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The Doctor Blake Mysteries

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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, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.

Created by:
Tony Wright, George Adams
Cast:
Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner, Joel Tobeck, Belinda McClory
Language:
English
Network:
ABC TV

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5 available

Series 2

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Episode 1

★ 8.5

The Heart of the Matter

2014-02-07 · 54m

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.

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Episode 2

★ 9.0

The Food of Love

2014-02-14 · 54m

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.

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Episode 3

★ 9.0

A Foreign Field

2014-02-21 · 54m

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.

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Episode 4

★ 9.0

Smoke and Mirrors

2014-02-28 · 54m

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.

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Episode 5

★ 9.0

Crossing the Line

2014-03-07 · 54m

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.

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Episode 6

★ 9.0

Mortal Coil

2014-03-14 · 54m

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.

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Episode 7

★ 9.0

The Silence

2014-03-21 · 54m

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

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Episode 8

★ 10.0

The Ties of the Past

2014-03-28 · 54m

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

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Episode 9

★ 10.0

The Sky Is Empty

2014-04-04 · 54m

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.

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Episode 10

★ 9.0

An Invincible Summer

2014-04-11 · 54m

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

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Cast

Craig McLachlan

Craig McLachlan

Doctor Lucien Blake

Nadine Garner

Nadine Garner

Jean Beazley

Joel Tobeck

Joel Tobeck

Matthew Lawson

Belinda McClory

Belinda McClory

Alice Harvey

Timothy Quabba

Timothy Quabba

Ned Simmons

Anna McGahan

Anna McGahan

Rose Anderson

Charlie Cousins

Charlie Cousins

Charlie Davis

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