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Martin Clunes on why Doc Martin ended after series 10

He appeared on the show for many years

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Doc Martin series 10 was the show’s last, and Martin Clunes previously revealed the real reason why this was the case.

The drama had been running since 2004 – with its final season airing on ITV in September 2022.

Martin will be seen discussing the series on a repeat of Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Weekend this Sunday (September 22).

Doc Martin series 10 star Martin Clunes smiling on This Morning
Martin explained the reasoning on This Morning in 2022 (Credit: ITV)

Doc Martin series 10

Early in 2022, it was announced that Doc Martin‘s 10th series would be its last.

But why did Doc Martin end?

The show, which launched in 2004, run for 10 seasons with Martin Clunes in the lead role.

In August 2022, Martin appeared on This Morning to discuss the final season.

He also revealed the ‘real’ reason as to why the show was ending, 18 years after it first began.

“There will be people I know watching it, huge fans of the show who are going, ‘But why? We love it, why?'” then-host Ruth Langsford said.

“It’s just a good time to end it,” Martin replied simply.

Doc Martin series 10 star Martin Clunes on This Morning
Martin revealed the real reason the show was ending (Credit: ITV)

Martin Clunes on Doc Martin

The actor then continued, explaining that writing the scripts was hard work.

“Poor Philippa [Braithwaite], I mean she’s worked on every single script, 84 of them, and none of them are easy,” he said.

“Because you’ve got a main protagonist who doesn’t like anybody and nobody likes him, and then go from there,” he continued.

“It hasn’t been easy, it’s tough and we sort of don’t want to repeat ourselves, you know?” he said.

He then agreed with Ruth when she said that they’re leaving the audience wanting more.

“It is the end of an era,” he later said. “People have loved it, which is all you can ask, really.”

Read more: Inside Martin Clunes’ love life – from ‘rotten’ first marriage to famous wife

Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Weekend airs Sundays from 9.30am on ITV1.

After 18 Years & 10 Series Martin Clunes Is Bidding Farewell To Doc Martin | This Morning

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Robert Emlyn Slater
Senior Writer