News about Martin Clunes

Surfers, fishermen, and Doc Martin, all in Cornish village, are banding together against proposals for a seaweed farm the size of 180 football pitches

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 21, 2024
You may have seen it in any number of film or television dramas, from Poldark to Doc Martin (bottom right). You may have seen it in any number of film or television dramas, from Poldark to Jamaica Inn. Given the millions of people who come here every summer, you may have seen it with your own eyes. According to Robert Hardman, the most surprising part of the North Cornish coast, given how much development has occurred over the years, is that the majority of it remains unspoiled. Stand on Doyden Point and look out left and right across the Atlantic, and the landscape will be no different from what a Georgian or Victorian walker would have seen. That could, however, be about to change. Various 'aquaculture' schemes are in hand, and these waters, for all their professed eco-friendliness, will make these waters look very different. And the local reaction has been nothing less than raucous. So what is this grim threat to a much-loved shoreline? Seaweed, actually. More specifically, the issue is linked to hitherto clandestine plans to raise the produce in the open sea near to some of Britain's most popular holiday haunts.

Martin Clunes and Andrew Lincoln back campaign against planned seaweed farms for Port Quin Bay, prime Doc Martin country

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2024
In a fight against proposed seaweed farms in Port Quin Bay, Martin Clunes is leading a group of celebrities, including Andrew Lincoln, including Andrew Lincoln, who was shot on the hit show Doc Martin. The 61-year-old Doc Martin actor from Beaminster, Dorset, has branded the Cornish farms' proposals as 'nothing less than criminal.' The actor, who is best known for his lead role as the grumpy GP in the sleepy fishing village, calls the scheme by Biome Algae and Camel Fish Limited 'a hideous scheme'. Port Quin Bay's company intends to develop two 50-hectare industrial seaweed farms as large as 140 football pitches, much to the locals' chagrin. Andrew Lincoln, a Love Actually actor, has also joined the drive to save the bay as a natural landmark in the area.

Caroline Quentin, a male model, discusses her surprising career change after 30 years on TV screens

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 22, 2024
Dorothy is best known as Dorothy in BBC's Men Behaving Badly, in which she appeared alongside Leslie Ash, Martin Clunes, and Neil Morrisey. Since then, Caroline Quentin has had a fruitful television career, including appearances in films such as Jonathan Creek and Kiss Me Kate. However, Caroline, 63, has a new role as an influencer after mocking her Instagram page and accompanying book Drawn To The Garden.

EMILY PRESCOTT: Doc Martin's Clunes diagnoses death threat posed by Netflix to terrestrial TV drama

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 30, 2023
EMILY PRESCOTT (Japan): According to Netflix, terrestrial television stations such as ITV are priced out of the drama business, as well as television stations such as Netflix. Clunes, 62, claims that a drama he just finished filming in Wales only survived because the actors' strike in America meant production crews were able to work in Britain.

Wedding organiser couple evicted from their £7m farmhouse after being sacked by their cannabis tycoon boss 'Dr Pot' fail in bid to sue him for unfair dismissal, discrimination and harassment

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 13, 2023
Following a lengthy legal struggle with the entrepreneur, Alo Brake and her husband Andrew (right), whose firm sponsored celebrity marriages, lost their case against Dr. Geoffrey Guy (left). Since losing a High Court battle against the 69-year-old who earned his millions using medicinal cannabis and has been dubbed 'Dr. Pot,' the couple were forced to leave the Dorset estate they lived on last year.

The best 100 TV shows ever created have been rediscovered (and no surprise)... But does YOUR favorite appear on the list?

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2023
The Daily Mail's Weekend magazine has reached yet another magnificent milestone - this month we turn 30! We asked you to share our top ten TV shows so we could compile our definitive list of the 100 Greatest TV Shows voted for by you.

Following an accuracy claim from Martin Clunes, the IPSO decision was upheld against MailOnline

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 24, 2023
Martin Clunes, an actor, screamed to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that MailOnline had breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Exclusive: Martin Clunes reveals how he felt an 'instant need' to adopt guide dog Laura after she retired as the 'eyes' of the UK's first blind personal trainer

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 4, 2023
After being inspired by a study about how Jaina Mistry, the UK's first blind personal trainer, was changed by having Laura (center) as her 'eyes,' Clunes (left) stepped in and called the Guide Dogs UK charity. "I just felt the urge to help this guide dog as I heard about her on the radio, how difficult it could be for an older dog to have a happy home," the Doc Martin singer said. Laura ais, a dog, appeared on ITV on Thursday (Oct. 5) at 9 p.m.

