Doc Martin (2004)

Watchseries; If not one of the best. A great English comedy with a good dose of drama to keep it really interesting. Plus its location filmed in South England with beautiful background shots of the area. If I ever could afford to expatriate myself from the increasing madness of the late great USA, I would move to the South of England. I love the clever writing in Doc Martin with its very warm humor throughout. I hope the writers of this fantastic television show are onto bigger and better things. Great characters here too. I love the way they play the calm understated emotions they show in all of the tense moments portrayed in each episode. Are the English like this in real life? I have only recently discovered this great show so I have many more unseen episodes to watch as all are now available on DVD. So again, if you want to watch something that I feel is infinitely better than any American TV shows past or present, go with this Doc Martin series.

If not one of the best. A great English comedy with a good dose of drama to keep it really interesting. Plus its location filmed in South England with beautiful background shots of the area. If I ever could afford to expatriate myself from the increasing madness of the late great USA, I would move to the South of England. I love the clever writing in Doc Martin with its very warm humor throughout. I hope the writers of this fantastic television show are onto bigger and better things. Great characters here too. I love the way they play the calm understated emotions they show in all of the tense moments portrayed in each episode. Are the English like this in real life? I have only recently discovered this great show so I have many more unseen episodes to watch as all are now available on DVD. So again, if you want to watch something that I feel is infinitely better than any American TV shows past or present, go with this Doc Martin series.

Doc Martin watchseries. I really don't know what attracts me to this series. Perhaps it's the simple fact of British humor that I love (like "Are You Being Served?" which was crudely done, but always a laugh, or any Monty Python episode). I love the characters. I love to rage at the Doc for his lack of any human understanding - much like Sheldon in BBT. This series reminds me of the old "Northern Exposure" series, whose departure I lamented.

No, it's the British humor. Pretty much in your face. I love to laugh, and this series does it for me. Can anyone be weirder than Bert Large? Loved the birdwatching episode. Yes, I'm hooked. Can't wait for the next season.

Doc Martin is a charming show and delivers on its promise of warmth and fun. The setting is charming with many warm characters in the town which are juxtaposed against the cold and overly clinical main character, Doc Martin. Viewers get to explore the frailties and oddities in the human condition in all the characters including the main one. There is nothing especially great about the show; it isn't groundbreaking or overly clever. Just simple charm. The show isn't hilarious but rather amusing, nice. This is a perfect show for people tired of the overly complicated, overly preachy, overly violent, overly sexual, overly PC shows provided by US TV.

Being an ex-pat Brit, I am well aware of how the country has changed in many ways not to my liking, but one thing they still do so well in the UK has not changed, and that is dramas of this genre. I lived in various parts of the English countryside as a kid, and I know that eccentric characters like this really do abound. As for the comment about the local lovelies, you should try the seaside towns of Cardigan Bay in Wales, a goodly number of beauties there, I assure you, it must be the bracing sea air. Regarding another comment, I too went to the church and lit a candle to pray that nobody in Hollywood will even think of making an American version of this very charming drama. Looking forward to the fourth series and also hoping for a happy ending, soppy romantic that I am.

I do not understand why some people do not understand why they love this series nor understand why they love Doc Martin. Some dedicated viewers really don't understand why they are so hooked! So I shall tell them why they love Doc Martin. Doc Martin is real. I am a registered nurse and have worked in the Operating Room (theater, if you are picky) and I can tell you this man exists. That is why I switched to the Medical Floor, to get away from the Doc Martins of the hospital. Good grief, they are intimidating. It takes years to find out how weak and vulnerable and sad they are. When a patient codes and doesn't make it, the Doc Martins of the world are left to handle their grief and feelings alone. Isn't that sad? We notice (and love) Doc Martin first of all because he oozes alpha male chemistry and we react to that with a mixture of love and hate, contempt and admiration. We love him second of all because he has transcended most of his feelings (unlike us) and has moved to a higher plane of capability because of it and we benefit from his capability and confidence. We love him thirdly because he needs our love and he has been so mistreated and has such voids within him. There are all kind of subtle clues that Doc Martin is wonderful, but none so telling as the fact that dogs love him and are not impressed by his screams and sneers. You cannot fool a dog! Why does America love this series so much? Because the British do a much finer job than we do at so many many film endeavors. From the impeccable casting to the brilliant writing and believable dialogue to the ability the British have to plumb the depths and soar the heights of human drama and comedy without having holes and gaps that need filled with obscenity or worse. Thanks to the British for their genius. They are even brilliant in the way they use color to match the characters to the environment and create an ambiance that disarms the viewer. I love British films and "Doc Martin" best of all. I suspect another reason America is enthralled with the Doc Martin series is because we Americans are having socialized medicine crammed down our unwilling throats, and watching socialized medicine in action adds a certain little touch of horror spice to the story that Brits probably do not even notice.

Doc Martin is as close as it gets to perfection. Martin Clunes and Dominic Minghella should (and I'm sure do) take intense pride over their creation. The writing is the best in the business, the director Ben Bolt is amazing, and the acting is subtle, natural, hilarious and touching. In addition to Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz has shown herself to be one of the best of her generation. And the scenery and music, of course, are beautiful.

Pleeeeeeaaaaaaaase, please, please Mr. and Mrs. Clunes: Don't sell out to us Yanks. Let the American version of Men Behaving Badly be your guide...Don't do it, ever, under any circumstances!