EPISODE
SEASON
The trials and tribulations of Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), a socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.
16 January 1943, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
19 May 1946, London, England, UK
14 February 1984, London, England, UK
1991, England, UK
1958, Jersey, Channel Islands
22 January 1963, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
18 May 1941, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
February 05, 2019
Martin remains a glowering, aloof presence with no bedside manner or tact. That said, the rest of the cast is fine, too; Catz is charming and a perfect match for Clunes, while McNeice, Cadell, and Absolom are very good also.
February 05, 2019
As escapism goes -- it's almost bearable, the sweetness of the essential fantasy about village life cut by the lead character's tart refusal to obey the social niceties.
February 05, 2019
The show and the village both suffer from a major dose of cutes, something that our hero cannot escape or cure.
