Neighbours star Craig McLachlan lands BBC role as country detective in The...
Former Neighbours star Craig McLachlan is coming back to the BBC playing a country doctor detective. The actor, who played Henry Ramsay in the...
View ArticleBBC Daytime acquires Australian crime drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries (BBC...
(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) Sue Deeks, Head of Programme Acquisition, says: "We are delighted that the unconventional Doctor Blake will be providing traditional Aussie grit and...
View ArticleHit daytime crime drama WPC 56 to return to BBC One for second series (BBC -...
(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) Set in Birmingham in the 1950s, WPC 56 stars Jennie Jacques as WPC Gina Dawson, the first woman police constable to serve in her West Midlands hometown...
View ArticleWit is wry as Doctor Blake diagnoses foul play
Alongside the vacuum cleaner and Jack the Ripper, the Victorian era should be remembered for its architecture. Those massive monuments to civic endeavour dot this country and, as shown by the opening...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries confirmed for third season on ABC1
The cast of The Doctor Blake Mysteries.. The ABC has committed to more mystery in Ballarat with the announcement it has renewed The Doctor...
View ArticleFriday, April 11
FREE TO AIR The Dr Blake Mysteries, ABC1, 8.30pm This marvellous period crime series set in Victoria's answer to Midsomer...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 1 Episode 1 Still Waters
It's 1959, the maverick Dr Lucien Blake has returned to take over his deceased father's medical practice. He also undertakes his other role as police surgeon with precision and gusto. CAST: Craig...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 1 Episode 4 Brotherly Love
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. Cast: Craig McLachlan...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 1 Episode 2 The Greater Good
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 body missing, Dr Blake smells a rat. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Nadine...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 1 Episode 8 Game Of Champions
Doctor Lucien Blake is drawn into the new world of television when contestants of a successful TV quiz show start dying. CAST: Craig McLachlan...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 1 Episode 10 Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter
The suicide of Ballarat Hospital's first female doctor shocks the community. Dr Lucien Blake suspects foul play and sets out to find the murderer amongst the staff and board of the hospital. CAST:...
View ArticleCraig McLachlan - taking contrasting roles of Frank N Furter and Lucien Blake...
Craig McLachlan as Dr Lucien Blake. The bum or the beard, the beard or the bum. For the past two years those body parts have been the poles of Craig McLachlan's performing life as he's bounced between...
View ArticleWhat's on TV Friday: Doctor Blake Mysteries
Ah, Doctor Lucien Blake. Just when you thought it was safe to be a cunning murderer in 1950s Ballarat, he's back. And the Doctor Blake Mysteries (ABC1, 8.30pm), having defied the odds to gain a third...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 3 Episode 2 My Brother's Keeper
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. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 3 Ep 4: 8:30pm Fri 06 Mar ABC
When Doctor Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 3 Episode 5 A Night To Remember
When a famous actress is murdered at a charity event at the Colonist's Club, it really does become a 'Night to Remember' as Blake tries to find the killer with very little to help him. CAST Craig...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 3 Ep 5 8:30pm Fri 13 Mar ABC
When a famous actress is murdered at a charity event at the Colonist's Club, it really does become a 'Night to Remember' as Blake tries to find the killer with very little to help him. CAST Craig...
View ArticleFive drama commissions from ABC
ABC TV has confirmed new series of. Janet King, Rake, Jack Irish, The Code and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Marta Dusseldorp will star in a...
View ArticleRodger Corser and Anna McGahan join Dr Blake cast
Rodger Corser and Anna McGahan have joined the cast on the fourth series of Dr Blake Mysteries. Starring Craig McLachlan as police surgeon, Dr Lucien...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 3 Episode 6 Women And Children
A murder in the hospital leads Blake into a maze of sexual politics and revenge. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Craig Hall, Nadine Garner....
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 3 Episode 7 Room Without A View
When the local hardware store owner is mysteriously found dead in a hotel room, Dr Blake decides to spend the night in that same room to try and solve the crime. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner...
