Jack russell ratting martin clunes biography

Actor Martin Clunes, 63, believes he’s a nicer person when surrounded by four-legged companions...

Martin Clunes’ loveable old dog, Jim, still brings a smile to his famous master’s face every day.

‘I’d been filming in America and I came home and there was this little tiny puppy that was my Christmas present from my wife Philippa,’ he recalls.

But sadly, after arriving by surprise 14 years ago, the Jack Russell died of liver cancer in March this year at the Clunes’ 135‑acre farm in Beaminster, Dorset.

Together, the two went on ‘quite a journey’.

Jack russell ratting martin clunes biography

Jim was sneaked under Dr Ellingham’s desk during Doc Martin filming and even ran amok on the set of Loose Women. But it was out in the fields where he really came into his own, despite Jack Russells having a reputation for chasing sheep.

‘We had sheep at the time and, to be honest, once he got going, I’d be out there lambing at 3am and he’d come with me and be a good boy.

He was my