A Truly Wonderful Show.....
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The Dvds Are Great, Wonderful Picture & Sound. The Show Is Magical With Terrific Stories And Very Fine Actors. Brian Kelly Gives The Show It's Heart & Soul!!! I Can't Wait For Season Two!
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The acting is so real, that after watching several seasons of this program I found myself talking to someone and actually having the same facial expressions as the character, Doc Martin!  I had not realized that I had been so immersed in this program.

The photography is beautiful and relaxing. The characters make you care about them. The situations while comical are also poignant and meaningful; and by following along with the story it is cathartic and helps you to release your own stresses.

I particularly like that even though there are continuing issues through the series, that each episode and each series moves forward towards positive improvements for it's characters...improovements that each of us could use in our own lives. And seeing someone do it on the screen in a small way, helps us have a little more courage to do it for ourselves.

Doc Martin, the main hero of the series, is a doctor with such poor social skills, and his own worst enemy in finding love...who  shows as the series progresses, that he had been mentally abused and abandoned by both of his self-centered, unloving parents...and it develops that this might have caused him to become closed, cold and self-centered. Then we see his yearning, his admiration of the beauty of the woman he has become to love, the pain caused by his ineptness (and it is wonderful to watch extremely good actors (Mr. Clunes is only one of many) show this without words...but just the look of their eyes in an almost immobile face, as IF we can read their minds) and his desire to release his heart and breathe deeply of the warmth of life...instead of just the coldness of facts.

Just everything is done right in this series.

Almost every home, or business is real looking. The dish detergent is out on the sink, the door has stains where the hands have touched too many times. The houses have old furniture and they don't look like they are out of magazines. (I hate it when series show everyone's house as if it has just been cleaned, or is strategically messy, and the furniture either looks like it was just bought, or brought from Salvation Army.)

The people wear their same clothes, as if each actor had their own closet of clothes that they use again and again.  (I hate it when I watch a series and I wonder how they have new clothes for each and every episode...and then try to convince me the episode is real to life.)

The medical knowledge is DEAD ON! Absolutely right. And there is enough of really neat medical info that most of the audience can use to help them in their own or their family's lives. (I hate watching shows where the medical info is just plain nonsense, poorly pronounced, and poorly preformed.)

It IS addicting. But luckily, only the most current series...which I think may be SIX, you have to buy. If you have a Prime membership the other seasons are free.  I have overindulged, and watched ALL the seasons...even when I had to pay. Now I am suffering withdrawal, and while I wish for the future seasons.

I am surprised to find that I enjoy watching the old seasons over and over again...and it is not just me but my spouse too, who feels this way.  I understand that is what is called, "layering".  Which means, so much, and so many details, and so many issues are layered on top of each other, that each time you watch; you see more, that you did not see last time.
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What an absolutely wonderful presentation of this great show. I did see it in a movie theatre on Oct. 2 2011 and again on May 21st.
The lead roles were absolutely great. Ramin, Sierra & Hadley blew me away.
Needless to say I have the Blu ray version of this show.
I have watched it many times!!!
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I just love this show ,,,great humor and a serious side as well.. I watch them over and over
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I was so happy to see this ,I was able to see from begining ,I love all the characters on this one. Thanks so much Amazon for bringing such good shows to us. I would reccomend this show to all.
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Absolutely love the show...the characters...the acting...I have told all my friends and family to watch.  I loved it so much I watched all three seasons available in one weekend!!  Took binge watching to a whole new level:)  A must see!
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I have to say that Doc Martin is my most favorite show of all times. From the very first episode I was hooked. The cast is great and believable in their roles, the scenery is beautiful, the stories are funny and serious at the same time, and the acting and directing is superb. It is done so well you would think you are watching real life instead of a television program.  With pre-ordering Season 8, I will have the whole series so far and the movies.  Plus I purchased the soundtrack too (awesome music)!
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This show is truly a work of art- I wish amazon would put it back on the PRIME instant streaming!!! I don't know why they would take it off in the first place...
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GREAT SHOW!!!!! I have watched many BBC crime/mystery shows and this ranks among my favorites. Whitechapel" takes on the issue of a brilliant Detective Inspector suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder WITHOUT making the condition into a joke (a la "Monk"). Rupert Penry-Jones as DI Chandler is believeable, inspiring and, at times, truly heart-breaking.  His supporting cast is also wonderful. This show has an unusual tone -- which I very much enjoyed. It alludes to all those thing that happen all the time that we can't explain, so we ignore. THIS show doesn't ignore them and it makes for very interesting TV!
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There isn't much I can say about the series that hasn't already been said... it's great and the character interactions make it a joy to watch. Season 1 was a great introduction to the characters and, in my opinion, it only gets better. They've built up a great head of steam with this show and, again in my opinion, every season is a must see. Now into its fourth season the show shows no sign or slowing down. I've got season 2 shipping right now and season 3 on pre-order. Looking forward to enjoying them again and again. :)

