Doc Martin actor Clunes ‘diagnoses own illness’

Martin Clunes has told how he had to adjust his wardrobe for the latest series of Doc Martin after he lost a stone in weight.

The TV star, 51, shed the pounds after catching a virus.

He told the Radio Times: “I had a virus and lost a stone. They had to remake my wardrobe to fit.”

Asked whether Clunes, who plays doctor Martin Ellingham on the show, diagnosed his own illness, his wife, the show’s producer Philippa Braithwaite, said: “He thinks so.” The former Men Behaving Badly star admitted: “I’m all over it. I’m always interested in people’s treatments. I ask them, ‘What did they prescribe you?’ I love it when I get an operation – I even got to wear scrubs this season. I felt so heroic.”