In a recent ITV crime drama that will depict life in rural Britain as it has been ravaged by country lines heroin dealers, a 90s comedy icon leads the way

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2023
A new thriller on ITV is expected to concentrate on a crime wave sweeping the nation, with a 90s acting legend as the channel's new star. Output: The consequences of drug use by country lines on the British countryside will be shown in this series, as farmers and criminals clash over precious property used to fuel two very different lifestyles. Martin Clunes will portray a grieving farmer confronted with mysterious forces in his rural community as urban gangs use the British countryside as a field of operations, moving drugs and money between their inner-city hubs and provincial areas. The six-part drama, written by ITV's Head of Drama Polly Hill, will premiere on ITV1 and be available on ITVX, with filming currently underway in Wales and being produced in association with Creative Wales. The series is executive produced and written by Ed Whitmore and Marc Evans, who were behind Martin's previous role as a police officer in the gritty drama Manhunt

With Martin Clunes' support, friends and neighbors of the hippie couple have been embroiled in a planning dispute

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 11, 2023
Friends and neighbors of a couple (left) who have submitted plans for a permanent travellers' website (top inset) next to actor Martin Clunes' home have written to the local authority to assist the 'valued members of the community.' The Doc Martin singer, 61, and other villagers near his house in Beaminster, Dorset, are protesting the scheme by Theo Langton and Ruth McGill. The couple, who have lived on a 45-ft mobile home on land they owned at Meerhay for 25 years, have applied for planning permission to remain resident permanently.

Locals suspect Martin Clunes of'embarrassing travesty' as they support their family's in a war

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 29, 2023
After he protested a Traveller site being built near his house, locals in actor Martin Clunes' (left) Dorset town accused him of being "entitled" and having a "misplaced sense of place. The 61-year-old Doc Martin actor from Beaminster, Dorset, has stated his displeasure with Theo Langton and Ruth McGill's proposal to establish the site as a permanent Traveller base so they can stay indefinitely. When Mr Clunes and his television producer wife, Philippa Braithwaite, 58, purchased a 130-acre Higher Meerhay Farm from Mr Langton's mother in 2007, the couple had already migrated out of her house and into the land years before. Since raising two young children in the woods, theo Langton and Ruth McGill (both right), who claim to regularly go to fairs and markets, they are now homeless, but not in the absence of the most basic of services. Despite the wealthy couple's request, the majority of the population now supports the couple's request,' according to The Times.

Martin Clunes wins an extra time in a contest against hippie neighbors who claim to be visitors

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 19, 2023
The 61-year-old Doc Martin (right) of Beaminster, Dorset, has objected to the application, saying that they are not 'nomads' and that the plans would set a 'harmful precedent.' Theo Langton and Ruth McGill, who have lived in a 45ft by 16ft mobile home on land they own (inset) at Meerhay for 25 years, have applied for planning permission to continue living there permanently. The site is 300 yards from the Clunes' house and is partially obscured by trees, but the actor has claimed that if his view was "spoilt," it would be a'shame'. Several other neighbors have joined him in their protests. Now the decision has been postponed, with the issue unlikely to be considered for at least another month.

Martin Clunes' planning dispute: neighbors are 'aren't tourists,' according to Doc Martin's narrator

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 18, 2023
Martin Clunes has launched a last-ditch attempt to discourage his younger hippie neighbors from building a traveller website underneath his hilltop manor house by claiming that the two are not real travelers. Ruth McGill and theo Langdon group applied for a permanent site in Meerhay, Dorset, causing the actor and his neighbors to complain that the location is 'unsuitable' and will spoil their view. Planning officials at Dorset Council have supported the couple, who are under pressure to have tourist and gypsies. However, Mr Clunes' top advocate claims that there are no convincing reasons that they are really nomadic people. John Steel KC's latest analysis warns that if the couple's planning permission for the encampment based on the assertion that they are visitors, the local authority would act unlawfully. 'The application is specifically for a 'Traveller site,' Mr Steel said.' There is no evidence that either applicant is presently a Traveller within the meaning of planning regulations.'

Hippie neighbour tries to set up traveller site 300 yards from Martin Clunes' West Dorset mansion

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 14, 2023
The panoramic view from Martin Clunes' (left) West Dorset home is enthralling on a sunny April day. The 16th century gothic tower of St Mary's in Beaminster, rolling hills as far as the eye can see, lush green fields, swaths of oak and beech trees, and, dominating the skyline. Alas, a late 61-year-old Clunes' latter feature, has become something of a sore point. In this idyllic corner of South-West England, he is currently embroiled in attempts to suspend plans for a permanent traveller site (inset) among trees. In the absence of a traditional sewage system, Theo Langton and his partner Ruth McGill (right) have been living in a static caravan for more than 20 years, with no running water or electricity and a compost toilet.

Martin Clunes planning row: Actor says he doesn't want view from his home 'spoilt'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 12, 2023
Despite protests from Mr Clunes and other locals, the veteran actor's left-wing neighbors, the younger eco hippies Theo Langdon and Ruth McGill, submitted a planning application for a permanent traveller site next to their house in Meerhay, Dorset. Despite locals and Beaminster town councillors' concerns that the location was 'unsuitable' for a visitors' campment, the application has now been accepted by planning authorities at Dorset Council. Dorset councillors will now vote on the petition.

