Doc Martin is a highly educated surgeon, whose glittering career comes crashing down when he develops a phobia for blood, which prevents him from conducting operations. He is used to his anonymous city centre life, where nobody cares or knows very much about anyone, even their next door neighbour. Now he is moving to an idyllic seaside village where everybody knows everybody and everything about everybody! Where gossip is important and social skills and the community are the essence of daily life, none of which our Doc can cope with. Every country has the same city-village divide. Nearly every village has their own local doctor who knows everybody. But mix this with our grumpy Doc Martin and a picturesque village where his unpredictable bedside manner causes continual surprise and dismay and you have the mix for a successful, long-running comedy-drama.
Doc Martin is one of the UK’s highest rating drama series which consistently achieves in excess of 10 million viewers. It has been a success for ITV ever since its launch in 2004. Doc Martin achieved one of the highest TV drama ratings across multi-platform channels.
GERMANY: Phoenix Film and Fernseh for ZDF, 14 x 60’
SPAIN: Notro Films for Antena 3, 54 x 70’
FRANCE: Ego Productions for TF1, 18 x 60’ – the two-hour premiere achieved a 33% share and almost 9 million viewers
GREECE: JK Productions for Mega TV, 14 x 60’
NETHERLANDS: Four One Media Production for SBS Netherlands, 47 x 60’ – the premiere achieved 1.2 million viewers with subsequent episodes attracting a similar mass audience, making Dokter Tinus the number one programme to watch in primetime
CZECH REPUBLIC / SLOVAKIA: Bionaut for Czech TV and Slovak TV, 16 x 60’