Martin Clunes is set to return to TV, after saying goodbye to Doctor Martin last year. Confirming the news, ITV teased what’s to come, explaining that the star will portray a “farmer faced with dark forces invading his rural community”.
© GettyMartin will play troubled farmer Nathan in new ITV drama Out There
The new series, titled Out There, will mark another collaboration between Martin Clunes and British screenwriter Ed Whitmore. The pair last teamed up for the True Crime series, Manhunt, which dramatized the real-life investigations of Colin Sutton, a London police inspector.
A completely different story this time, Out There will focus on the damage to a community plagued by a drug gang.
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7 brand new BBC dramas to get excited aboutAccording to ITV, “the drama will depict a secret, stealthy invasion of the land our farmer cherishes, with devastating consequences, as his life, property and family life are threatened by the county’s local drug dealers, mainly urban gangs who use the British countryside as a field of operations , moving drugs and money between their urban centers and provincial areas.
Speaking about his role in the upcoming series, Martin said: “I’m very happy to be working with Marc Evans and Ed Whitmore again after the success of Manhunt. Out There couldn’t be more different from Doc Martin. It’s quite dark but definitely a story worth telling .”
© GettyLouis Ashbourne Serkis will play Martin’s son Johnny in the drama
Martin, who is introduced as farmer Nathan Williams, will star alongside Louis Ashbourne Serkis.
Playing Nathan’s son Johnny, the 19-year-old actor is best known for his role in the 2019 fantasy adventure film The Kid Who Would Be King. Fans may also recognize him as the son of Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne.
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Meanwhile, Mark Lewis Jones, Natalia Kostrzewa, Carly-Sophia Davies and Gerran Howell are also set to star. The cast is currently hard at work with production taking place in Wales. Director Marc Evans revealed that filming will “explore the beautiful and rarely seen areas around the Black Mountains”.
Martin’s role in Out There will mark one of his first appearances since the end of Doc Martin in 2022.
WATCH: Martin Clunes explains the real reason Doc Martin is coming to an end
The series, which has been a huge hit with its loyal fans since it began in 2004, starred Martin Clunes as the grumpy Doctor Martin as he treats patients in the sleepy Cornish fishing village of Portwenn. Appearing on an episode of Loose Women, the actor explained why it felt like the right time to say goodbye to the show: “Well, all good things must come to an end. I’m sure there are a lot of people who aren’t fans of the show who think it’s horribly repetitive anyway, but we are trying very hard not to repeat ourselves,” he said.
“And I just think we’ve kind of done it all. It would be great to continue, but I don’t think we could have kept it that good. We have such a beautiful cast, and it’s been sixteen years.”
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