Doc Martin. Series 3

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Title from container.
Series created by Dominic Minghella. Arising from the film Saving Grace created by Craig Ferguson and Mark Crowdy.
Originally broadcast on television in 2007.
Contains 7 episodes from the third series.
Special features: Vol. 2: Cast trivia and cast filmographies.
Vol. 1. (ca. 184 min.) Episode 1: Tick tock ; (aired in the U.S. as "The apple doesn't fall) -- Episode 2: The morning after ; (aired in the U.S. as Movement) -- Episode 3: Love thy neighbor ; (aired in the U.S. as City slickers) -- Episode 4: The GP always rings twice ; (aired in the U.S. as The admirer).
Vol. 2. (ca. 139 min.) Episode 5: Breaking up is hard to do ; (aired in the U.S. as The Holly bears a prickle) -- Episode 6: The two of us ; (aired in the U.S. as Nowt so queer) -- Episode 7: In sickness and in health ; (aired in the U.S. as Happily ever after).
Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stephanie Cole, Ian McNeice.
Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Very Good! submitted by strawberryhead on April 30, 2016, 9:07am This is a very good series. Falls into Comedy Drama. The TV series is safe for the whole family to watch BUT the two movies prior to the tv series have some sexual situations in them. The movies have a different storyline then the show and the show is 10 times better.

For interested parents:
-No sexual situations other than a child born out of wedlock, the couple is monogamous and they eventually marry.
-There is one gay couple storyline in one of the shows however it is not central to the series.
-No American English swearing other than maybe the D word, there may be a couple English "bullocks" here or there.
-No overtly anti-religious themes however one small recurring character is slightly mocked by Doc Martin for being a Born Again Christian-Bible Thumper-Jesus Freak, however Doc Martin is openly hostile to all people equally so the characterization is dismissed by other people in the stories. Most characters in the show go to church, many church scenes and there is a wedding church scene and school children singing about the Lords gifts.

No western (American) child indoctrinations detected. So nice to see a show without an "agenda" other than to be entertaining!

Overall the characters are delightful and many are somewhat odd, Doc Martin is curt and grumpy and lacks "bedside" manner.

Fun submitted by zmclaugh on August 2, 2018, 5:16pm This is a fun show with an amusing main character.

Seen all of Series 1 and so far it's an OUTSTANDING series. VERY well written and acted. For grown ups with a brain. submitted by Tassos on February 11, 2019, 11:14am I had seen before one or two episodes on PBS, but yesterday Iborrowed the series DVDs and saw the first 6 episodes, in their right order, and it was so much better. It all made pefect sense.



Series 1 was an OUTSTANDING series, especially compared to the GARBAGE, the UTTER GARBAGE, our TV programs are FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH every day. Worthless reality shows, contemptible soap operas, BOTH on Networks AND on PBS (Downton Abbey, anyone?) Disgusting news-free Local and network news, moronic movies. You name it.

I saw one existing review where some pedantic schoolmarm applied political correctness criteria to evaluate if this show is ok for children

Everybody Pay attention: This is a show for GROWN UPS, it was not targeted for Children. There is a whole section in the library with Children's DVDs.

And not only is a show for GROWN UPS, the more grown up your BRAIN is, the more you will LOVE it and appreciate every little (but VERY THOUGHTFUL) nuance in the EXCELLENT script and acting.

Series 1 was an OASIS. Too bad in a few weeks I will have finished the 8 seasons (are there more?), and it will be time to turn off the STUPID TV and the idiotic movies and read more GOOD (not your bestseller crap) books instead.

I have not yet found series 2, but yesterday I watched Series 3. It was not as good as the outstanding 1st series. THis probably happens on all series after a few episodes, the best ideas are gone, and to fill time they come up with various action scenes of varying interest. Hopefully the medical issues discussed are realistic, as there always illiterates who rely on... TV shows to learn about their health!