Doc Martin: ITV favourite could return to screens as star Martin Clunes teases movie plans

The hit ITV comedy-drama followed the titular Dr Martin Ellingham, an eccentric professional living and working in the small, fictional Cornwall seaside town of Portwenn. The beloved show aired its finale in 2022 after ten series on air.

Now its star, Martin Clunes, has revealed that there are rumbling of a comeback for the show. Speaking to The Sun, he said: “There was talk from one of the movie distributors about making a film version of Doc Martin and my answer at the moment, two years on from finishing the 10th and final series, is never say never - it could happen.

“We did film a couple of feature-length Christmas specials which ran to 90 and 120 minutes and that proved we could pull it off, when it comes to making a longer version of Doc Martin. So it is possible.”

And there may be appetite for it, with the ITV drama remaining popular until its finale. The show pulled in 10.37 million viewers at its peak, with viewing figure not dipping below five million for its ten-series run.

Clunes is currently starring in the ITV drama Out There. The actor stars as farmer Nathan Williams as he gets sucked into the drug world after his son, played by Louis Ashbourne Serkis, becomes involved in a county line operation.