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.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

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

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Still Waters

Fri, Feb 1, 2013

When a wayward girl from the local reform school is found dead in Lake Wendouree, Dr Lucien Blake is immediately suspicious. He shocks the police with his unconventional investigative methods.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Greater Good

Fri, Feb 8, 2013

On the eve of Anzac Day, Dr Lucien Blake is called to the morgue where the attendant has been murdered. With the autopsy tools and a body missing, Dr Blake smells a rat.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Death of a Travelling Salesman

Fri, Feb 15, 2013

When a travelling salesman dies in a car accident, police blame alcohol. Dr Blake concludes that the victim was not drunk and died before the crash of very unusual causes.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Brotherly Love

Fri, Feb 22, 2013

A delirious prisoner on death row tells Dr Lucien Blake he is innocent of the police shooting for which he is soon to hang. Dr Blake pulls out all stops to uncover the truth.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Hearts and Flowers

Fri, Mar 1, 2013

Things get very ugly in Ballarat when the Begonia Festival's head judge is found incinerated in his own glasshouse, all eyes turn to two feuding contestants.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ If the Shoe Fits

Fri, Mar 8, 2013

The death of a migrant factory foreman initially looks like an industrial accident. Dr Blake digs deeper revealing a hideous string of crimes and the ugly side of post war Australia. Meanwhile, Jean receives a marriage proposal.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Bedlam

Fri, Mar 15, 2013

In a psychiatric hospital, Nurse Violet is brutally stabbed. An inmate is found over her body holding a bloody knife, but Dr Lucien Blake is unsure he is really the culprit and begins an investigation.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Game of Champions

Fri, Mar 22, 2013

Doctor Lucien Blake is drawn into the new world of TV when contestants of a successful TV Quiz Show start dying.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ All That Glitters

Fri, Mar 29, 2013

A prospector strikes gold and later that night is found dead at the bottom of his mine shaft after showing off the nugget in the pub. The location of the murder triggers distressing war memories for Doctor Blake.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter

Fri, Apr 5, 2013

The police investigate the death of Dr. Hazel Mahoney who seems to have committed suicide in her office at Ballarat Hospital.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Heart of the Matter

Fri, Feb 7, 2014

Doctor Lucien Blake returns from a trip to China seeking news of his daughter but he arrives back in Ballarat to find himself once again deep in a murder mystery involving the local Town Council.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Food of Love

Fri, Feb 14, 2014

Rock N'Roll, a preacher who visits town with a dark past, bodgies, and wedgies - it all adds up to another mystery for Doctor Blake.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ A Foreign Field

Fri, Feb 21, 2014

John Doe - a mysterious body found in the local park. Apples, illegal workers, reds under the bed - sounds like 1950s Ballarat and a job for Doctor Blake.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Smoke and Mirrors

Fri, Feb 28, 2014

It was a dark and stormy night in old Ballarat and Cec Drury was about to be shocked at what fell from the sky in front of the Colonists'Club. Looks like another case for Dr Blake.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Crossing the Line

Fri, Mar 7, 2014

Murder at the Cinema and Dr Blake is there to solve it. Was it the manager? An usher? The candy girl? One of the audience? All is revealed as Doctor Blake unravels one mystery to find an even darker one involving young girls of Ballarat.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Mortal Coil

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

Two bodies in the one grave. Will Doctor Blake prescribe something to stop the coffin? Lucien horses around and eventually solves the problem with the plot.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Silence

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

The local Headmaster is found dead. So who had it in for him - A student? Deputy Headmaster? Lover? And what is Chief Supt Lawson's secret?

