The Worst Episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries

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7.5/10(394 votes)
#1 - Still Waters
S1:E12/1/2013
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.
Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Stuart Page
7.8/10(275 votes)
#2 - Brotherly Love
S1:E42/22/2013
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.
Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Stuart Page
7.8/10(272 votes)
#3 - Hearts and Flowers
S1:E53/1/2013
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.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Stuart Page
7.8/10(261 votes)
#4 - If the Shoe Fits
S1:E63/8/2013
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.
Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Stuart Page
7.9/10(300 votes)
#5 - The Greater Good
S1:E22/8/2013
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.
Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Stuart Page
7.9/10(299 votes)
#6 - Death of a Travelling Salesman
S1:E32/15/2013
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.
Director:Ian Barry
Writers:Chelsea Cassio, Stuart Page
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Director:Ian Barry
Writers:Chelsea Cassio, Stuart Page

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8.0/10(263 votes)
#7 - Game of Champions
S1:E83/22/2013
Doctor Lucien Blake is drawn into the new world of TV when contestants of a successful TV Quiz Show start dying.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Stuart Page
8.0/10(250 votes)
#8 - Bedlam
S1:E73/15/2013
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.
Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Chris Corbett
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Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Chris Corbett
8.0/10(239 votes)
#9 - All That Glitters
S1:E93/29/2013
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 for Doctor Blake.
Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Tim Pye
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Director:Andrew Prowse
Writer:Tim Pye
8.0/10(201 votes)
#10 - Against The Odds
S4:E42/26/2016
A jockey dies the morning after a big win. But Blake has other worries to deal with - his home life has unexpectedly been thrown into chaos. How will he solve this one?
Director:Fiona Banks
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Fiona Banks
Writer:Stuart Page
8.0/10(185 votes)
#11 - Sorrow Songs
S5:E29/24/2017
The murder of a beautiful gypsy woman takes Blake inside the intriguing and exotic world of Romani travellers passing through Ballarat.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:David Hannam
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:David Hannam
8.1/10(223 votes)
#12 - Smoke and Mirrors
S2:E42/28/2014
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.
Director:Lee Rogers
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
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Director:Lee Rogers
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
8.1/10(221 votes)
#13 - A Foreign Field
S2:E32/21/2014
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.
Director:Lee Rogers
Writer:Marcia Gardner
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Director:Lee Rogers
Writer:Marcia Gardner
8.1/10(220 votes)
#14 - Mortal Coil
S2:E63/14/2014
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.
Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Stuart Page
8.1/10(214 votes)
#15 - A Lethal Combination
S5:E19/17/2017
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.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Paul Oliver
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Paul Oliver
8.1/10(207 votes)
#16 - By The Southern Cross
S3:E43/6/2015
When Doctor Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.
Director:Fiona Banks
Writer:Roger Monk
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Director:Fiona Banks
Writer:Roger Monk
8.1/10(188 votes)
#17 - The Price Of Love
S4:E53/4/2016
When a solider is killed during a routine training exercise, Doctor Blake finds himself at the Ballarat Military Base facing his old nemesis Major Derek Alderton.
Director:John Hartley
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
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Director:John Hartley
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10(249 votes)
#18 - The Open Road
S4:E12/5/2016
Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death.
Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Stuart Page
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Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Stuart Page
8.2/10(227 votes)
#19 - King of the Lake
S3:E12/13/2015
When an elite schoolboy rower wins a regatta on Lake Wendouree then inexplicably drowns, his mother asks Doctor Blake to find the truth behind her son's death.
Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Michael Harvey
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Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Michael Harvey
8.2/10(226 votes)
#20 - The Food of Love
S2:E22/14/2014
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.
Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Pete McTighe
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Director:Declan Eames
Writer:Pete McTighe
8.2/10(224 votes)
#21 - Crossing the Line
S2:E53/7/2014
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.
Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
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Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10(213 votes)
#22 - My Brother's Keeper
S3:E22/20/2015
When a Ballarat farmer is found dead in a cow pen, locals are quick to blame livestock for trampling the man, but Doctor Blake isn't convinced.
Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
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Director:Pino Amenta
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10(210 votes)
#23 - The Sky Is Empty
S2:E94/4/2014
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.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10(207 votes)
#24 - This Time and This Place
S3:E32/27/2015
When Dr Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.
Director:Fiona Banks
Writer:Michael Miller
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Director:Fiona Banks
Writer:Michael Miller
8.2/10(190 votes)
#25 - A Difficult Lie
S4:E63/11/2016
When a reporter's body is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate.
Director:John Hartley
Writer:Paul Jenner
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Director:John Hartley
Writer:Paul Jenner