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When she dies after a heart attack, her sister Ruth Eileen Atkins , a retired psychiatrist , comes to Portwenn to take care of her affairs, and eventually decides to use the village as a permanent retreat, offering Martin the support Joan had provided. Ellingham finds it difficult to express his developing romantic feelings towards primary school teacher Louisa Glasson Caroline Catz.

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He often spoils rare tender moments with, for example, a comment about an unpleasant medical condition or by requesting a stool sample. Martin eventually proposes to Louisa, but on the day of their wedding they suddenly break their engagement.

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Louisa leaves for a job in London; returning after six months, visibly pregnant with Martin's child. When the child is born, the couple renew their relationship. Following much indecision, Martin resolves to remain in Portwenn and marries Louisa, but continued arguments relating to his insensitive nature lead to their becoming estranged again.


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In Series 7, Louisa lives in Martin's surgery with their baby James Henry, while Martin boards in the village and sees a therapist for his inability to form and maintain relationships. During Series 7, Martin and Louisa get counseling so that Series 8 finds them living at Martin's with Martin showing slightly more consideration for Louisa and their child James but little if any improvement in his "bedside" manor.

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Series 8 sees Louisa stretched to the breaking point trying to care for their kid and her duties as Headmistress at the Port Wenn School. Al and Bert become pub co-owners and Sally the Pharmacist's infatuation with Martin leads to violence. The prequels show Bamford as a successful obstetrician , rather than a surgeon, who finds out that his wife has been carrying on extramarital affairs behind his back. After confronting her with his discovery, he escapes London and heads for Port Isaac , a small coastal town in Cornwall which he remembers fondly from his youth.

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Shortly after he arrives, he is involved in the mystery of the "Jellymaker" and, following the departure of the village's resident GP, decides to stay and fill the vacancy. In these three films the village is not known as Portwenn.


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  • The Martin Bamford character is friendly and laid-back, seeming to enjoy his retreat from the career pressures and conflicts he left behind in London. He drinks and smokes carelessly, including a mild illegal drug, and has no problem getting his hands and clothes dirty by temporarily working as a lobster and crab fisherman aboard a local boat. The original deal had been to produce two television films per year for three years, but Sky Pictures folded after the first two episodes were made, so Clunes' company tried to sell the franchise to ITV.

    The new network felt that the doctor character should be portrayed as a "townie", a fish out of water who is uncomfortable in the countryside. They also wanted something darker, so Clunes suggested that the doctor be curmudgeonly, socially inept, and formal. The new doctor's surname was changed to Ellingham, an anagram of the last name of the new writer, Dominic Minghella, who was brought in to rework the doctor's background and create a new cast of supporting characters. Episodes are just under 50 minutes long, except for the TV film which is 92 minutes.

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    In the US, American Public Television provided the TV film as a two-part episode, with the second episode airing the week after the first. In , Doc Martin was moved to a 9pm Sunday time slot for the broadcast of Series 4. The final episode of Series 4 had ratings of Series 4 of Doc Martin was broadcast on Sunday afternoons in August The counterpart of Portwenn was the real village of Neuharlingersiel in East Frisia.

    The series was shot in Woudrichem. The Czech version is set in the Beskydy mountains , which is a picturesque area in the east of the Czech Republic, like Portwenn, a long way from the capital, Prague, and dependent on the tourist industry. Series 1, 2 and 3 and "On the Edge" were released separately in Region 1 and 2 and in the "complete Series 1 to 3" box set. Series 3 was released on 2 February and Series 4 was released in Region 1 and 2 on 6 July Series 5 was released in Region 1 on 5 June and Region 2 on 5 March A complete boxset of Series is also available in Region 2.

    In Region 4, Series 1, 2, 4, and "On the Edge" were released separately and in a nine-disc boxset entitled "Doc Martin: Comedy Cure", as well as an earlier seven-disc boxset not including Series 4. Series are streaming on Acorn TV in the U.

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    The programme is available on Netflix. Series are currently available on Amazon Prime Video. Two novels were released to coincide with the sixth series. So is the series the last one? Philippa goes on such a journey to get eight of them [episodes] out. He also reveals a new, important cast member: If it works, it works. So how is the Doc in this series? People are still annoying!

    The bailiffs called, so then I went into the whisky distillery. Bert did seem to reach a low at the end of the last series: No house, got bumped by his girlfriend — the love of his life he wanted to marry — but there he is on a cliff-top looking for answers. So basically he starts this series looking for a job. I get such a buzz, because he has a huge twinkle.