<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/doctor-blake-mysteries </Td> </Tr> <P> The Doctor Blake Mysteries is an Australian television series that premiered on ABC TV on 1 February 2013 at 8: 30 pm . The series stars Craig McLachlan in the lead role of Doctor Lucien Blake, who returns home to Ballarat, northwest of Melbourne, in the late 1950s to take over his late father's general medical practice and role as police surgeon after an absence of 30 years . Four series aired as of 2016 . A fifth series was in production in 2016, with a telemovie expected to close the programme . </P> <P> Doctor Blake is a keeper of secrets and a solver of mysteries . The series is produced by Tony Wright and George Adams . A fifth series was commissioned as the final season of the programme, followed by a telemovie to end the series in 2017; It was anticipated that the fifth series would air from April 2017, but instead commenced in September, so that the movie - length finale can be shown at the close of the series with no gap . </P>

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