Fair rating?Doc Martin· Season 9 · Episode 8
Licence to Practice
Bernard Newton is leading the surgery, which puts Martin at ease given he was his tutor, colleague and old friend. Wedding bells are ringing in Portwenn with the preparations for Morwenna (Jessica Ransom) and Al's( Joe Absolom) wedding. But some last minute hitches threaten to jeopardise their big day. There's an awkward meeting for PC Penhale (John Marquez) when his ex fiancé Janice Bone, (Robyn Addison) returns for the wedding. She left him standing at the altar, and he now wonders if she's back because she still has feelings for him.
Streaming on (US) 
See all
#8In Season 9of 8 rated episodes
#58All-timeof 77 rated episodes
−0.7vs season avgSeason 9 averages 9.2
2019First airedNovember 13, 2019
Guest stars
Tom Contias Bernard NewtonCrew
Jack LothianWriterShows like Doc Martin
The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.
- 01Drama·Comedy·MedicalScrubs2001–2010·ABC
Fresh out of medical school, new doctors John "J.D. - 02Drama·Comedy·MedicalBest Medicine2026–present·FOXIn Best Medicine a brilliant surgeon leaves Boston to become a small-town doctor where he spent childhood summers.
- 03Drama·Comedy·MedicalScrubs2026–present·ABC
Old friends JD and Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time, learning that medicine has changed; interns have changed; but their bromance has stood the test of time. - 04Drama·Comedy·MedicalThis is Going to Hurt2022–2022·BBC iPlayer
This Is Going To Hurt, based on Adam Kay's award-winning bestselling memoir, follows Adam, a doctor who we find wending his way through the ranks of hospital hierarchy - junior enough to suffer the crippling hours, but… - 05Drama·Comedy·MedicalDoctor on the Edge2026–present·ENAElite plastic surgeon Do Jiui has his perfect life turned upside down when he's unexpectedly sent to the remote island of Pyeondongdo as a public health doctor.
- 06Drama·Comedy·MedicalSt. Elsewhere1982–1988·NBCSt. Eligius Hospital in South Boston was not exactly the world's best health care center.
