Martin Clunes is worlds away from Doc Martin in gritty new TV drugs drama
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Doc Martin star Martin Clunes has left the sleepy Cornish village of Portwenn behind for rural Wales and drug dealers in the gritty drama series Out There. Martin, 63, plays Nathan Williams, a local farmer who has a huge, and potentially deadly, problem on his hands when his son Johnny gets embroiled with county lines drug trafficking. Out There marks Martin’s first drama since the end of Doc Martin, which ran for 18 years, but he insists he never had any plans for this to be his next job.
“I just go where my wife tells me!” laughs Martin, who has been married to TV producer Philippa Braithwaite since 1997. “I go for the next thing, and I never have a plan, but I like being outdoors. I’m happiest when everything’s off a lorry and in a field. This was a very physical job, but we felt it was important to show that constant labour of farming. There’s always something to do.”.
Taking on the role of teenager Johnny is Louis Ashbourne Serkis. At 20 years old, the son of actors Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne has already starred in Endeavour, Allelujah and The Queen’s Gambit. “It’s been great to watch my work back with my parents, even though I did feel some pressure,” admits Louis. “But at the end of the day they’re my mum and dad and when you’ve got something that you’re proud of it’s nice to sit down and watch it with them.
