The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning, to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon.
Cast:Nadine Garner , Craig McLachlan , Charlie Cousins , Joel Tobeck , Belinda McClory , Cate Wolfe , John Wood , David Whiteley , Timothy Quabba , Anna McGahan , Ian Rooney , Rick Donald , Craig Hall , John Stanton , Lee Beckhurst , Rodger Corser , Ling Cooper Tang , Nick Farnell
S5.E1 ∙ A Lethal Combination
Dr Blake gets involved investigating the suspicious death of a boxer in the ring where he is officiating as the contest medical official.
S5.E2 ∙ Sorrow Songs
The murder of a beautiful gypsy woman takes Blake inside the intriguing and exotic world of Romani travellers passing through Ballarat.
S5.E3 ∙ The Call of the Void
The murder victim is discovered in the freezer of a restaurant kitchen. Evidently the body was there all day, as no one had occasion to enter the freezer.
S5.E4 ∙ All She Leaves Behind
When a controversial writer is found dead and her sister is found unconscious from a suspected suicide, Blake has to search out some truths about Ballarat in order to understand how and why the woman died.
S5.E5 ∙ Measure Twice
When Blake is called to investigate the murder of a retired carpenter, his only real suspect is a teenage boy discovered praying over the body and covered in blood.
S5.E6 ∙ First Dance
Despite being housebound as he recovers from his injuries, Blake investigates the death of a teenage girl at her Debutante Ball.
S5.E7 ∙ A Good Drop
Doctor Blake has to piece together arson and a murder of a farmer. Meanwhile a leak to the paper about Doctor Blake will create difficulties for his relationship with Jean.
S5.E8 ∙ Hear the Angels Sing
The death of a policeman coincides with the reappearance of an old enemy, as the past and the present begin to finally catch up with Dr Lucien Blake.
