The popular ITV drama Doc Martin is preparing to air its last ever series. Bosses announced back in 2020 that Doc Martin would be hanging up his stethoscope after 10 seasons.
Created by acclaimed screenwriter Dominic Minghella, and set in the sleepy Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, Doc Martin has been successfully airing on ITV since 2004. It follows the life of the grumpy and lovable Cornish GP, Dr Martin Ellingham, who has a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood.
At the end of the last series the Doc decided, after having his medical career scrutinised by the General Medical Council because of his blood phobia, that he would resign from being Portwenn’s GP. This final series sees the Doc making efforts to overcome his phobia and beginning to question whether he made the right decision about resigning - he and Louisa have also welcomed a baby daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who is a sister for four-year-old James Henry.
