Doc Martin

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Television series
Original title Doc Martin
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) since 2004
length 50 minutes
Episodes 69+ TV film in 9 seasons ( list )
genre Dramedy , doctor series
idea Dominic Minghella
production Philippa Braithwaite
music Colin Towns
First broadcast September 2, 2004 (UK) on ITV
German-language
first broadcast		 November 14, 2016 on Sky 1
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Doc Martin is a British dramedy broadcast by ITV , invented by Dominic Minghella and produced since 2004. The filming location is mainly Port Isaac , which bears the fictional name Portwenn in the series , and the surrounding area in the county of Cornwall .

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Dr. Martin Ellingham ends his career as an extremely successful surgeon in London to gain a foothold in the remote fishing village of Portwenn as a family doctor and to replace the village doctor who had previously died. The viewer does not find out the exact reasons for this decision at first, during the course of the first season it turns out that Ellingham has developed a phobia against blood and therefore cannot possibly continue his previous activity. Lovingly called "Doc Martin" by the villagers against his will, the sociophobic in Portwenn doesn't get too warm. He quickly realizes that his predecessor was probably not only a contact point for medical problems, but also for village gossip and a cup of tea. On the spur of the moment, Ellingham realized that he was needed in the village before setting up his practice.

In his childhood, Martin often spent the holidays with his aunt Joan, who now gives him spiritual support in the face of the unrest among the village population. The elementary school teacher Louisa Glasson, on whom he has his eye, reciprocates his feelings, but the two often seem to fail because of their different personalities. And last but not least, his lazy and unreliable office hour assistant Elaine makes life difficult for Ellingham. She is later replaced by her cousin Pauline Lamb.

background

Martin Clunes 2007 while filming

The template for the figure of Dr. Martin Ellingham is from the 2000 film Whispering Grass , in which Martin Clunes played the role of Dr. Martin Bamford played. Two British TV movie - prequels verschlugen the figure to Port Isaac, but the series was by a ruptured deal with Sky initially not continued. ITV ultimately took up the basic idea again, but made some changes. So Clunes' character is not only the only one that remains, but she herself is undergoing some restructuring. The changed name Ellingham is an anagram of the surname of screenwriter Dominic Minghella , who was responsible for these character restructuring of the series character and its history as well as the creation of the new village and its inhabitants.

Charisma

A total of nine seasons have been produced to date and broadcast on British television on ITV. While the first season has 6 and the third season 7 episodes, the others consist of 8 episodes each. On December 25, 2006, a feature-length special entitled On the Edge was also broadcast. Directed by Ben Bolt and written by Jack Lothian.

The series has not been shown in German-speaking countries for a long time. Only twelve years after the start of the series, in November 2016, did the pay-TV channel Sky 1 begin broadcasting. The station showed the first seven seasons with short breaks in a row until April 2017. Sky first broadcast the television film on July 4, 2017 under the title At the Edge of Wahnsinns . The series was shown on German free TV from February to August 2018 on Sat.1 Gold .

The series is or has been broadcast in numerous other countries, including Australia , New Zealand , Canada , Italy , Hungary , Russia , Malaysia , Belgium , Finland , Estonia , Norway , Denmark , Romania , the USA , Bulgaria , Slovenia , Sweden , the Czech Republic , Poland , Venezuela , Argentina , Colombia and Chile . In Hong Kong , the series can be seen on the Hallmark Channel .

Various seasons are also available for the North American market on the video portals Hulu , Netflix and Amazon.

Guest appearances

The series has had a number of guest appearances, including Celia Imrie , Roger Lloyd-Pack , Stephanie Leonidas , Ben Miller , Chris O'Dowd , Kenneth Cranham , David Bamber , Claire Bloom , Richard Johnson , Phyllida Law , Sophie Thompson , Gemma Jones , Miriam Margolyes and Sigourney Weaver as well as numerous people known mainly in English-speaking countries.

DVD release

Seasons 1 to 9 and the Christmas special were released on DVD ( region code 2 ). On the German-speaking market, due to the lack of awareness of the series, they were only available as UK imports for a long time. After the broadcast on television, Polyband began to publish the seasons on DVD (Season 1: 6 episodes 05/2017, 2: 8 ep. 07/2017, 3: 7 ep. 09/2017, 4: 8 ep. 01 / 2018, 5: 8 ep. 03/2018, 6: 8 ep. 05/2018, 7: 8 ep. 07/2018, 8: 8 ep. 11/2018).

Awards

In 2004 the series won the British Comedy Award in the “Best TV Comedy Drama” category and was also nominated in the “Best New TV Comedy” category. In the same year, the leading actor Martin Clunes received the award Best TV Comedy Actor , mainly for his impersonation of Dr. Martin Ellingham.

Adaptations

A German version entitled Doktor Martin was produced by Phoenix Film on behalf of ZDF from 2006 to 2009 , but discontinued after two seasons for lack of success. In Spain, too, an adaptation of the series material ran under the name Doctor Mateo . An adaptation with Thierry Lhermitte in the title role ran in France from 2011 to 2015 , which made it to 26 episodes.

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