His name and the country he worked for are known for sure. Charlie has a date with Beatrice the flying club secretary, and Blake interrupts their date out at the airfield. The room is suddenly darkened by Gus, and Blake tells him he realizes that Hazel discovered the phony prescriptions Gus had written, revealing his addiction. But Blake is hit on the head before he can give her the medicine she needs, or untie her. Yet Eve did drink when no one was around, and so did Patricia's agent. Miss Maddern was about to leave Australia for an American film, based on a book by Australian writer Nevil Shute. The painting stolen from the gallery was hung to replace one by local artist Genevieve Ettienne, which both Johnstone and Brendan Ross, visiting from the Melbourne National Gallery, say is of little worth. As of 5November2017,[update] 44 episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries have aired.[1]. At the Masonic lodge, Blake looks at some of the records; then Jock Clement shows to Blake the other half of the coin that Franklin was forced to swallow. The supposedly private film was shown all around the country, and her father, Richard's late brother, saw it shown in his local pub. He confronts Charlie Davis, who tells him that Munro had said Blake was on a watch list based on his travel to China. The next morning, Jean notes that a group of numbers he has written on a blackboard resembles a Ballarat phone number. Alcohol is found in Dennis's stomach contents, but his father insists he didn't drink. Father Morton's recent sermons were about the commandments and appear to be tied to parishioners' secrets. Using Bartel's horse and cart, Blake retraces his route to an abandoned shed and discovers evidence of another murder, bloodstains and a bullet of the same caliber as the one that killed Bartel. The military police arrive to escort Sullivan away. Evelyn Toohey tells Blake that Father Emery had wanted Father Morton to retire and that Ben and Celia Lloyd had walked out of his last sermon. Blake confronts Jock Clement with killing his mother; Clement points a gun at him. Sergeant Hobart and Danny Parks take Ron Jackson in. Mrs Cornish became angry and struck him with a frozen leg of lamb, the third and fatal blow. When Blake is called to investigate the murder of a retired carpenter Vernon Armstrong, his first suspect is Ethan Young, a young Jehovah's Witness, who was discovered praying over the body and covered in blood by Vern's niece Florence and her husband Trent Bowman. Without Egan's evidence that Romana was in the factory after clocking out, there is not enough evidence against her, so Lawson releases her. Blake and Jean hunt for Catherine in care homes until they can bring her to Ballarat, near her grandmother. He is freed once Mattie comes forward and states they were together until 4 am at Doyle's house, while Des was murdered before midnight. Jean stops Hannam from killing Blake, holding her late husband's pistol. She is blind and tells Blake and Ashby that she heard three shots, but the police know five shots were fired. He shocks the police with his unconventional investigative methods. She saw Ben Lloyd arguing with Father Morton after Mass. So many people beg God for help, and Blake asks "what father ignores his children?" In the court document, she alleges Mr McLachlan placed his hand on her buttock during a close-up scene and says she was so surprised that she forgot her lines. But someone had eaten a slice of the cake left at Ormond's home. Blake meets Davis at Doyle's home, where they find wheel tracks leading to the memorial, and question Ken Farmer's nephew Georgie Bromley. He answers just a few minutes. So why would anything change now?Three murders, two weddings and a funeral - life's never been straightforward for Doctor Lucien Blake and Jean. The book reading at the local library quickly descends into screaming and chaos. Blake shows the half-coin to a Mason, Jock Clement, who says it was stolen from the lodge cabinet, and the theft had been reported to Munro. Blake drains his own lung before he passes out, seeing a man in the shadows. Her professor in Melbourne was Ross. Blake describes the scene, when Des puts a wrestling hold on Georgie, Georgie bit him to break it and then punches Des, who falls on a brick, receiving the fatal wound. Phillip's mother Rosemary, an ambitious woman, learned of the pregnancy and her son's love for Ann; she arranged to meet Ann, "the little slut" and killed her, using her son's car. Sullivan from the Special Branch of the military arrives to supervise the investigation by the police into Alderton's murder. Constable Ned Simmons learns to be helpful to the