"I have loved going to Cornwall to make Doc Martin over the last 18 years, and I have looked forward to returning to this beautiful county this year for the tenth and final series. In a statement, Martin Clunes said it was the right time for the show to be put to bed: There will also be a documentary for ITV, in production under the working title Doc Martin – A Celebration. ITV also confirmed production company Buffalo Pictures will be making a Christmas special as a final farewell to Doc Martin. But with ten years of episodes and a massive following, the Doc will not disappear into that good night without fanfare. It basically confirmed what fans already had heard from director Nigel Cole back in April 2020, that when the show was able to get back on its feet, the following season would be the last. ITV confirmed the news last month as production for the tenth and final season got underway. Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, since 2004. The driving force behind the medical dramedy is Martin Clunes, who has played the lead character, Dr. That brings me to Doc Martin, a show that has outlasted one of my marriages, two of my careers, three of my living situations, and four of my cats.
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Once the series is proven to work without the original lead (like Call The Midwife), it can run forever, as long as the show isn't named after that character. It's partly the nature of the beast - the hospital setting lends to an ensemble cast people can come and go easily without breaking stride. We will be making the 10th and final series in 2021 and we are very much looking forward to returning to Cornwall to film it.Medical dramas are notoriously hard to kill. “However, after 16 years we now feel that the time has come to say goodbye to Portwenn. “The series has avid fans both in the UK and throughout the world and we are thrilled that Doc Martin has topped the ratings every time. When we launched the series in 2004 we could never have imagined how much our loyal viewers would take to the grumpy Doc like they have. The show, which first aired in 2004, has been filmed in odd-numbered years since series four in 2009 and will end after series ten.Īnnouncing that series ten will be the last, Martin Clunes and his wife Philippa Braithwaite, who is the show’s executive producer, said in September last year: “We have loved making nine series of Doc Martin. Filming in Port Isaac, which doubles as the fictional village of Portwenn, usually takes place during the spring and summer months. (Image: ITV)ĭoc Martin is set to end with a final series next year, likely to be in the autumn of 2022 if the previous series are anything go to by. When is Doc Martin ending?Ģ022 is the last time we'll see Doc Martin on our screens with ITV announcing that series ten will be the show's last.
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You can stay up to date on the top news and events near you with CornwallLive’s FREE newsletters – enter your email address at the top of the page. It’s very hard to look into the future and see what we will be able to do next year.”Ī spokesperson for the programme told CornwallLive: “The tenth series of Doc Martin is due to be filmed in 2022.” It’s the uncertainty, everything is very hard to plan for. He told ITV’s This Morning: “It’s all up in the air at the moment, like the rest of the world.
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With the impact of the coronavirus meaning that the preparation of many TV programmes will have been severely impacted, including ongoing restrictions such as social distancing, Doc Martin will now film its final series next year, in 2022.īack in October, lead actor Martin Clunes had hinted that the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions because of it made the show’s filming plans uncertain. It had been previously announced that the hit ITV show, filmed in the north Cornwall village of Port Isaac would film its tenth and final series in 2021. The final series of Doc Martin will not be filmed or broadcast this year, CornwallLive can reveal.
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