Scripted series · ITV1
Doc Martin
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Martin Clunes
Dr. Martin Ellingham
77 eps
Caroline Catz
Louisa Glasson
77 eps
Lucy Punch
Elaine Denham
24 eps
Katherine Parkinson
Pauline Lamb
45 eps
Stephanie Cole
Joan Norton
29 eps
Angeline Ball
37 eps
Joe Absolom
Al Large
77 eps
Ian McNeice
Bert Large
77 eps
Jake Wood
Jimmy Dobbs
37 eps
Selina Cadell
Mrs Tishell
69 eps
Lia Williams
37 eps
Stewart Wright
PC Mark Mylow
45 eps
Eileen Atkins
Ruth Ellingham
25 eps
Chris O'Dowd
Jonathan Crozier
37 eps
Amanda Abbington
Isobel
37 eps
Jessica Ransom
Morwenna Newcross
25 eps
John Marquez
PC Penhale
25 eps
Ashton Hinchliff
James Henry Ellingham
8 eps
Louise Jameson
Eleanor Glasson
8 eps
Tristan Sturrock
Danny Steel
16 eps
Ben Miller
Stewart James
14 eps
Richard Johnson
1 eps
Andrea Riseborough
1 eps
Reno Wilson
1 eps
Nicholas Le Prevost
Robert
2 eps
Art Malik
John Rahmanzai
1 eps
Lucy Briggs-Owen
Rosie Edwards
1 eps
Robyn Addison
Janice Bone
1 eps
Malcolm Storry
Clive Tishell
1 eps
Richard Derrington
Tourist
1 eps
Yolanda Kettle
Hannah Butler
1 eps
Richard McCabe
Trevor Dodds
1 eps
Samantha Spiro
Tina Collins
1 eps
Caroline Quentin
Angela Sim
1 eps
Stuart Davidson
Ben Twilly
8 eps
Rosalie Craig
Lorna Argyll
1 eps
Jacqueline Clarke
Madge
1 eps
Amanda Daniels
Sarah - Paramedic
1 eps
Angela Curran
Caitlin Morgan
1 eps
Rosie Ede
Mel Hendy
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Doc Martin actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Doc Martin reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. 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. Five series aired between 2004 and 2011, together with a feature-length special that aired on Christmas Day 2006. Series 6 began airing on ITV on 2 September 2013.
The run
Seasons
10 seasons · 77 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20019 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20046 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S01E02 Gentlemen Prefer
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20058 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S02E08 Erotomania
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20077 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S03E02 Movement
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20098 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S04E01 Better the Devil
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20118 episodes
8.2IMDbBest episode · S05E08 Ever After
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20138 episodes
8.7IMDbBest episode · S06E06 Hazardous Exposure
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
20158 episodes
8.8IMDbBest episode · S07E08 The Doctor Is Out
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
20178 episodes
8.6IMDbAfter having therapy to save their marriage in the last series, series eight sees Martin and Louisa face the challenge of living happily together with their baby James Henry. Doc's formidable Aunt Ruth is beginning to doubt the wisdom of going into business with Bert Large and his son Al. Bert is desperate to make his home distilled whisky a success, but there’s a shortage of customers willing to buy and guests are not exactly flocking to Al’s bed and breakfast. Wedding bells are ringing for unlucky in love PC Joe Penhale, but will the course of true love run smoothly at last for Portwenn’s police officer?
Best episode · S08E05 From the Mouths of Babes
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
20198 episodes
9.5IMDb
Season 10 · Complete
Season 10
20228 episodes
9.3IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E02
Movement
Bert Large opens a restaurant in Portwenn, but when a food-poisoning alert appears to be connected to it, it could be a short-lived opening. When Louisa contracts food-poisoning, Martin is rather self-consciously forced to treat her in her bedroom.
S01E03
Sh*t Happens
When a nasty stomach virus hits Portwenn, half the village takes ill, and Doc thinks he has traced the virus's source to the local swimming pool.
- Written by Dominic Minghella
S01E02
Gentlemen Prefer
Quirky Doc Martin opens his village practice, only to discover that most of his 'patients' enjoy using his waiting room as a makeshift social club.
- Written by Dominic Minghella
S08E01
Mysterious Ways
Wedding bells are set to ring for PC Penhale and Janice, but nothing ever goes smoothly in Portwenn.
- Directed by Nigel Cole
- Written by Jack Lothian
S01E06
Haemophobia
Upon discovering Doc's fear of blood, the village starts buzzing with the news. Bert insists on playing a practical joke, but Doc isn't laughing.
- Written by Dominic Minghella
S04E01
Better the Devil
Doc Martin is struggling to maintain his life as a GP, after his wedding day disaster with school headmistress Louisa. She has left the village, and he is starting to question whether this is where he wants to stay, until an old friend turns up.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Philippa BraithwaiteProducer
Writing
- Jack LothianWriter
- Aschlin DittaWriter
- Dominic MinghellaWriter
- Julian UnthankWriter
Direction
- Ben BoltDirector
- Nigel ColeDirector
- Minkie SpiroDirector
- Charles PalmerDirector
- Paul SeedDirector
- Stuart OrmeDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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