detectives. She tells Blake there were other girls filmed as well. Harold arrives with his service pistol and threatens Blake. He confronts Steven, who pushes Blake down and drives away. Edward's father Patrick cannot bear the loss of his son and pulls strings to get Blake re-instated with the police, believing he will find the murderer of his son. His father prevents the family doctor from releasing Dennis's medical records. Davis gets confirmation from Mark that he is Janet's father. After Blake says, from visual inspection of the body, that Franklin died of poison, Munro arrests Edward. The next day Albert tells police he last saw his father a week earlier, when it was made official that he was cut out of his father's will. Nick Manos never wins the begonia contest, and there has been a feud between the Griffith and Manos families since the prior century. She agreed with her uncle Clyde that her father was giving away the family wealth and directed Owen to do the shooting. In Adam's wallet is a bill for a four-poster bed delivered to a derelict mansion owned by Patrick Tyneman's son, Edward. Blake is not confident that the patient killed her. A debate between Blake and the hospital surgeon occurs over whether to amputate Lawson's leg. A French chef Philippe is found murdered in the freezer of his restaurant, when Jean and Doctor Blake are hoping to have dinner there. It will be a valuable patented device. Alice Harvey, a new pathologist joins the Ballarat medical team. Arguments continue at a bar, a fight breaks out and the bar closes. Stott provides a list of people who bought the gun matching that bullet, including Len Webster. The year is 1946. Ivy Douglas survives the shootout and is taken to the hospital. Tim found the medications in Dennis's bag and, realizing he'd been cheated, switched the digoxin for diet pills. She is a member of the Australian Communist Party and had lost a government job because of a relationship with a Soviet attache. Nurse Violet Ashby is murdered in the Blackhill psychiatric hospital. The photos that Blake acquired reveal that Lee was stabbed before coming out into the alleyway. Jean reveals to Blake and Lawson that Celia is angry with Father Morton, as his sermons lately seemed to match her confessions, which should be private. Language: English Words: 243,743 Chapters: 49 /49 23 Kudos: 17 Bookmarks: 3 Hits: 1991 N is for Needles by whumpertrooper That proved unimportant in the crime. Helen admits that Ben was the father. Libby failed to learn that her husband was buying pine bark solution, a remedy to aid in their wish to have a second child. Dankworth is arrested but denies that Ashford knew about his color blindness. She didn't see anyone as her father had already left after punching Philippe. 2 Sorrow Songs. As the killer did touch Franklin's skin, Blake does not believe Edward could be the killer. A painting is stolen from the art gallery. Lucien's work prevented them having a honeymoon until later in the year, but Charlie . Jean notices the scent of a particular perfume on Charlotte's ball dress. Blake encounters the photographer who was on hand when Lee collapsed and pays him for copies of his photos of the event. Ashby tells Clyde Dennison he knows Clyde unsuccessfully tried to take control of the family's many assets. Further examination of the hotel room reveals a bullet hole through the wall and a painting, and it came from the room next door, where Len spent the night. The cause of death is difficult to determine, but it is soon clear that it was not a punch from his opponent, Ray Davis, younger brother of Charlie. The operator of the Observatory is suspected, as is Blake. They find her collapsed and send her to the hospital. Gus Jansons, the manager of the arena and coach for Mickey, assisted in the burial at a closed agricultural store yard. Nadine Garner found herself pining for the old days when she took on the role of Jean Beazley in ABC TV's The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Years earlier Harold had broken the legs of Andrew and Victor's father in a union dispute, so the brothers came after him. The autopsy reveals that Dennis died with an unusual amount of water in his lungs, indicating his larynx never closed and that this was not a normal drowning. His door is jammed with a chair; Len pushes to open the door. He lost his watch to his brother gambling and wears unusual custom-made shoes, but we cannot explain how the print appeared by brother's body. Police are called to the Lloyd house to restrain Ben, who injured his wife in the abdomen. Checking the morgue again, Blake and Danny find evidence of another body brought into the morgue before Prentice's