Mark Crowdy

International relations are at stake as Poirot hunts for a stolen Egyptian royal jewel.

Martin Clunes returns as Dr. Martin Ellingham, a gruff surgeon who leaves his big-city job to become town physician in a sleepy Cornish village, where his rudeness rouses distrust among the eccentric locals, including lovely schoolteacher Louisa (Caroline Catz). In Season 2 of the U.K. sitcom, Doc Martin contends with a self-proclaimed homeopathic healer and makes a crucial decision regarding the fate of another man vying for Louisa's love.

Bird watchers disturb the peace of Portwenn, which lately doesn't seem so tranquil. Martin may lose his receptionist and is told to brush up on his people skills -- or else. And Louisa's father arrives unannounced, accompanied by his bipolar friend.

Frozen by a newfound fear of blood, once-brilliant London surgeon Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is forced to abandon his city practice and start anew as a small-town country doctor in the Cornish hamlet of Portwenn. As the first season of this English sitcom unfolds, Doc Martin opens his office, only to find his waiting room impossibly full. But nobody in town is really sick … they just want to meet their new neighbor.