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Ties of the Past

Fri, Mar 28, 2014

A mystery from Lucien's past comes back to haunt him as a mysterious room in his house reveals its secrets.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ The Sky Is Empty

Fri, Apr 4, 2014

When a beloved old parish priest is found murdered in the church confessional, Doctor Blake needs to unravel the secrets and lies of parishioners in order to get to the truth.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ An Invincible Summer

Fri, Apr 11, 2014

When Jean's son Jack returns to Ballarat, he becomes a suspect in the murder of the wealthy Dennison family. Dr. Blake must solve a mystery that is close to home.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ King of the Lake

Fri, Feb 13, 2015

After finishing a rowing race, a winning team member dies after being thrown into Lake Wendouree during team celebrations.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ My Brother's Keeper

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

When a Ballarat farmer is found dead in a cow pen, locals are quick to blame livestock for trampling the man but Doctor Blake isn't convinced.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ This Time and This Place

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

When a social worker is murdered on Bonfire Night, suspicion immediately turns to an Aboriginal teen. But as Doctor Blake investigates he finds there was more than one person in attendance that night with murder in their heart.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ By the Southern Cross

Fri, Mar 6, 2015

When Dr Blake investigates the death of one of Mattie's friends from university at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ A Night to Remember

Fri, Mar 13, 2015

When a famous actress is murdered at a charity event at the Colonist's Club, it really does become a Night to Remember.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Women and Children

Fri, Mar 20, 2015

A murder in the hospital leads Blake into a maze of sexual politics and revenge.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Room Without a View

Fri, Mar 27, 2015

When the local hardware store owner is mysteriously found dead in a hotel room, Dr Blake decides to spend the night in that same room to try and solve the crime.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Darkness Visible

Fri, Apr 3, 2015

While investigating the murder of a local magistrate, Dr Blake realises the answers to this crime are inextricably linked with the death of his mother 40 years earlier.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Open Road

Fri, Feb 5, 2016

Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a cross-country, endurance motor race - and a very suspicious death.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Golden Years

Fri, Feb 12, 2016

Two businessmen/brothers announce plans for a theme park to glorify Ballarat's goldrush past. The following morning one brother is found dead in the local baths. Doctor Blake soon realises the death is suspicious.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Lucky Numbers

Fri, Feb 19, 2016

A kidnapping involving the winners of the first ever state lottery leads Blake into a shady world of greed and envy. Meanwhile Blake is waiting for the perfect moment to finally propose to Jean.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Against the Odds

Fri, Feb 26, 2016

A jockey dies the morning after a big win. But Blake has other worries to deal with - his home life has unexpectedly been thrown into chaos. How will he solve this one?

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Price of Love

Fri, Mar 4, 2016

When a soldier is killed during a routine training exercise, Doctor Blake finds himself at the Ballarat Military Base facing his old nemesis, Major Derek Alderton.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ A Difficult Lie

Fri, Mar 11, 2016

When a reporter's body is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ For Whom the Bell Tolls

Fri, Mar 18, 2016

A man falls from the Ballarat Fire Station bell tower. What appears to be a suicide turns into a murder investigation taking Blake deep into the heart of the Regional Fire Association.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ The Visible World

Fri, Mar 25, 2016

When Lucien is found at Ballarat Observatory standing over a dead body, covered in blood, the investigation quickly turns back onto Blake himself.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ A Lethal Combination

Sun, Sep 17, 2017

Dr Blake gets involved investigating the suspicious death of a boxer in the ring where he is officiating as the contest medical official.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Sorrow Songs

Sun, Sep 24, 2017

The murder of a beautiful gypsy woman takes Blake inside the intriguing and exotic world of Romani travellers passing through Ballarat.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ The Call of the Void

Sun, Oct 1, 2017

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.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ All She Leaves Behind

Sun, Oct 8, 2017

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.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Measure Twice

Sun, Oct 15, 2017

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.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ First Dance

Sun, Oct 22, 2017

Despite being housebound as he recovers from his injuries, Blake investigates the death of a teenage girl at her Debutante Ball.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ A Good Drop

Sun, Oct 29, 2017

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.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Hear the Angels Sing

Sun, Nov 5, 2017

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.