death, which is now gone. Henry took to drinking heavily ten years earlier, when he was a builder and someone was killed on the job. Lawson asks Blake to examine the burn marks on Nancy's hand and wrist, which she admits are from the radiator in her room. He changed to running a hardware store. Then Blake finds Richard at Edward's property, about to set fire to it. The autopsy reveals a large injury at the back of the head, which should have produced substantial blood loss, but none was present at the scene. After Nelson was rejected by Miss Maddern, he connected with Pamela. He also has soft hands, unexpected in a gold miner. Blake tells Jack how his mother stood up to the crowd of men for him. A secretary with more than meets the eye. Rose says that a woman called her with a tip, leaving only a phone number some weeks earlier; she is the murdered woman. Blake offers Munro his resignation in exchange for dropping the charges against Harvey, promising a written resignation in the morning. Studying the photos of the scene, Charlie notes that the dog bowl's was still full of dinner scraps. In the UK, the first telemovie (episode number 45) was broadcast in two parts as episodes 9 and 10 of series 5 on 24 and 25 May 2018.[53]. Jean goes to the cinema to see Vertigo. Jean Beazley, his receptionist and housekeeper, sometimes finds him a bit eccentric, but she has a keen . Agnes tells Blake that Davies regarded Genevieve as his muse, which made Blake's father very jealous. The names all belonged to infants or boys who died long before. His saliva was in the bite on Des, leaving traces of his asthma medication behind. Merv Rogers is killed during a routine midnight training exercise; he was not part of the drill. Patrick Tyneman follows his son into the station and fires him as editor of the local newspaper for all the trouble he is making. A fight breaks out among men who are gambling in a game of two-up. She had found Lee-related items outside the venue and had pulled a ring off his finger when he fell down dead. Back at the station they find that the new television that was part of the prize package had been tampered with and electrocuted James when he touched the antenna. He still wanted to win, and did win, so all those bets were lost. Percy attacks Blake, penetrating his chest with a chisel and nearly killing him. Blake speaks again with the two pilots and sees that their plane has fresh mud on the tires while it hasn't rained locally for weeks. Jean learns that the divorce was filed via the newspaper. Christopher, Mattie and Blake sing in her honor. A dead man is lying on the operating table; he is Gareth Orton, a surgeon at the hospital. Clement with Franklin's aid poisoned Blake's mother 40 years ago. Blake describes Pamela's actions to her and Munro. She is arrested. With aid from Mattie and Cec at the club, Blake collects saliva samples from suspects. Three wounded souls, Jean Beazley, Lucien Blake and his daughter, Li, discover each other living in Adelaide. Jean and Lucien return home after getting married. The following is a list of episodes for the Australian televisiondramamysteryprogramme, The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Danny and Mattie tell Violet's father, Doug Ashby, of her death. He opens a letter from Singapore that he'd been hesitating to read, which tells him that his wife has died. Munro asks Blake to accompany him to a interview, which turns out to be with Alice Harvey. Mattie is cornered in the operating room by one of the ambulance crew, Lachlan Kennedy. He co-signs her application for a loan to cover traveling expenses. She was Ann Fitzgerald, student at the local reform school, and she was pregnant. Tamas and Nadya planned to run away the night of the wedding and settle in Sydney, as her father does not approve of him. Mattie finds a young woman wandering on the street, and takes her to the hospital. Charlie learns that McLaren undercounts his sales to cheat the film distributor. Blake and Tyneman discuss the ownership of the painting by Blake's mother, with the Davies painting underneath. Blake describes his world view, with hope in people, in sharp contrast to that of Munro, who sees guilt and deceit all around him. At home, Jean tells Blake she has decided to go help her son and his wife. