Drop the Dead Donkey
Richard Johnson The Whistle-Blower, Lara
Croft: Tomb Raider
Ben Miller The Actors, Johnny English
John Alderton Calendar Girls, Clockwork Mice
Stephanie Leonidas
Daddy’s Girl, Wall of Silence
Winner of the Best TV Comedy Drama at the 2004 British Comedy Awards
Series created and written by Dominic Minghella
Hamish Macbeth, Holding the Baby
Produced by
Philippa Braithwaite Staggered, Sliding Doors,
Hunting Venus
Directed by Ben Bolt Second Nature, Forgotten, The Turn of the Screw)
Executive producer
Mark Crowdy Saving Grace, Sorted
A Buffalo Pictures Production for ITV