Podcast Portwenn: Doc Martin & Best Medicine

Podcast Portwenn Trailer: How Best Medicine Turned Newcomers into True Fans

What happens when you make an American adaptation of a well-loved British classic? I wanted to find out, so I put fans spoiled by Doc Martin and unspoiled newcomers on se

BONUS: Podcast Portwenn Turns One: A Year of Doc Martin & Best Medicine Friends

Podcast Portwenn turns one — yay us! Our first episode went up on November 5, 2025, and what started as a way to learn a new skill has become a whole year of Doc Martin a

Best Medicine Season 2 Episode 6 Reaction: Can’t Stop The Healing

What happened to Martin's breakdown? Last week ended with Martin Best (Josh Charles) breaking down while hugging Louisa... and this week? Crickets! Mel, Doug, Carol, and

Best Medicine Season 2 Special Assignment: Eps 1-5 — The Letter, Parker & Martin’s Breakdown

Laugh, cry, think: one panelist says that’s exactly what Best Medicine Season 2 delivers, and the first five episodes put that to the test. Did the writers listen? We dig

Best Medicine Season 2 Episode 5 Reaction: Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow – One Magic Trick at a Time

Who doesn’t let a person finish a love letter?! Louisa finally gets to know the contents of Martin’s love letter. This week Carol, Mel, and Gabriela join me for Best Med

Best Medicine Season 2 Episode 4 Bonus: No Place Like Om – Hot Goss & Shenanigans

Carol missed our “No Place Like Om” taping thanks to a power outage. Now the lights are back on, and she’s watched both the episode AND our panel. So what did the rest of

Best Medicine Season 2 Episode 4 Reaction: No Place Like Om – Tugged at Our Hearts

Martin Best (Josh Charles) has one goal this weekend: get out of Port Wenn and meet Eden Montgomery (Eliza Coupe) in Boston. A busted windshield, a missed bus, three pati

Best Medicine S2E3 Reaction Crate Expectations: Karaoke Night, the Crate Race & Louisa’s Date

Mel, Carol, and Gabriela join Chesla to dig into Best Medicine Season 2, Episode 3, “Crate Expectations.” It’s karaoke night in Port Wenn! Eden Montgomery (Eliza Coupe)

Best Medicine S2E2: "Breakin' In Is Hard to Do" Did Eden set up the prank?

Best Medicine Season 2, Episode 2, "Breakin' In Is Hard to Do": the Port Wenn pharmacy gets robbed, Louisa's time-sensitive fertility medication is among the missing item

Best Medicine S2E1 Reaction: A Mermaid, a Blood Phobia & Is Eden Friend or Foe?

Best Medicine Season 2 is here, and so is a new format! I'm trying to incorporate your suggestions from last year's survey, so this time Gen Z panelist Gabriela and I tra

Best Medicine Season 2 Preview: A Gen Z Fan's Hot Takes on Martin, Louisa & the New Love Pentagon

Season One of Best Medicine ended in a tangle of misunderstandings, and I’ll have a Season Two podcast guest to help sort it out: Gabriela, a Gen Z viewer who runs with a

Doc Martin Season 7 Newbie Reaction: Couples Therapy, a Taser, and Patty's Big Told-You-So

Patty has said it for seasons: Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz) keeps putting Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) into situations he was never going to survive, then treats th

Doc Martin Season 6 Newbie Reaction: "He's Not the Only One Who Has to Change"

Season 6 opens with the Ellingham wedding and ends with depression, disillusion, and a surgery that should never have happened. Patty came into this one off a season 5 fi

Best Medicine Season 2 Preview: Love Pentagon, Blood Phobia Goes Public, Mark Finally Gets Love

Best Medicine is scrubbing up for Season 2, and so is Podcast Portwenn! For the first time, the whole Season 2 Unspoiled panel is together. Doug from New Jersey is back f

Take Me To The Fair: What Was Buckham Fair Like?

Podcast Portwenn goes off-script for a special episode and the video version is not to be missed.  Over the last few months, Chesla invited you to donate to Buckham Fair,

Doc Martin Season 5 Newbie Reaction: New Aunt, New Baby, and a Pharmacist's Breakdown

Doc Martin newbie Patty is back for Season 5, a favorite season for many Doc Martin viewers.  Auntie Joan’s (Stephanie Cole) death hits Patty hard and Aunt Ruth (Dame E

Doc Martin Season 4 Newbie Reacts: Total Miscommunication, a Threat Named Edith, and a Baby

Doc Martin newbie Patty is back for Season 4. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) wants to go back to London — or does he? Old flame Edith Montgomery (Lia Williams) is back

Doc Martin Season 3 Newbie Reaction: Mark's Out, Joe's In, and What's Up with Martin and Louisa?

Doc Martin newbie Patty (a Best Medicine veteran) tears through Season 3, which is a season of surprises. She spends half the season hoping PC Mark Mylow (Stewart Wright)

Doc Martin Season 2 Newbie Reaction: Patty on Parents, Best Medicine Parallels & Predictions

Patty the Newbie is back for Doc Martin Season 2 with the perspective of a full season of Best Medicine behind her, and she's not shy about the comparisons. Elaine Denham

When the Camera Turns Off: Doc Martin Fan Fiction Authors Kathy, Rob and Chesla on Craft and Canon

What happens when the camera turns off in Portwenn? Host Chesla Wechsler hands the microphone to retired therapist Lisa, who moderates a rare roundtable conversation amon