Doctor Blake says goodbye to the ABC with rare ratings win

Tim Burrowes

November 13, 2017 10:10

Doctor Blake’s final outing with the ABC helped the broadcaster to its first win of the official ratings year on Sunday night.

The ABC announced back in March that it was axing The Doctor Blake Mysteries, with Sunday’s telemovie its last episode.

Doctor Blake will now move to Seven

But a fortnight ago, Seven revealed that it had rescued Doctor Blake, commissioning a series of telemovies to air during 2018. The cast including lead Craig McLachlan will move across with the program.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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4 COMMENTS

Sir Ian McKellar 13 Nov 17

The acting in this show is so poor, or perhaps it is the atrocious dialogue. Either way, I fail to see the appeal.

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tj 13 Nov 17

Sir who?

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Alison Harris 17 Nov 17

I wonder if you have actually watched the programme and then you may actually see the appeal. It’s far better than that utterly predicable comedy You stared in with that other gay guy.

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Ken Watson 13 Nov 17

Love ABC Insiders [Sunday 9am], especially when David Marr and that pompous knob from Murdoch’s trophy bin, the one and only… Gerard Henderson are paired together on the ABC’s couturier settee.
Take it away Bazza.

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