Teenaged girl: “Doc [Martin]...am I going to die?”
Doctor Martin Ellingham: “Yes, but not today. “. The line is delivered absolutely deadpan.
For anyone who hasn’t watched it - this is one of the funniest shows ever made and it’s set in one of the most beautiful places in the UK - Cornwall. The remarkable things is that it never seems to rain there. I guess that’s because the show is shot only in the summer and they only make new episodes every couple of years. I have visited the little town where it is shot and it really is very pretty.
Other great British shows are Shetland (Scottish detective show - US and Canadian viewers may need the subtitles to follow the dialogue...) and Foyle's War (English detective show set in WW-II). These are absolutely absorbing cops & robbers (w. the occasional murder) ...shows, but nearly devoid of guns, car chases and psychotic people wearing hockey masks.
BTW - if Netflix doesn’t have these shows, your local public library may carry the DVDs which you can easily borrow at no charge. Our PL here in Windsor has all of the episodes of all three shows on DVD.
