S01E01 Still Waters
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.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 The Greater Good
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.
S01E03 Death of a Travelling Salesman
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.
S01E04 Brotherly Love
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.
S01E05 Hearts and Flowers
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.
S01E06 If the Shoe Fits
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...
S01E07 Bedlam
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.
S01E08 Game of Champions
Doctor Lucien Blake is drawn into the new world of TV when contestants of a successful TV Quiz Show start dying.
S01E09 All That Glitters
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...
S01E10 Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter
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...
Cast
Craig McLachlan
Doctor Lucien Blake
Nadine Garner
Jean Beazley
Joel Tobeck
Matthew Lawson
Belinda McClory
Alice Harvey
Timothy Quabba
Ned Simmons
Anna McGahan
Rose Anderson
Charlie Cousins
Charlie Davis
