Martin Clunes sets off on a world wide adventure to discover how close the domestic dog is to its ancestor the wild wolf in a fascinating two part documentary, Martin Clunes: A Man and His Dogs.

He takes a wry and witty look at why we are we prepared to take the risk of sharing our homes with dogs who are genetically still 99.8 per cent like wolves.

Martin says: “When I look into the eyes of my own dogs I always find myself wondering the same thing: Where did you come from?

“These two films gave me the chance to embark on a fascinating journey of discovery to trace their ancestry.” Read more & comment »

Martin Clunes is back as the curmudgeonly doctor in a new series of the award winning comedy drama for ITV1, Doc Martin.

Martin returns to the role of Dr Martin Ellingham, the grumpy GP whose truculent and tactless manner upsets the convivial community of Portwenn, a picture postcard village on the North Cornwall coast.

Caroline Catz (Murder in Suburbia, In Denial of Murder, The Vice) plays pretty primary school headmistress Louisa Glasson. Dr Ellingham’s clumsy attempts to woo Louisa have so far failed. But could a breakthrough in their turbulent relationship mean wedding bells for the couple? Read more & comment »

Martin Clunes admits he was dreading having to put his life-saving skills to the test for an episode of the new series of Doc Martin.

Despite having learnt a lot about medical procedures from playing the grumpy Dr Martin Ellingham for the past three years, Martin has never had to resuscitate a patient on screen.

“In this series I had to do my first defibrillation. It was a big day in any TV doctor’s life,” says Martin.

“It was a big and nasty procedure. The defibrillation doesn’t work and the doc has to pound the patient’s chest to save her. Read more & comment »