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations, The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Family Portrait. But lab tests show that Dennis was injecting himself with testosterone, a performance enhancer. Another son ran in the race, and the daughter's whereabouts are not known. After talking business with Len Webster at the hotel, Henry King staggers up to his hotel room. Meanwhile, Jean receives a marriage proposal. Blake drinks with Alderton and Hannam at their hotel, while Jean searches their rooms. She clicks when they ask her if she recalls the name Norman Baker. The car crashes and the driver is found dead. $1.99. At the police station, Edward Tyneman insists he wants justice for Blake punching him. He also operated on Dorothy's husband after a car crash and let the husband die. Preparations for marking Anzac Day bring Major Alderton and Sergeant Hannam into Ballarat. Main Content. A woman's body is found in a lake; she was run over by a car, as the autopsy by Doctor Lucien Blake reveals. Blake finds that Cec has a packet of the same type of tobacco found on Ashford, which was purchased on the black market. The topic of the next sermon, written not yet given, is the sanctity of life or "thou shalt not kill," which was posted on the church bulletin board. Blake had written to her, sent her money, and is furious that she received none of it. The two women piloted the tobacco flights. Daisy Rogers, his mother, killed her, and then her son and a husband buried her. Rose and Charlie make up. His hand was cut off by one of the machines, which had no safety switch. The Doctor Blake Mysteries has been a hit from the start, constantly averaging around 1 million viewers across the five capital cities. Younger priest Father Emery keeps bees but insists that Father Morse did not object. Both men are arrested. An unusual shoe imprint is found near the body. Sneak Peek: Kendal And Alexcys Get Cozy In Bed. The new reporter taking photos for The Courier is Lawson's niece Rose Anderson. Charlotte did not wear perfume, but her teacher, Kim Fox, did. The librarian tells him he'd discussed Hope with "a Dutch fellow," and they find the book of Hope's poetry is gone. Gus and Blake perform the autopsy; finding blows to the head, burns on his forearms and some atrophy and a surgical scar on his left leg, probably to treat polio. Richard and Jean come home when the film is running, which shocks Richard. Superintendent Lawson seems jumpy and tells Charlie Davis to take charge of the case. Davis does first aid to Lawson saving him from bleeding out through his severely injured leg. Later that evening Lawson picks Blake up at home and takes him to town hall, where Joy lies dead near the stairs where Trevorrow was found. A doctor who solves murder mysteries. 7.5. He also saw Jack in the bar of the hotel where Albert was staying, At home, Jean explains that Albert was a sweet boy who was cut off because he wanted to marry a Catholic girl. She lies to everyone about her liaison, which never happened. When Blake investigates the murder of an exotic young gypsy woman on the edge of Ballarat, troubling secrets bubble to the surface. Baker is arrested as he killed both Simmons and Munro and attacked Charlie at the morgue, all in his furious pursuit of Blake. Her assistant Pamela Gilchrist aids in the search of Miss Maddern's possessions in her dressing room, which had been broken into. This Australian series set in 1959 opens with Dr. Lucien Blake, a keeper of secrets and a solver of mysteries, returning to the rural gold rush city of Ballarat to take over his late father's medical practice and the role of police surgeon. Nurse Nancy Carmody tells the police she was worried about her grades from Hazel, so Carol had taken Hazel's record book to help her. The Doctor Blake Mysteries (also The Blake Mysteries) is an Australian television series that premiered on ABC TV on 1 February 2013 at 8:30 pm. Clare Llewellyn is doing the dishes at the Masonic lodge, to help her husband, but she says she seems not to please Masons. They take some of the 16 mm film and show it at Blake's house. Blake then visits the flower shop of Helen Murphy, the mother of Sally. Barber Willard Baxter sells the same loose tobacco and says he can get more in 5 hours, the flying time to the nearest tobacco farm. Blake speaks with Laidley at the jail cell, but neither he nor Lawson believe Laidley did it. Blake remarks to Jean that Janet looks like Mark Dempster. The Major is using Mei Lin to force Blake to return to the army for service in the growing Indo-China war and Blake will not be forced. The four intersect in a twisting tale of murder, intrigue, jealousy, prejudice, and romance. The famed Clive Hildebrand, the second place driver of the stage who wants to stay amateur, mistakenly thought that his mechanic Errol betrayed him, so he killed him brutally. Davis admits to Lawson that he was sent from Melbourne to check up on Ballarat because they think Blake is a liability. He involves Blake with more interviews on this account. The