THIS is the hilarious moment Martin Clunes was harangued by a shopper for parking his BMW in a motorcycle space - but laughs and tells him "what you going to do?".

Biker Sam Francis, 23, spotted the Doc Martin actor loading his Waitrose shopping into the boot of his car while parking in a space reserved for bikes in Crewkerne.

The pub chef starts recording himself confronting the actor, but instead of apologising Clunes laughs at him and asks: "How nasty is this in the grand scheme of things?"

But apparently angered by his lack of concern Sam calls him a "c***" and tells him "I thought you were a nice man as well" in the car park in Crewkerne, Somerset.

Undeterred, Clunes - who bizarrely loads his shopping into his boot one item at a time - continues to giggle at Sam and adds "Ok - you're young."

But the exchange takes an unexpected turn before he drives off with a genuine fan interjecting to ask the actor when his next DVD is released.

Sam posted the clip on Facebook with the caption: "Bumped into Martin Clunes today. He is a complete cock. I was literally lost for words at how uncaring and pathetic he really is. Needs a huge car to carry his massive ego (and ears)."

It has since been watched by 291,000 people - some berating Clunes for his parking, but others mocking pub chef Sam for having a go.

The hilarious exchange filmed yesterday (Wednesday) begins with Sam telling Clunes: "This is a motorcycle space".

But he answers: "Ah yeah, I know, there was nowhere else to park when I got here and to be honest I don't really care."

Baffled Sam asks: "You don't care? It's the same as a disabled space. You're not allowed to park here."

Clunes answers: "Right, it's not quite the same as disabled is it?"

"But you're not allowed to park here," adds Sam.

But the actor laughs and asks: "Ok, what you going to do?"

He continues to giggle and adds: "That's it photograph" but Sam answers: "Photograph? It's a video mate. Martin Clunes parking. I thought you were a nice man as well.

"I've heard nothing but good about you. I can't believe."

Clunes laughs and asks: "How nasty is this in the grand scheme of things?"

Sam answers: "It's not nasty. It's just a real c*** move.

"No one else does this. I've never seen anyone park in this space ever."

But without even pausing while he loads his boot, Clunes retorts: "Ok. You're young. You'll see stuff."

But not content with that reply Sam continues: "I thought you were meant to be an upstanding member of the community."

The hilariously the exchange is interrupted by an older lady who steps in to ask the actor: "Hello. You haven't got any DVDs out of the last series have you?"

He calmly tells her: "We will have yeah" before getting into his car and driving off while giving Sam a thumbs up.