Doc Martin in Port Isaac (aka Portwenn)
Feb 2011
Martin Clunes
Doc Martin
Portwenn
Port Isaac
Port Wenn
Caroline Catz
Video of Doc Martin in Port Isaac
Doc Martin episode 6 series 1 video clips, with glorious views of Port Isaac harbour and streets, and neighbouring Port Gaverne.
Doc Martin ITV Series starring Martin Clunes
The successful ITV series of Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes
is set in the ficticious village of Portwenn
(Port Wenn) in Cornwall.
All the filming for Doc Martin is in and around
Port Isaac fishing village in Cornwall.
Doc Martin is a very popular British ITV comedy drama
that now has world wide
success. Starring Martin Clunes as a hapless, grumpy doctor
for Portwenn. Before becoming the village doctor he was
a surgeon who suddenly developed a phobia to blood,
making his career as a surgeon impossible so he retrained as a GP in this small community
of Portwenn in Cornwall. The doctor is called Martin
Ellingham but the locals call him Doc Martin.
Caroline
Catz is co-star playing the part of the village school
teacher in Portwenn. The series is filmed in and around Port Isaac
and
was created by Dominic Minghella.
Filming for Doc Martin is all in and around
Port Isaac in Cornwall, with many
key scenes filmed inside a local barn which hides film sets. Key
buildings and locations in the Doc Martin programs being easily seen
on a short walk around the fishing village, from Thyme Cottage to
The Old School House and
the harbour of Port Isaac. As well as many other buildings featuring in shots on
film such as The Edge bar and restaurant.
Doc Martin
Series 3 centred around a
tuberculosis outbreak, a food poisoning scare and a
blossoming romance.
What will Doc Martin series 4 bring?
The next series of the hit
Doc Martin ITV comedy drama show will be series 4
and is due to be filmed in summer 2011.
Eight new episodes are to be recorded in the fictitious
location of Port Isaac, Portwenn in Cornwall.