The Doctor Blake Mysteries

2012 • ABC
5.0
37 reviews
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 Episode 01
2/1/13
Season-only
With the rumblings of war and social unrest unsettling his staff and the country at large, Harry throws a tango party to thank his employees for their work.
2 Episode 02
2/8/13
Season-only
On the eve of Anzac Day, Dr Blake bumps into a former British Army colleague at the police station, Major Derek Alderton. Alderton is in town, trying to track down two army deserters believed to be hiding out in the area. But before they can reminisce, Dr Blake is called to the morgue where the body of the attendant, Bert Prentice, lies with shocking injuries in a pool of blood.
3 Episode 03
2/15/13
Season-only
When a travelling salesman dies in a single car accident on a quiet country road, Chief Superintendent Lawson labels it a drink driving case. But when Constable Parks reveals the corpse's face was blue, Dr Blake is intrigued. Although the victim's clothes reek of alcohol, Blake concludes that the salesman was not drunk and certainly died before the crash. But how? And why is the face blue?
4 Episode 04
2/22/13
Season-only
When a delirious prisoner on death row tells Dr Blake he is innocent of the police shooting for which he is soon to hang, Blake is stunned -- and believes him. But no-one else seems interested in uncovering the truth. Recidivist criminal Sean McBride is accused of shooting a policeman, Clive Cooper. Sealing his fate on death row, Sean originally pleaded guilty to the crime and refused to defend himself in court.
5 Episode Five: Hearts and Flowers
3/1/13
Season-only
When the Begonia Festival's head judge is found incinerated in his own glasshouse, all eyes turn to two feuding contestants. An airmail letter arrives from Singapore for Dr Blake, giving him hope about finding his missing wife and daughter whom he hasn't seen for 17 years.
6 Episode Six: If the Shoe Fits
3/8/13
Season-only
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 Episode Seven: Bedlam
3/15/13
Season-only
A psychiatric inmate is found with a murder weapon in hand at the scene of a brutal murder. The inmate also confesses but Dr Blake doubts the case is quite as neat as it appears.
8 Episode Eight: Game of Champions
3/22/13
Season-only
Dr Blake is drawn into the new world of TV when contestants in a successful TV quiz show start dying. Blake turns to Jean, Mattie and Danny to help him make sense of the baffling case. He gets them to role-play a whodunit version of the quiz show and gets a surprising answer.
9 Episode Nine: All That Glitters
3/29/13
Season-only
A prospector announces to a crowded pub that he has struck gold and later that night is found 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 Dr Blake.
10 Episode Ten: Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter
4/5/13
Season-only
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.

About this show

The Doctor Blake Mysteries is a murder mystery series starring Craig McLachlan, as the maverick country town doctor Lucien Blake. A risk-taker, he’s impulsive and not afraid to upset the status quo. It’s 1959. Dr. Blake has returned to a place he once called home, to take over his deceased father’s medical practice. Everything seems peaceful on the surface, but seething underneath are the age-old passions of a regional town clashing head-on with the tensions and fears of the decade to come.

Ratings and reviews

5.0
37 reviews
Jen BAP
January 14, 2020
I loved this series and sad its not continuing. Loved every storyline and acting was first class. Good wholesome stories are hard to find. Hoping cancellation is nothing to do with the added press.
Trudy E (SaltyWitch)
April 22, 2016
More, More, More! What wonderful and thrilling Australian acting at it's best. Love watching these fictional era mysteries mixed with our Australian heritage.
Stephen Beckett
October 16, 2016
ENTHUSIASTICALLY,Directed by CRaig. An AMBITIOUS,cast.Not like other ones, MORE UP In the high vintage look with ESSIE DAVIES.