Martin Clunes' 'Out There' Will Be Out in 2025
Martin Clunes will forever be defined by his titular role in Doc Martin as the nebbish, nervous wreck of a doctor who relocates to a small country village after developing a phobia about blood. While he's tried to redefine himself in travelogues like Martin Clunes Islands of the Pacific and Mel Giedroyc & Martin Clunes Explore Britain by the Book, his TV dramas in recent years have been projects like Manhunt crime series where Clunes comes off as desperate attempts at playing against type. The same is true of his latest ITV drama, Out There, where he plays a father desperate to keep his son out of the drug trade.
Clunes plays Nathan Williams, a man driven to violence by the crime gangs that have invaded the British farmlands and are trying to recruit his son, Johnny. Co-star Louis Ashbourne Serkis plays Johnny. (Yes, that last name is because he's the son of Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne; the two have been married for decades and have three adult children, two of whom are in the business. Their daughter, Ruby, was recently in Shardlake.)
Ashbourne Serkis seems prepared to do his parents proud with his performance in the new thriller series if the footage in the first trailer is anything to go by.
