
Season 8 is widely expected to be the penultimate outing for the series, with the comedy’s still-to-be-aired ninth season serving as its conclusion. And Martin’s receptionist Morwenna gets some devastating news when her parents arrive in Portwenn unexpectedly.
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Elsewhere, PC Joe Penhale is looking forward to married life with Martin’s nanny Janice, Bert Large is struggling to make his whisky business successful.

Season 8 will find Martin and Louisa, after having had therapy to save their marriage last season, facing up to the challenge of living happy together with their (now toddler) son James. However, this is all a very positive development, because it means that non-Acorn subscribers will finally get a chance to see the latest season. (I’ll let you all know what WETA’s plans are as soon as I know anything.) Martin Clunes in "Doc Martin" Season 8 (Photo: Acorn TV) But, yes, if you love Doc Martin, contact your station, keep an eye on their communications and schedule announcements, and tell them you’re still interested in this program. It’s only June, and no one’s schedules are locked in this far in advance as yet. Let me reiterate: This does not mean that your local station will air Doc Martin in January of 2019. (As long as the station includes two Acorn branding spots along with the broadcast, at any rate.) According to public media news magazine Current, Acorn will make the broadcast rights to Season 8 available to public television stations beginning in January of 2019. Unfortunately for those that aren’t subscribers, the online service had exclusive rights to the new season, meaning that no local PBS station in the country was able to air the show.Īt least, that appears to be changing. via streaming service Acorn last fall, just a day after its UK premiere. I am afraid that Doc Martin is a case in point. Some shows grow so popular that the producers cannot dream of bringing them to a conclusion. Frank Behrens, reviewer for the Reformer, believes that it is time for Doc Martin to end. The eighth season originally came to the U.S. The Brattleboro Reformer reports that season 8 will be the final season for Doc Martin. ( Doc Martin fans are real patient, is what I’m saying.) And there’s good news and bad news on that front. That means US fans are into their third year of waiting for new episodes. Season 8 originally aired in the UK back in September of 2017, two years on from the series’ seventh season outing. Doc Martin fans have been waiting what feels like forever for the tiniest scrap of news about when the latest season of the popular British comedy would finally be available in America on public television.
