Jessica Ransom

This final series sees the Doc making efforts to overcome his phobia & beginning to question whether he made the right decision about resigning. He and Louisa have also welcomed a baby daughter, Mary Elizabeth, a sister for four-year-old James Henry. A year has passed since Martin resigned his medical license, and his wife, Louisa (Caroline Catz), is now the one seeing patients as a child counselor, while he looks after their own two young children. But does the Doc truly never want to practice medicine again?

After all their ups and downs as a couple, Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes, Men Behaving Badly) and his wife, Louisa (Caroline Catz, Murder in Suburbia), are finally living together with their son, James Henry, but their problems are far from over. With Louisa's encouragement, James Henry has grown attached to Buddy the dog, but Martin is disgusted by the four-legged friend. In need of a new nanny, Louisa finds herself juggling too many responsibilities and considers switching careers, causing a rift with Martin. Meanwhile, Portwenn is abuzz as the residents prepare for a wedding.

After all their ups and downs as a couple, Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes, Men Behaving Badly) and his wife, Louisa (Caroline Catz, Murder in Suburbia), are finally living together with their son, James Henry, but their problems are far from over. With Louisa's encouragement, James Henry has grown attached to Buddy the dog, but Martin is disgusted by the four-legged friend. In need of a new nanny, Louisa finds herself juggling too many responsibilities and considers switching careers, causing a rift with Martin. Meanwhile, Portwenn is abuzz as the residents prepare for a wedding.

Years of grumpiness have finally caught up with Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes, Men Behaving Badly). With his marriage in trouble, Martin finally agrees to see a therapist. He may have met his match in the young and smart Dr. Rachel Timoney (Emily Bevan, The Casual Vacancy), but can she cure his caustic personality and crippling blood phobia? And more importantly, can she help bring Louisa (Caroline Catz, Murder in Suburbia) back to Martin?

Fatherhood hasn't softened the dour Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes, Men Behaving Badly). He's about to take a new position in London when events conspire to keep him in Portwenn. His infant son with Louisa (Caroline Catz, Murder in Suburbia) needs a name, his replacement doesn't seem up to the job, and he receives devastating news. Like it or not, he's stuck in the scenic Cornish village with its quirky inhabitants-most of whom have grudgingly grown rather fond of the grumpy doctor. Although Martin has largely mastered his fear of blood, he still has no clue how to manage his life.

When hotshot London surgeon Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes, Men Behaving Badly) develops a crippling fear of of blood, he takes a job as a GP in the small seaside town of Portwenn. In Series 1-4, Doc Martin adapts to life in the picturesque Cornish village he reluctantly calls home. With his irascible manner and permanent scowl, he quickly offends everyone in town, including the one person he wants to impress: beautiful teacher Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz, Murder In Suburbia).