Martin Clunes and his hippie neighbor are at war over a traveller website that 'is the heir to a fortune.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 11, 2023
Martin Clunes, a film actor, is embroiled in a land dispute with a teen whose own mother sold the mansion to the actor, making him the heir to a fortune. Dorset Council recommended that a permanent traveller website be constructed on Winter Barn, Meerhay, just outside Beaminster, right next to the TV star's Dorset farm. Philippa, the actor's wife, 58, and his fellow villagers are vehemently opposed to the plan and have registered an objection to plans for the turbulent growth. Theo Langdon, 52, and his partner Ruth McGill (pictured in 2007 with their two children) have been living in the unauthorised mobile home on land that has been owned for 25 years, with locals claiming that presence brings 'harm' to the area's 'character and beauty.' However, new registry reports have revealed that Theo's mother, Georgia Langton, a renowned garden designer, sold the mansion to Clunes for about £350,000 and later sold the remaining portion of the property to her son for £128,315 in June 2019.

Martin Clunes loses in court fights as the company continues to build a permanent traveller site

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 11, 2023
Mr Clunes and his fellow villagers who are vehemently opposed to the controversial development near Beaminster, Dorset, are thrown out of office. Theo Langton and Ruth McGill, the television star's younger hippie neighbors, have lived on unauthorised property for many years on land that they owned for many years. The travelling couple was granted a five-year temporary licence to live on the site in 2015. That came out in 2020, and they have been living there illegally ever since.

In her first concert with actor Martin Clunes, Myleene Klass gushes over daughter Ava

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 21, 2023
As she appeared at her 'first official concert' with Martin Clunes on Monday evening, the radio presenter, 44, blasted her daughter Ava. As she performed with an orchestra, she took to Instagram to show off her oldest daughter, 15, jaw dropping piano skills.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Saintly Sister J infected by the spirit of The Traitors?Surely not!

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 26, 2022
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Ban the bicycle! These two-wheeled robbery must be banned from the streets of the East End for the sake of all nuns and nurses. After taking a tumble from her velocipede on a snowy street, sister Frances (Ella Bruccoleri) departed Call The Midwife (BBC1) in the grimly traditional way. In the show's unflinching medical terminology, this pedalling angel of mercy wasn't too ill - just a shattered clavicle and a fractured humerus. However, it was cruel enough to have her sent to Chichester... the terrible fate that awaits so many nuns as they leave Nonnatus House awaits them. Hilda (Fenella Woolgar) had already arrived and was unaware at the start of the episode.

Martin Clunes reveals he 'accidentally crashed' a car while filming Doc Martin Christmas special

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 21, 2022
Martin Clunes has admitted that he 'crashed' a car on location while filming the final series of Doc Martin. Dr. Martin Ellingham, the actor who plays lead character, told how he survived the crash after turning the vehicle in fake snow. Martin, who appears on BBC's The One Show, said he could reveal'very little' about the final episode, which airs on Christmas Day.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Everyone's ill in Portwenn before Doc Martin leaves

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2022
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Next patient, please! Martin Clunes' surgery is busier than ever as he prepares to hang up his stethoscope on Doc Martin (ITV). The publican in Caitly has eczema. Joe the village bobby is ill with his feet, nothing to do with his clodhopper boots, but because a fish pedicure has left an infection between his toes, he has had trouble. And the local herbalist's baby has swollen (the mother refused to allow her children to have the MMR jab).

Helen Mirren's tape of when she wants to have sex is somewhere out there

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 17, 2022
JAMES BROWN: She has the vote ahead of comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, American rappers Beastie Boys, and the ohmobolic New Order, and I've spent a fair amount of time with both of them. I spent just a weekend with Helen, and it was the best. I was headed to Los Angeles to photograph something else when I discovered this striking photograph of Helen in a glossy magazine shoot, lying on a bed with her legs against a wall. It was really sexy and chic, and reminded me of a fashion designer whose book I had just broken up with a year ago. I was hoping to interview her while it was available, but she was up for it even after giving her just a week's notice. Featured: Helen posing in 1996, a Loaded cover, and James Brown in the 1990s.

ALISON BOSHOFF: After a Disney row, the Oscar-winning designer is barred from the Cruella sequel

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 9, 2022
ALISON BOSHOFF (inset top): Jenny Beavan (inset top), a respected British costume designer and triple Academy Award winner, was lauded for her stunning outfits for the 2021 film Cruella. Many people believed the 101 Dalmatians origin tale was worth seeing alone; few were surprised when she took home the award for best costume design last year. However, it can be stated that she is not involved in the development of Cruella 2's sequel. Emma Stone (left) appears in the film once more, but it is set in the 1980s.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS addresses last night's television show

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 8, 2022
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: For anyone who is still thinks of Martin Clunes as the irresponsible, boozy lad Gary in Men Behaving Badly, it's an agonizing jolt to learn he's been playing Dr Ellingham (ITV) for almost two decades... and has now hung up his stethoscope. Not that the doc has resigned. He's just started to work as a GP and hangs about the house all day, mending clocks and getting under his wife's feet. Clunes is 60, and this is expected to be the last series for the show. That's a shame, because his character is as amusing as ever, and the story is still draws in major guest stars.