Doc Martin star refuses to leave Cornwall as final ever episode airs

2022-10-26

Doc Martin star Joe Absolom has revealed that he doesn't plan on moving out of Cornwall despite the ending of the show.

The final episode of Doc Martin is set to air tonight, Wednesday 26 October, on ITV after ten series.

Joe, 43, has played the role of Al Large since the show's inception in 2004. The actor moved from London to Cornwall 14 years ago while filming and doesn't plan on moving back.

He told The Mirror: "I remember sitting on the beach in Cornwall with [Lyla] on a day off from filming. She was asking where the tide had gone. I made up some sort of hare-brained father’s explanation.

"We drove back to London the next day and unfortunately a teenager had just been murdered outside our local supermarket.

"There were lots of floral tributes and my daughter said, 'What does RIP mean?' Within hours we’d gone from talking about where the tide goes to what RIP means. I began to think that maybe there was more to life than city life."

Joe shares Lyla, 16, Casper, 11 and Daisy, nine, with wife his wife Liz.

The actor explained that the family decided to make the move when their home was burgled while he was away filming in Romania and Liz was at home with their eldest two children.

He said: "She told me and I said, 'We live in London, it happens'. When I was a kid people would come into our house and nick things. It didn’t bother me, but Liz was really affected by it."

Joe added: "I’m not saying London is awful and that there’s no crime in Cornwall, but the idea of going to the beach and jumping in the sea whenever I want, or going for a run along the coast path, really appealed.

"My children’s lives are in Cornwall now. Daisy was born here – she’s got clotted cream in the blood."

Doc Martin follows surgeon Martin Ellingham on his move from London to Portwenn.

After developing haemophobia, the doctor starts a practice in the village.

However he becomes an unpopular character in the community due to his lack of social skills.

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