About this season
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 (10)
1. The Heart of the Matter
8.5Aired 7 February 2014 • 54 min
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.
2. The Food of Love
9.0Aired 14 February 2014 • 54 min
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.
3. A Foreign Field
9.0Aired 21 February 2014 • 54 min
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.
4. Smoke and Mirrors
9.0Aired 28 February 2014 • 54 min
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.
5. Crossing the Line
9.0Aired 7 March 2014 • 54 min
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.
6. Mortal Coil
9.0Aired 14 March 2014 • 54 min
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.
7. The Silence
9.0Aired 21 March 2014 • 54 min
When a Ballarat school Principal is found dead, Blake and Lawson find themselves back at the school where they first met as boys.
8. The Ties of the Past
10.0Aired 28 March 2014 • 54 min
A mystery from Lucien's past comes back to haunt him as a mysterious room in his house reveals its secrets.
9. The Sky Is Empty
10.0Aired 4 April 2014 • 54 min
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.
10. An Invincible Summer
9.0Aired 11 April 2014 • 54 min
When members of a wealthy, much respected Ballarat family are discovered brutally murdered in their own home, the town demands justice.