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).
This total counts the TV film as one episode.
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 | Episodes | DVD release | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||
| 1 | 6 | 12 June 2007[5] | 31 October 2005[6] | 29 March 2006[7] | ||
| 2 | 8 | 28 July 2009[8] | 3 April 2006[9] | 26 July 2006[10] | ||
| TV Film | 28 July 2009 | 29 September 2008[11] | 17 October 2007[12] | |||
| 3 | 7 | 2 February 2010[13] | 18 February 2008[14] | 14 May 2008[15] | ||
| 4 | 8 | 6 July 2010[16] | 1 March 2010[17] | 29 September 2010[18] | ||
| 5 | 8 | 5 June 2012 | 5 March 2012[19] | 21 March 2012[20] | ||
| 6 | 8 | 10 December 2013 | 24 March 2014 | 23 April 2014[21] | ||
| 7 | 8 | 8 December 2015 | 16 November 2015[22] | 27 April 2016[23] | ||
| 8 | 8 | 12 December 2017 | 13 November 2017[24] | 6 December 2017[25] | ||
| 9 | 8 | 10 December 2019[26] | 11 December 2019[27] | 9 December 2019 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 21 March 2023 | 12 December 2022 | |||