The Trailer for "Doc Martin's' Final Season Highlights the Show's Quirky Heart

The end of an era is here: The final season of British comedy Doc Martin will launch on Acorn TV next week, closing the book on a franchise that has come to define the idea of quirky, offbeat British comedy for millions of viewers around the world. Over the course of a run that has spanned nearly two decades, the show will end having completed ten seasons of television, with over seventy-five episodes, and two made-for-TV films under its belt. (Plus there's still a Christmas special to come later this year, which will serve as the show's grand farewell.)

Doc Martin has always been an odd duck, a show that follows a socially awkward but painfully honest GP who moves to an idyllic seaside town and builds a successful new life for himself, despite the fact that he doesn't seem to like his neighbors, is openly rude to most of his patients, and has a demonstrated fear of blood. The humor is often self-deprecating and occasionally cringe, but its heartfelt emotion and open embrace of unconventional characters have helped the show stand out from the comedy crowd for years now.

Set in the Cornwall village of Portwenn, Doc Martin follows the story of the titular Doctor Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), his job at a local medical clinic, and his on-again, off-again romance with a local school teacher named Louisa (Caroline Catz). By the time Season 10 rolls around the two have finally wed (trust that this took some serious time) and now have two children together.