Doc Martin

Doc Martin is a Dramedyserie the British TV channel ITV, which is invented by Dominic Minghella and produced since 2004 until today. As the location is mainly Port Isaac, bearing the fictitious name Portwenn in the series, and the environment in the county of Cornwall.

Action

Dr. Martin Ellingham ended his career as a highly successful surgeon in London to take in the remote fishing village of Port If a GP walk and to replace the recently deceased local doctor. The exact reasons for this decision, the audience learns not initially, in the course of the first season then it turns out that Ellingham has developed a phobia of blood and therefore its activities so far impossible to continue to carry. Of the villagers against his will by preference "Doc Martin " called the Soziophobiker in Port If not quite warm. He quickly discovers that his predecessor was probably not exclusively point of contact for medical problems, but also for village gossip and a cup of tea. Short decided to look for before the final establishment of his practice, the width, Ellingham recognizes that it is needed in the village.

Martin spent his childhood often the holidays with his Aunt Joan, now given the unrest among the villagers makes him emotional support. The primary school teacher Louisa Glasson, on which he has his eye, though reciprocates his feelings, but the two often seem at their different personalities to fail. And last but not least his lazy and unreliable receptionist Elaine Ellingham makes life difficult.

Background

The template for the character of Dr. Martin Ellingham comes from the movie Saving Grace of 2000, in which Martin Clunes played the role of Dr. Martin Bamford. Two British TV film prequels verschlugen the figure to Port Isaac, but the series was initially not continued after a ruptured deal with Sky. ITV eventually took the basic idea again, but made ​​some changes. So Clunes ' character is not only the only one that remains, but they themselves experienced some restructuring. The changed name Ellingham is an anagram of the surname of writer Dominic Minghella, who was responsible for this characterological restructuring of the series figure and its history as well as the creation of the new village and its inhabitants.

Stagger

A total of six seasons have been produced and broadcast on British television on ITV1. At the end of the second season, a Christmas special feature-length (92 minutes) was broadcast in 2006, titled On The Edge.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

The Christmas Special On The Edge was first broadcast on 25 December 2006, reaching 5.88 million viewers. Screenplay led Jack Lothian.

Guest appearances

The series has made some 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 and Sophie Thompson as well as numerous mainly in English-speaking space known people.

DVD Release

The scales of 1 to 5 and the Christmas special was released on DVD ( Region 2 ). On the German market, they are, due to the lack of awareness of the series to acquire solely as UK import.

Awards

2004 won the series the British Comedy Award in the category " Best TV Comedy Drama ", she was also nominated in the category " Best New TV Comedy ". In the same year, leading actor Martin Clunes was awarded the Best TV Comedy Actor, primarily for his portrayal of Dr. Martin Ellingham.

International broadcasting

The series was never aired in Germany and was not synchronized for the German market. A German version with the title of Doctor Martin was Instead 2006-2009 ZDF Phoenix film produced, but adjusted for lack of success. Spain also goes by the name "Doctor Mateo " a self-production of the series substance. Is in many other countries or the series was aired, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Italy, Hungary, Russia, Malaysia, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Romania, the USA, Africa, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia and Chile. In Hong Kong, the series can be seen on the transmitter Hallmark Channel. Various scales are available for the North American market also on the video portal Hulu, Netflix and Amazon are available.

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