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.
#1 | 09/17/2017A Lethal Combination4.3/5 (with 2 votes)
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.
#2 | 09/24/2017Sorrow Songs5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The murder of a beautiful gypsy woman takes Blake inside the intriguing and exotic world of Romani travellers passing through Ballarat.
#3 | 10/01/2017The Call Of The Void
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.
#4 | 10/08/2017All She Leaves Behind
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.
#5 | 10/15/2017Measure Twice
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.
#6 | 10/22/2017First Dance
When the daughter of the school principal dies at her Debutante Ball, Blake does his best to investigate - despite being housebound.
#7 | 10/29/2017A Good Drop
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.
#8 | 11/05/2017Hear The Angels Sing
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.