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.

8 Episodes

A Lethal Combination

Season 5 - Episode 1

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

Sorrow Songs

Season 5 - Episode 2

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

The Call Of The Void

Season 5 - Episode 3

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 ...

All She Leaves Behind

Season 5 - Episode 4

When a controversial writer is found dead & her sister is found unconscious from a suspected suicide, Blake has to search out some truths ab...

Measure Twice

Season 5 - Episode 5

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

First Dance

Season 5 - Episode 6

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

A Good Drop

Season 5 - Episode 7

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

Hear The Angels Sing

Season 5 - Episode 8

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.