BBC Daytime has acquired the Australian original crime drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
"We are delighted that the unconventional Doctor Blake will be providing traditional Aussie grit and humour as well as intriguing and intelligent mystery to BBC Daytime's successful drama line-up," said Sue Deeks, Head of Programme Aquisition.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries premiered earlier this year on Australia's ABC (not to be confused with the ABC network here in the US). Ten episodes aired during its first season, and it has been renewed for a second season.
Craig McLachlan stars as maverick country town doctor Lucien Blake, a risk-taker, impulsive, and not afraid to upset the status quo.
The series is set in 1959. Dr. Blake has returned to a place he once called home, to take over his deceased father's medical practice. Everything seems peaceful on the surface, but seething underneath are the age-old passions of a regional town clashing head-on with the tensions and fears of the decade to come.
Haunted by the horrors of war, his own personal loss and changed by his experiences as a POW, the wry, dry, yet very human Dr. Blake undertakes his other role as police surgeon with precision and gusto — yet many find his unpredictable and unconventional manner unnerving. Ahead of his time, Blake looks to the science of forensics and his own understanding of the human heart to help solve the mysteries that inevitably come his way.
Though we have no news about the series reaching our shores, we expect The Doctor Blake Mysteries to follow in Phyrne Fisher's footsteps, as it were, and be available on DVD here in the US at some point in the near future.
Watch a trailer for the series, below.
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