Tuesday 21 December 2010

BIENVENUE A PORT-GARREC

Filmed in Brittany for French network TF1, the French adaptation of ITV1's Doc Martin arrives on January 10, 2011.

Doc Martin, a 6 x 52-minute series, stars Thierry Lhermitte (The Dinner Game) as Martin Le Foll, a misanthropist surgeon from Lyon whose hemophobia forces him to become a GP in a village called Port-Garrec (actually Doëlan in South Finistère). TF1 will air each week two episodes during three weeks in its usual primetime Monday night comedy slot.

The French Doc Martin is produced by Ego Productions (a Groupe Carrere subsidiary) and is the result of a deal between DRG - distributor of the original show starring Martin Clunes - and TF1. A German version, Doktor Martin, ran in 2007 and 2009 on pubcaster ZDF, and Spanish viewers have their own version called Doctor Mateo since 2009 (on Antena 3).

The incoming French version raises a lot of interest and curiosity both in France and in the United Kingdom - where Doc Martin is a huge hit. Series 4 aired in Autumn 2009 on ITV1 with strong ratings against Waking the Dead or the Emma starring Romola Garai. Martin Clunes will be back as grumpy Dr Martin Ellingham in 2011 for a fifth series.

http://www.tf1.fr/doc-martin/
http://videos.tf1.fr/doc-martin/les-premieres-images-de-doc-martin-6191900.html (Trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hbWOCJsK3U (Doktor Martin - DVD Trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBL466InLlg (Doctor Mateo - Promo)

Update - Review: http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2011/01/comite-de-jumelage.html

See also:

http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2011/01/en-vous-souhaitant.html

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