A doctor fakes a mythical beast to scare off Londoners—what could go wrong?
Doctor Bamford has had enough of village life and is desperate for some distance from inquisitive Cornish neighbours. When the local estate agent shows him Tregunnt Farm # derelict and miles from anywhere # it's love at first sight. But the Bowden family from London also have their eye on the property with a view to developing the surrounding land into ugly holiday cottages. After being gazumped, the Doc decides to try and spook the family into leaving by pretending to be the Beast of Bodmin.
Acting
Martin Clunes' exasperated everyman energy
Production
Cornish isolation so thick you taste the drizzle
Director
Ben Bolt
Martin Clunes
Martin Bamford
Mark Heap
Mitch
Anthony Calf
Tim Bowden
Anna Chancellor
Nicky Bowden
Joe Sowerbutts
Harry Bowden
Alex Palmer
Rupert Shawcross
Mark Drewry
Terry the Mechanic
Tristan Sturrock
Harvey
Neve McIntosh
Rita Gorrie
Stephen Moore
Vicar
Paul Brooke
Charley
Adrian Lukis
Rob Blake
Veronica Roberts
Mrs. Peters
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV movie predates the Doc Martin series by two years—Clunes plays a different doctor with the same surname, confusing everyone forever.
The 'Beast of Bodmin' was a genuine 1970s-90s cryptid panic; the film treats Cornish folklore like local weather—annoying but inevitable.
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