Series 1
Doctor Martin Ellingham, a celebrated London surgeon who turns his back on city life, moves to a sleepy Cornish village to become the local doctor. Despite his surgical brilliance, Doc Martin has no interpersonal skills and his bedside manner soon starts to upset his new patients, causing havoc throughout the village!

Series 2
Martin is again joined by Aunt Joan, Bert and Al Large, the local plumbers, local bobby PC Mark Mylow and school teacher Louisa Glasson, who's no clearer about her feelings for Doc Martin than she was when she first met him!

Series 3
The good doctor continues to bumble through life in the village all the while trying to pursue his ill fated burgeoning romance with headmistress Louisa Glasson. But could a breakthrough in their turbulent realtionship mean wedding bells for the couple?

Series 4
Martin Clunes returns to play the curmudgeonly Dr Martin Ellingham whose truculent and tactless manner upsets the convivial community of the picture postcard village of Portwenn, Cornwall. In this fourth series school headmistress Louisa has left the village, and Doc Martin is starting to question whether he wants to stay too. He sets out to conquer his blood phobia for good, but he finds this task easier said than done. To complicate matters the Doc discovers an old medical school acquaintance, Dr Edith Montgomery, is now working at the local hospital and when he questions her diagnosis of one of his patients the sparks fly. But there's an even bigger surprise in store for the grumpy GP...

Series 5
Set against the stunning backdrop of Cornwall and the picture postcard village of Portwenn, Martin Clunes reprises his role of the curmudgeonly Doctor Martin Ellingham whose truculent and tactless manner upsets just about everyone.

When we last saw him he had packed his bags ready to take on a consultant's position in London. That was until estranged girlfriend Louisa gave birth to their son - who still doesn't have a name... Can the Doc cope with being a new dad while trying to resume his high-flying career as a surgeon?