That said I'll touch on the media and packaging... it is also great. Three single sided DVDs with nice artwork on the top and in a well designed DVD case. It isn't rocket science but I still run into sets that are poorly constructed or obviously had corners cut at the expense of quality. This isn't one of them.
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All I can say is "Wow!" This show is so many things: heartwarming, gentle, solid, interesting, lovely, funny, sad, joyful. The writing is great. The acting is wonderful. Good family values, but not sickly sweet. They cover some difficult and deep issues, but at the same time never lose that magical thing that makes this show magnetic, gentle, and sweet. I cannot wait to start Season 2!
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I only recently discovered this show and I have to say it is one of best I've ever seen.  I'm upset that I wasn't able to watch the show originally when it aired, but glad that it is available in this format.  It was always better watched this way in the first place.

More than anything this is a comedic epic that is meant to be watched all in one sitting and not a show to be digested piecemeal.

Every person who has a taste for comedy should watch this show so they can appreciate the level of sophistication that this show delivers consistently.  Without a doubt one of the best things on television.
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What can I say that has not been said already!! One of the BEST shows ever...
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One of the BEST shows I have ever watched. No joke. There is something so profound, and deep about this show. The acting is incredible, with a powerful storyline that every human being can relate to - the rat race of the world, our impact - our insecurities/etc. Laura Dern is AMAZING in this, I loved her so much - I binge watched both seasons I feel so empty without it. WATCH THIS SHOW you will not regret it !!!
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I have always loved this program !!  I came in on the second season and have since purchased all the seasons since this show, while shown at rather anarchic times here in the US, has never been fully embraced. Besides, it's much better to enjoy a show that can really only be described as a cross between THE ROCKFORD FILES and NORTHERN EXPOSURE on DVD. When it was announced by creator-star Allan Hawco that he was ending the series,buying the final season not only made sense, but was a must !! And, frankly, it did not disappoint. The show will be missed, but it does go out on a high note. You couldn't ask for more about a show you richly enjoy.
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I saw this show may 18th, it was absolutly amazing.  The cast, acting and everything.  I just bought the cast recording, it sounds amazing.
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So few people I know are aware of this wonderful show's existence.  My hope is that collecting all three seasons in a single DVD box set could lead to a whole new group of viewers.  What impressed me about the series is the way it provided absolutely first-rate popular entertainment in a relatively highbrow context.  It is funny.  There are romantic another other kinds of relationships that we as viewers come to care deeply about.  And we are introduced to a host of fascinating characters.  But at the same time there is some remarkably insightful discussion of Shakespeare.

You don't have to love Shakespeare to love this series, but you'll love it all the more if you do.  If you don't own copies of HAMLET, MCBETH, and KING LEAR, I would strongly encourage you to order copies of each along with this box set.  I reread each play as a result of seeing SLINGS AND ARROWS.  I suspect that a substantial number of viewers of the show have done so as well.

The stories revolve around a moderately successful theater festival in a fictitious Canadian town.  When Oliver Welles, the revered head of the festival, dies unexpectedly Geoffrey Tennant, a formerly celebrated actor who made his mark there, is asked to return as director.  Paul Gross (perhaps best known to those in the United States as the Mounty assigned to Chicago in the fun series DUE SOUTH) absolutely steals the series as Tennant.  I've seen a great deal of his work and this is hands down the best thing he has done.  Although he steals the show, his real life wife Martha Burns costars as the resident lead actress of the troupe and the former lover of Tennant.  The most surprising performance on the show might be that of Mark McKinney, formerly of KIDS IN THE HALL, who does a great job as the festival's business director.  The cast is bolstered by a number of superb supporting characters as well as several excellent guest stars.  Rachel McAdams was great on the show until Hollywood beckoned and she left the series after Season One.  Geraint Wyn Davies, who many will remember from the vampire TV series FOREVER KNIGHT, excelled in Season Two as famous Shakespearean recruited to play McBeth.  Sarah Polley (whose father was a regular on the series) is Season Three's Cordelia.  Celebrated Canadian Shakespearean actor William Hutt turns in an astonishing performance as Season Three's Lear.  But the funniest guest role is hands down that by Colm Feore, who plays a charlatan PR firm director.

This is just great TV and if you haven't seen this, you must.  This is the best completely unknown television series of the past several years.  I've pushed other little watched series on friends, like FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, but that wonderful series has several times the audience that SLINGS AND ARROWS had.  All you need to do to love it is to watch it.