At the Scene of “Doc Martin,” Series 7 — Part 2 — Filming in the Village and Harbor

by Karen Gilleland  © 2015

I walked down to the village about 9:30 a.m. on my first day in “Portwenn.” Filming was under way for a scene featuring Joe Absolom (Al) and Jessica Ransom (Morwenna) at the Life Boat Station. The scene took several hours, as cameras moved around inside and outside the building.

(Note: After the first reference to the actors’ real names, I’ll refer to them by their character names.)

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Between takes, cast members were very obliging, smiling for photos, shaking hands, autographing pictures and postcards. Here’s Al, of the beautiful blue eyes!

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Morwenna holds still for a make-up retouch.
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Make-up finished and looking stunning, Morwenna poses for fan photos.

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Scripts in hand, the actors gather with the director for instructions. I believe the blond woman is Katie Moore, who played Morwenna’s friend, Janice, in Series 6, Episode 8.

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The crew moved across to the harbor in the afternoon for a scene featuring Martin Clunes. 

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Martin talks to Al while waiting for his scene to begin. I heard several crew members call out to Martin as “M.C.”

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Martin confers with director, Nigel Cole.

(Doesn’t Martin have great posture!)

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John Marquez (P.C. Penhale) with Martin.

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Ian McNeice (Bert) greeted people at the harbor. Here, he has photo taken with my niece, Linda.

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Tricky shot.

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Al with me and Joseph Barnett.

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Thanks to Linda Villelli, Joseph Barnett, Viola Brown, John & Pam Russell for supplying photos for this series.

Next up: Filming up at the surgery, with great photos of the “Doc” and Louisa.

To see other photos, click on the following:

Part 1 — “The Crew”

Part 2 — “Filming in the Village and Harbor”

Part 3 — “Outside the Surgery”

Part 4 — “Location Sets in Beautiful Port Isaac”

Part 5 — “My Walk-on Part”

Part 6 — “Memories and Favorite Photos”

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