The tribal inhabitants of considered one of Norfolk Island may in all probability be forgiven for not understanding who Martin Clunes is.
However when the actor, 55, visited the tiny Pacific land - nearly 1,500 miles off the coast of Australia and across the measurement of Swindon - it transpired they're enormous Doc Marin followers.
He was visiting for his new documentary, Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia, which airs on ITV on Tuesday at 8pm.
When Martin Clunes went to Norfolk Island he was greeted by an sudden military of Doc Martin followers
'My go to to Norfolk Island was fairly extraordinary, as a result of I had by no means felt so well-known. It was like being considered one of The Beatles,' he stated
'My go to to Norfolk Island was fairly extraordinary, as a result of I had by no means felt so well-known. It was like being considered one of The Beatles,' he stated.
'There was a crowd of followers on the airport screaming "Doc Martin" as I stepped off the aircraft. We noticed "We love Doc Martin" notices throughout the island.
'Quite a lot of Australians go to Port Isaac after we are filming Doc Martin. They like it. The seventh sequence was transmitting in Australia, as we started filming the documentary.'
His journey begins in Australia's most iconic metropolis - Sydney. In the course of Sydney Harbour lies Fort Denison, an island that symbolises town's colonial previous.
Norfolk island is nearly 1,500 miles off the coast of Australia and across the measurement of a small city
On Rottnest Island Clunes tries his hand at taking a 'Quokka selfie' with this small marsupial
From right here he heads for the subtropical paradise of Lord Howe Island, roughly 600 kilometres from the mainland.
It has been settled by people for lower than 200 years and, because of this, it is astonishingly pristine.
His subsequent cease is Norfolk Island to study its brutal convict previous and its proud current, assembly descendants of the Bounty mutineers.
From Norfolk he travels to Restoration Island to fulfill a modern-day Robinson Crusoe, then on to Thursday and Friday Islands, tropical dwelling of music and pearls. On the Tiwi Islands Martin samples bush tucker and Australian soccer.
The actor swam with some unique creatures, equivalent to this turtle
He travels to the 'magical Murions' to find the Ningaloo Reef, and swim with the most important fish within the ocean: the whale shark.
The Abrolhos Islands is the subsequent port of name to listen to a story of bloody mutiny and to catch a lobster.
Then his journey takes him to Rottnest the place, amongst the vacationers, Martin discovers a darkish previous and a few pleasant marsupials.
He additionally noticed how efforts are being made to rescue fairy penguins on Phillip Island. The island had grow to be too touristy, with housing estates constructed on the seashore. Martin explains:
'The land has been reclaimed for the penguins, the homes on the seashore have been pulled down, they usually have constructed a correct guests' centre so they're managing the guests extra.
'They're charging guests to see the penguins so that cash is paying for the entire improvement.
'I used to be capable of maintain a penguin which was being checked. They have been defensive as a result of we have been filming in the course of the day after they have been asleep, and we have been hauling them out of their bins and weighing them.'
He swims with a whale shark off the Ningaloo Reef - and later swam with a Nice White Shark
He was visiting for his new documentary, Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia, ITV, Tuesday, 8pm
On Restoration Island Martin met a modern-day Robinson Crusoe, who had left a excessive powered job in Sydney to reside on the island.
'It was a really uncooked island expertise with no infrastructure, no air-con, no mosquito management, actually the desert island expertise with some roofs.
'I could not reside on an island alone, not with out my household and animals. I would not need to. I like dwelling the place I reside.'
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