perfect gentleman, he says, yes, of course, as they all cope with the wife alive, back after 17 years, longer than they were together. Blake and Harvey are present when Mrs Orton comes to identify her husband's body. Leaving the base with Davis in a police car, they pursue a speeder. Blake comes to the factory in response to a call from Gorski and finds that he has killed Egan, which he freely admits. In flashback images, we see Blake putting an envelope in the post box, which he recalls as he and Jean talk about their future, and making decisions together. He visits his patient Sally Clements, who had previously described symptoms that were not hers -- symptoms of radiation sickness. Blake notices red marks on her skin and suspects poison. Interviews with cinema staff and patrons reveal a discrepancy between their reports that the theatre was full and manager Miles McLaren's claim that only a few people wre there. At the political dinner at the club, Munro makes a point of mentioning that Blake has visited his daughter in Communist China. When Jean's son Jack returns to Ballarat, he becomes a suspect in the murder of the wealthy Dennison family. Based on a Taylor Swift Song. Blake finds that Des was killed behind Doyle's home, and realizes it was Georgie who killed Des and wheeled his body to the memorial. Jean tells Blake that her doctor is concerned about blood test results indicating reduced liver function, but she had no blood tests. Norman Baker appears, he is business partner with Len. Jean and Lucien set a date for their wedding. They invent people to add to the military payroll and collect the money. Clare did not steal the coin, and does not know who did. Doug Ashby, who is visiting a friend at the hospital, tells Blake to talk with veterinarian Ron Caxton, who had refused to let Orton operate on him. After drinking too much, he speaks up about British behaviour to Australia during, At the funeral for Edith Woodley, a friend of Jean's, the pallbearers drop the coffin, and it bursts open to reveal two bodies. Caxton tells Blake that Orton "butchered" his wife in surgery. A bottle of vodka is found in the locker of Les Bates, one of the losing rowers. Dr Lucien Blake returns home after a week away to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in the 1960 cross-country, endurance motor race. Blake and his household puzzle over who has murdered the two men, then realize that the murderer originally wanted to kill Simon and was unaware that the announcer Alan Coleman and Waterman had devised a scheme to end Simon's winning streak. A housekeeper with a secret. Gus is charged, Ray is cleared, and he and his brother are on better terms. Tyneman has high blood pressure. Blake names the two men he killed and assures Sullivan that he is happy as a country doctor. This year the show moves from the 1950s to 1960. A visiting spy. Acting Superintendent Doug Ashby is at the scene when Blake arrives. Blake searches Vern's workshop, realizing the man's excellent memory (probably how he won the card games), and finds plans for a portable electric drill, which Percy Walker, a plumber and Vern's former partner, is also seeking. In return, Blake asks about Munro's war service; Munro was unable to enlist because of an injury. Blake meets Joy for a drink and recommends she speak with Carl Laidley the town hall cleaner. She is rattled as Hannam had been to visit her not long before Charlie arrives. The suspects for the murder are part of the amateur car racing world, which is slowly changing to professional. Jean returns from Adelaide to see Lawson. Milton Dunne, father of Harriet, Edward's new bride, is found murdered by a blow to the head. The autopsy results and a toy dropped at the camp lead to a sometime employer of Tamas, Dean Charles. Blake borrows Jean's engagement ring from her first marriage to have his mother's engagement ring resized. Major Derek Alderton is in charge of the base, not a person Blake likes though he had known him since the Second World War. Their theory is that someone knew of the priest's allergy, tossed a jar of bees into the confessional and blocked the priest's door. Charlie's careful search of evidence at the scene finds a chip of nail polish matching the angry librarian, who had wanted approval from Patricia for her own writing. Hobart and Charlie have bad feelings between them. Patrick then says to let Miss Anderson know she can have her job back. 3 The Call of the Void. Jean has brought in a new receptionist and housekeeper, Evelyn Toohey, for Blake while she is away in Adelaide with her son and his wife. Jackson is a boxer, and Prentice was killed by a blow to the throat by someone's left hand.