GET READY FOR A NEW DOSE OF DOC MARTIN ALL-NEW SEASON SIX PREMIERES ON KCET FEB. 6 AT 8 PM

Burbank, CA -

Nov. 27, 2013 -Southern California audiences will get a new dose of their

debut several special programs starring the versatile actor leading up to the

big premiere.

One

of the highest-rated regular series on public television in Los Angeles, and

the most popular weekly show on KCET, DOC MARTIN stars Clunes as Doctor Martin

Ellingham, a cranky blood-phobic surgeon-turned-village doctor. His tactless

bedside manner leaves a trail of outraged patients,

angry relatives and frightened dogs behind him in the sleepy village of

Portwenn, England.  His love interest, school headmistress

Louisa Glasson, played by Caroline Catz, continues to grapple with Martin's

abrasive personality as she tries to make sense of their new life together with

baby James Henry.

Fortunately, viewers won't have to wait

until February to get their Clunes fix. Beginning

Dec. 5, 2013, every Thursday night KCET will feature programs starring the

popular British actor starting with a DOC MARTIN Season 5 reboot:

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KCET

will continue its popular "Bad Martin/Good Martin" programming block with the

four episodes of WILLIAM AND MARY Season

charming British romance series that stars Clunes as a bass-playing undertaker

in love with a midwife. Dec. 5-26, 2013 at 8 p.m. 

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KCET

premieres "Doc Martin & The Legend of the Cloutie," a special movie that

predates the series (2003). DOC MARTIN's

character, then called Doctor Bamford,

has had enough of village life and is desperate for distance from inquisitive

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KCET

will pair the remaining four episodes of DOC MARTIN Season 5

with a series of Martin

Clunes specials, including:

o   "Martin Clunes: Man to Manta"--Clunes

swims with the sea's most enormous and enigmatic creatures. Jan. 9 at 8:46 p.m.

o   "Martin Clunes: Lemurs of Madagascar"--Clunes'

urgent plight to save this rare and endearing species. Jan.16 at 8:46 p.m.

o   "Martin Clunes: Heavy Horsepower"--Clunes

trains two Clydesdales to work on his farm. He travels to various places where

large work horses are still used, including New Orleans and the famous Budweiser

Clydesdale team. Jan. 23 at 8:46 p.m.

o   "Doc Martin Revealed" (premiere)--behind-the-scenes footage from the newest DOC MARTIN Season 6, shot on location in Port Isaac, Cornwall,

England. Viewers get inside access to the actors and crew as they film sequences

on the balcony at Large's Restaurant and in the nearby pub that doubles for the

Crab & Lobster. Jan. 30 at 8:46

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The

much-anticipated premiere of DOC MARTIN Season 6

on Feb. 6 at 8 p.m.:

Martin Mania Recap:

DEC. 5 @ 8 p.m. DOC MARTIN Season 5 Reboots

DEC. 26 @ 8:46 p.m.: Final episode Season 2 of WILLIAM AND MARY

JAN. 2 @ 8 p.m.: "Doc Martin & The Legend of the Cloutie"

JAN. 9 @ 8:46 p.m.: "Martin Clunes: Man to Manta"

JAN. 16 @ 8:46 p.m.: "Martin Clunes: Lemurs of Madagascar"

JAN. 23 @ 8:46 p.m.: "Martin Clunes: Heavy Horsepower"

JAN. 30 @ 8:46 p.m.: "Doc Martin Revealed"

DOC MARTIN airs exclusively on KCET in Southern and Central

California.

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