Silver Spring, MD — The delightful fish-out-of-water series Doc Martin, Series 3 arrives on home video from Acorn Media on February 2, 2010. Martin Clunes (Shakespeare in Love, Men Behaving Badly, Reggie Perrin) shines in this award-winning comic drama set amid eccentric townsfolk and spectacular scenery. Akin to Northern Exposure and House, Doc Martin is a huge hit in the U.K., with 9 million viewers and a fifth series commissioned, and airs on PBS stations across the U.S. The 2-volume boxed set includes all seven episodes from Series 3 ($39.99, www.AcornOnline.com).

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 general practitioner in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he’s every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves. With his terrible bedside manner, he has insulted everyone in town several times over. His relationship with flame Louisa (Caroline Catz, Murder in Suburbia) seems extinguished. And he faces fresh challenges: The town’s new constable has narcolepsy. Martin’s beloved aunt Joan is aging. His receptionist, Pauline, is bored. He’s also being pursued by a hypochondriac hotelier, much to Louisa’s dismay. All of which make the good doctor even grumpier—and his antics even funnier.

Doc Martin debuted on ITV in the U.K. in September 2004. Since then, four series have aired. A fifth series has been commissioned by ITV. Filmed in the idyllic Cornwall village of Port Isaac, Doc Martin won the 2004 Best TV Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards.

Series 3 Episodes: Tick Tock (aired in the U.S. as “The Apple Doesn’t Fall”), The Morning After (“Movement”), Love Thy Neighbor (“City Slickers”), The GP Always Rings Twice (“The Admirer”), Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (“The Holly Bears a Prickle”), The Two of Us (“Nowt So Queer”) and In Sickness and in Health (“Happily Ever After”)

Street: February 2, 2009
SRP: $39.99
DVD 2-Vol. Boxed Set: 7 episodes - Approx. 323 min. - British comedy - SDH subtitles DVD Features: cast trivia and filmographies.

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