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The Doctor Blake Mysteries — Series 5

In series five, Doctor Lucien Blake and his long-suffering housekeeper and confidant Jean Beazley now face a new future together, full of possibility… but life has a few more surprises in store for the both of them. Once again they’ll be confronted by murder and mystery at every turn. From the boxing ring to a new French bistro, from an exotic camp of travelling Romani gypsies to the local Debutante Ball… Ballarat is slowly changing.

Episodes

  • E01 A Lethal Combination

    ★ 8.7

    Sep 17, 2017 · 54m

    An exhibition boxing match turns sour when one of the boxers is seemingly beaten to death in front of hundreds of witnesses. Blake must determine the cause of death.

  • E02 Sorrow Songs

    ★ 9.5

    Sep 24, 2017 · 54m

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

  • E03 The Call Of The Void

    ★ 9.0

    Oct 1, 2017 · 54m

    When a French Chef is found murdered in the freezer of a restaurant, suspicion soon turns to Bill Hobart. Can Blake clear Hobart's name, or is the Senior Sergeant guilty of brutally murdering a man.

  • E04 All She Leaves Behind

    ★ 9.0

    Oct 8, 2017 · 54m

    When a controversial writer is found dead & her sister is found unconscious from a suspected suicide, Blake has to search out some truths about Ballarat in order to understand how & why the woman died.

  • E05 Measure Twice

    ★ 9.0

    Oct 15, 2017 · 54m

    When Blake is called to investigate the murder of a retired carpenter, his only real suspect is discovered praying over the body and covered in blood.

  • E06 First Dance

    ★ 9.0

    Oct 22, 2017 · 54m

    When the daughter of the school principal dies at her Debutante Ball, Blake does his best to investigate - despite being housebound.

  • E07 A Good Drop

    Oct 29, 2017 · 54m

    As Blake investigates the murder of a farmer and a mysterious case of arson, an unlikely party suddenly throws his future with Jean into chaos.

  • E08 Hear The Angels Sing

    Nov 5, 2017 · 54m

    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.

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