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Series 5 of the show achieved an average of over 10 million viewers across its run, making it one of the UK's top five scripted programmes. Fans endured another lengthy wait for the show's return: the 8 episodes of Series 4 did not begin airing until September 2009, again reaching between 8 and 10 million viewers every week.
Series 3 would not make it to screens until September 2007, but grew its viewership across the seven-week run and concluded well above the 10 million mark. It attracted similarly high viewing figures across its 8-week series, between November 2005 and January 2006, returning for a special feature-length Christmas episode that December. A huge success from the very first episode (attracting an average of well over 9 million viewers each week), a second run was quickly commissioned. The first, six-part series was broadcast on ITV1 during September and October 2004. ITV were interested, but wanted a number of changes to be made: the Doc Martin we today know was born. Having originally intended to produce another film about Martin Bamford - a London obstetrician who escapes to Port Isaac after discovering his wife to be having an affair - the deal is understood to have fallen through, leading to the production company - Clunes's own Buffalo Pictures - to take the format to other broadcasters. The feature-length special was successful enough to spawn a sequel, and in 2003 Sky Movies Premier broadcast Doc Martin And The Legend Of The Cloutie.
#WILL KET AIR DOC MARTIN SEASON 8 MOVIE#
He would reprise the role in a one-off TV special, a prequel to Saving Grace, made for Sky's movie channels, 2001's Doc Martin. 2000 saw the release of feature film Saving Grace starring Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson, the latter of whom also co-wrote it alongside producer Mark Crowdy - now one of Doc Martin's executive producers.Īnother star of the film was a certain Martin Clunes, playing Dr. The character of Dr Martin Ellingham, whose truculent and tactless manner has upset the entire population of Portwenn at one time or another, has been a hit with viewers ever since Doc Martin debuted on ITV in 2004. Copyright: Buffalo Pictures / Homerun Productions Image shows from L to R: Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz). Season 8 is widely expected to be the penultimate outing for the series, with the comedy’s still-to-be-aired ninth season serving as its conclusion.Doc Martin. And Martin’s receptionist Morwenna gets some devastating news when her parents arrive in Portwenn unexpectedly.
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Elsewhere, PC Joe Penhale is looking forward to married life with Martin’s nanny Janice, Bert Large is struggling to make his whisky business successful. Season 8 will find Martin and Louisa, after having had therapy to save their marriage last season, facing up to the challenge of living happy together with their (now toddler) son James. However, this is all a very positive development, because it means that non-Acorn subscribers will finally get a chance to see the latest season. (I’ll let you all know what WETA’s plans are as soon as I know anything.) Martin Clunes in "Doc Martin" Season 8 (Photo: Acorn TV) But, yes, if you love Doc Martin, contact your station, keep an eye on their communications and schedule announcements, and tell them you’re still interested in this program. It’s only June, and no one’s schedules are locked in this far in advance as yet.
Let me reiterate: This does not mean that your local station will air Doc Martin in January of 2019. (As long as the station includes two Acorn branding spots along with the broadcast, at any rate.) According to public media news magazine Current, Acorn will make the broadcast rights to Season 8 available to public television stations beginning in January of 2019. Unfortunately for those that aren’t subscribers, the online service had exclusive rights to the new season, meaning that no local PBS station in the country was able to air the show.Īt least, that appears to be changing. via streaming service Acorn last fall, just a day after its UK premiere. The eighth season originally came to the U.S.
( Doc Martin fans are real patient, is what I’m saying.) And there’s good news and bad news on that front. That means US fans are into their third year of waiting for new episodes. Season 8 originally aired in the UK back in September of 2017, two years on from the series’ seventh season outing. Doc Martin fans have been waiting what feels like forever for the tiniest scrap of news about when the latest season of the popular British comedy would finally be available in America on public television.
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