The Doctor Blake Mysteries

1. Still Waters

Feb 1, 2013 · 54 min

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

2. The Greater Good

Feb 8, 2013 · 54 min

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.

3. Death of a Travelling Salesman

Feb 15, 2013 · 54 min

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.

4. Brotherly Love

Feb 22, 2013 · 54 min

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.

5. Hearts and Flowers

Mar 1, 2013 · 54 min

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.

6. If the Shoe Fits

Mar 8, 2013 · 54 min

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.

7. Bedlam

Mar 15, 2013 · 54 min

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.

8. Game of Champions

Mar 22, 2013 · 54 min

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

9. All That Glitters

Mar 29, 2013 · 54 min

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.

10. Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter

Apr 5, 2013 · 54 min

The suicide of the local hospital’s first female doctor shocks the community. Dr Blake suspects foul play and sets out to find the murderer amongst the staff and board of the hospital. Meanwhile, another letter from Singapore arrives for Lucien. It takes him days to work up the courage to open it. His reaction to the news about his missing wife and daughter shocks Jean, Mattie and Danny.

1. The Heart of the Matter

Feb 7, 2014 · 54 min

Doctor Lucien Blake returns from a trip to Chine 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.

2. The Food of Love

Feb 14, 2014 · 54 min

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.

3. A Foreign Field

Feb 21, 2014 · 54 min

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.

4. Smoke and Mirrors

Feb 28, 2014 · 54 min

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.

5. Crossing the Line

Mar 7, 2014 · 54 min

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.

6. Mortal Coil

Mar 14, 2014 · 54 min

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.

7. The Silence

Mar 21, 2014 · 54 min

When a Ballarat school Principal is found dead, Blake and Lawson find themselves back at the school where they first met as boys.

8. The Ties of the Past

Mar 28, 2014 · 54 min

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

9. The Sky Is Empty

Apr 4, 2014 · 54 min

When the old parish priest is found dead, Doctor Blake needs to unravel the secrets and lies of parishioners in order to get to the truth.

10. An Invincible Summer

Apr 11, 2014 · 54 min

When members of a wealthy, much respected Ballarat family are discovered brutally murdered in their own home, the town demands justice.

1. King of the Lake

Feb 13, 2015 · 54 min

When an elite schoolboy rower wins a regatta on Lake Wendouree then inexplicably drowns, his mother asks Doctor Blake to find the truth behind her son's death.

2. My Brother's Keeper

Feb 20, 2015 · 54 min

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.

3. This Time and This Place

Feb 27, 2015 · 54 min

When Dr Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.

4. By The Southern Cross

Mar 6, 2015 · 54 min

When Doctor Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.

5. A Night To Remember

Mar 13, 2015 · 54 min

When a famous actress is murdered at a charity event at the Colonist's Club, it really does become a 'Night to Remember' as Blake tries to find the killer with very little to help him.

6. Women And Children

Mar 20, 2015 · 54 min

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

7. Room Without a View

Mar 27, 2015 · 54 min

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.

8. Darkness Visible

Apr 3, 2015 · 54 min

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. (Season Final)

1. The Open Road

Feb 5, 2016 · 54 min

Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death.

2. Golden Years

Feb 12, 2016 · 54 min

Blake helps the new Chief Superintendent investigate the mysterious death of a prominent businessman.

3. Lucky Numbers

Feb 19, 2016 · 54 min

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.

4. Against The Odds

Feb 26, 2016 · 54 min

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?

5. The Price Of Love

Mar 4, 2016 · 54 min

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

6. A Difficult Lie

Mar 11, 2016 · 54 min

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

7. For Whom The Bell Tolls

Mar 18, 2016 · 54 min

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.

8. The Visible World

Mar 25, 2016 · 54 min

When Blake's old friend turned enemy Derek Alderton is found dead, the hunt for the killer turns back onto Blake himself.

8. Hear The Angels Sing

Nov 5, 2017 · 54 min

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 Blake.