Doc Martin - Series 1-9 Box Set [DVD]

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Series 4 episodes are: 'Better the Devil', 'Uneasy Lies the Head', 'Perish Together As Fools', 'Driving Mr. Ellingham focuses on Penhale's bumbling manner, but Penhale often shows surprising insight into the town's interpersonal dynamics. All the episodes from the first nine series of the television comedy starring Martin Clunes as the eccentric and irascible doctor Martin Ellingham, who has to give up a lucrative surgical career to take a position as a rural GP in Cornwall after he develops a phobia of blood. The series contains some of the driest, sarcastic and understated british humor you will encounter along with madcap comedy the likes of Monty Python. Doc Martin is a General Practice, once a renowned Surgeon, but has a tendency to faint at the sight of blood.

After confronting her with his discovery, he escapes London and heads for Port Isaac, a small coastal town in Cornwall that he remembers fondly from his youth.

He obtains a post as the sole general practitioner (GP) in the sleepy Cornish village of Portwenn, where he had spent childhood holidays with his Aunt Joan ( Stephanie Cole) and Uncle Phil, who owns a local farm.

Upon arriving in Portwenn– where, to his frustration, the locals address him as "Doc Martin"– he finds the surgery in chaos and inherits an incompetent receptionist, Elaine Denham ( Lucy Punch).In the Netherlands Dokter Tinus based on the original series began airing in late August 2012 on SBS6, with the main role being played by actor Thom Hoffman. Martin Bamford in the comedy film Saving Grace (2000)—written by Mark Crowdy and Craig Ferguson—and its two made-for-TV prequels, Doc Martin and Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie, which were made by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. 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.