With Poldark (June 21 at 9:00p ET / 8:00p CT), Crimson Field (Sunday, June 21 at 10:00p ET / 9:00p CT) and Last Tango in Halifax (Sunday, June 28 at 8:00p ET / 7:00p CT) just around the PBS corner, you’d think this would be enough to keep your mind off the fact that we still have 6 months until the […]
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Calling all Clunatics! How would you like to be an extra in the forthcoming series of Doc Martin? If so, the good news according to the Cornish Guardian, is that the show’s producers soon will be holding a casting session in the program’s adopted home of Port Isaac. The bad news? It’s this weekend! It will be […]
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With Doc Martin on their customary 18-24 month production hiatus, those that are in need of a Martin Clunes fix need look no further than the upcoming ITV drama, Arthur and George. Airing in March on ITV and then coming to PBS’ Masterpiece this Fall, Arthur and George showcases the talents of Martin Clunes, who […]
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It seemed harmless enough. An innocent Q&A with Martin Clunes that appeared in The Telegraph on Friday seemed quite harmless on the surface. A nice bit about how he spends his rare ‘off-time’ (currently watching BAFTA-nominated films with wife, Philippa, who is not only on the BAFTA jury but also doubles as producer of Doc Martin), references […]
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Probably because I don’t have to attend, I always look forward to this time of year. No, not the Super Bowl, but rather the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour (TCA) in Pasadena, California which is one of two times a year (July being the other) that viewers get a glimpse of what will be headed […]
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When the initial pitch for Doc Martin came from series star Martin Clunes and wife, television producer Philippa Braithwaite, through their production company Buffalo Pictures, early thoughts from ITV were along the lines of, “Well, it doesn’t sound promising, does it? We’ve got a show about a cranky doctor who doesn’t like anyone and no […]
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Not quite the moment Doc Martin fans have been waiting for but it’s about as close as we can get until the premiere dates are set for the return of the curmudgeonly GP with a phobia for blood. While nothing has been announced, UK views can look for an early Autumn return of the brilliant […]
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If you’re a Doc Martin fan or a Martin Clunes fan, you might want to check out the September edition of Readers Digest. It features Martin Clunes, a.k.a. Doctor Martin Ellingham, as he recounts a textbook case of Life Imitates Art. Seems as though Philippa Braithwaite, Doc Martin producer and wife of series star, Martin […]
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As Planet Earth patiently (ha!) awaits the precise moment that surgery is once again open in Portwenn for the return of Doc Martin, David Rubinsohn and Eric Luskin, colleagues over at American Public Television, the U.S. distributor of the series to public television stations, made the trek to Port Isaac to both interview cast and […]
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This just in, the long-awaited return of Doctor Martin Ellingham’s surgery to the fictional village of Portwenn is just around the corner. As many Doc Martin fans already are aware, series 6 begins filming in April for a new set of eight episodes for ITV that should premiere in the UK this Fall and Spring […]
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