View ArticleMcLachlan to breakout as Blake ... again
Craig McLachlan may have finally broken free from the "bloke next door" image after The Doctor Blake Mysteries was commissioned for a second season. McLachlan plays the main character Dr Lucien Blake...
View ArticleMcLachaln to breakout as Blake ... again
Craig McLachlan may have finally broken free from the "bloke next door" image after The Doctor Blake Mysteries was commissioned for a second season. McLachlan plays the main character Dr Lucien Blake...
View ArticleFree-to-air TV: Friday, February 8
Play School - In the Wild, ABC2, 9.30am THINGS are looking up in the Play School world, if the opening credits are anything to go by. There's not only a bear in there, the chair he is sitting on is a...
View ArticleFree-to-air TV: Friday, March 1
Dr Lucien Blake (Craig McLachlan) and housekeeper Jean Beazley (Nadine Garner) are a case of opposites in The Doctor Blake Mysteries. The Doctor Blake Mysteries, ABC1, 8.30pm THE only problem with The...
View ArticleLunch with Nadine Garner
Nadine Garner is often still recognised from the 1980s TV series The Henderson Kids. Photo: Melanie Faith Dove THE word ''veteran'' attached to the name of an actor is often a back-handed compliment -...
View ArticleNetworking
Doctor returns to treat more mysteries Filming on the second series of the ABC's hit period medical drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries, starring Craig McLachlan as Dr Lucien Blake...
View ArticleSecond series of The Doctor Blake Mysteries in development
A second series of ABC TV hit series, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, is currently in development. The 10-part murder mystery series, produced by December...
View ArticleShowcase nabs HBO's Girls
Spot-on ... writer, director and star of the new HBO series Girls, Lena Dunham. The cable channel Showcase will launch the new HBO comedy series Girls next month. The series, which follows four women...
View ArticleA deadly practice
The Dr Blake Mysteries. Craig McLachlan is 47. Let's just let that sink in for readers of a certain age group who tend to associate McLachlan in his Neighbours heyday as 'that perpetually tanned, blond...
View ArticlePrescription for a medicinal mystery drama
Flawed ... Craig McLachlan as the brilliant but self-destructive Dr Blake. LUCIEN BLAKE is a complicated character. Born in Ballarat, packed off to boarding school after the death of his mother and...
View ArticleEx-Neighbours star returns to BBC
Craig McLachlan will be back on the BBC in The Doctor Blake Mysteries Former Neighbours star Craig McLachlan is coming back to the BBC playing a country...
View ArticleClinical precision aids the whodunit
Dr Lucien Blake (Craig McLachlan) and housekeeper Jean Beazley (Nadine Garner) are a case of opposites in The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Show of the week: The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Friday, ABC1 at...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 4 Ep 6 A Difficult Lie
When a reporter's body is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Rodger Corser, Nadine Garner. #DoctorBlake ......
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 4 Ep 3 Lucky Numbers
A kidnapping involving the winners of the first ever state lottery leads Blake into a shady world of greed and envy. At home, Lucien has a surprise for Jean. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Rodger Corser....
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 4 Ep 2 Golden Years
Blake investigates the mysterious death of a prominent businessman. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Rodger Corser, Anna McGahan, Nadine Garner ......
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 4 Ep 2: 8:30pm Fri 12 Feb ABC
Blake investigates the mysterious death of a prominent businessman. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Rodger Corser, Anna McGahan, Nadine Garner ......
View ArticleWhat's on TV Friday: The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Those of us who were diehard Craig McLachlan fans in the 1980s could be a little surprised by the trajectory his career has taken: especially the fact it's a trajectory that involves him still having a...
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Series 4 Ep 1 The Open Road
Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner and Anna McGahan ......
View ArticleThe Doctor Blake Mysteries Starts 8:30pm Fri 5 Feb ABC
Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death. CAST: Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner and Anna McGahan ......
View ArticleNo more mousey housekeeper, Nadine Garner gets stuck into the ABC
Before we get to the problem of the unresolved sexual tension between Dr Lucien Blake and his housekeeper Jean Beazley, we need to ponder Nadine Garner’s problem with the ABC. She believes her...
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