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Viewers of ITV‘s Doc Martin have been warned it may contain ‘medical procedures’ in the latest case of unusual trigger warnings being added to shows.
The content alert has appeared on the gently-paced comedy-drama, starring Martin Clunes, on the ITVX streaming service.
Multiple episodes of the show have had warnings added, starting in season one where viewers are told an episode ‘contains a mild medical procedure’.
Another later episode flags they could see one scene of ‘moderate peril’ after a man gets injured.
And others warn of a ‘surgical procedure’ and a ‘bloody injury scene which some may find disturbing’.
It is not just medical scenes viewers are warned about, language alerts on the show vary from ‘bad’ to ‘mild’ to ‘moderate’.
In season three, viewers are even warned that the episode ‘contains infrequent use of moderate language’.
Viewers of Doc Martin on ITV have been warned that the show – which stars Martin Clunes as a GP and former surgeon- may contain medical procedures
Viewers are alerted to episodes which may contain ‘surgical procedures’ or an ‘injury scene’
Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke criticised the bizarre warnings on the service.
He said: ‘The clue’s in the name — it’s a show about a doctor.
‘It’s another example of trigger warnings stepping over the line.’
ITV has been contacted for comment.
In the past, it has said about general alerts: ‘Programming that contains politically sensitive or distressing themes, content, or language has carried appropriate warnings since our launch.’
Last year a University was branded ‘woke’ after biology undergraduates were warned they could see ‘graphic’ images of the human body.
In a module booklet, Reading University students were handed a trigger warning about ‘challenging’ areas of study which might leave them ‘upset’.
Youngsters were also told they will have to obtain consent before carrying out mock clinical examinations of peers, which ‘involves physical contact through clothing’.
Doc Martin first aired in 2004 and all ten series of the comedy-drama are available on the streaming service
Notes for the anatomy and physiology module added: ‘Students uncomfortable with physical contact can either observe or work on their own body.’
Doc Martin is the latest series to be slapped with a trigger warning by ITV.
Earlier this month it was revealed that the comedy Minder created by Leon Griffiths, included a trigger warning for ‘offensive language and sexual stereotypes’.
ITV show Inspector Morse was also slapped with a similar trigger warning.
The popular series now features a pre-warning for crime scenes throughout the show, which seems to have caused a stir with people online.
The streaming giant also advises there are ‘satanic images’ in one episode of the drama.
It then has a parental lock on the episode, titled Day of the Devil.
Inspector Morse first aired from 1987 to 2000, with a total of eight series.
