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Ethiopian Highlands
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Ethiopian Highlands
The Semien Mountains with the tallest peak Ras Dashen (4,550 m) in the Ethiopian Highlands are a World Heritage Site and include the Semien Mountains National Park
Highest point
Elevation
4,550 m (14,930 ft)
Parent peak
Mount Tullu Demtu
Geography
Topographic map
Location
Ethiopia
Geology
Age of rock
75 million years
Mountain type
Mountain range
The Ethiopian Highlands is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia, situated in the Horn region in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its altitude in the continent, with little of its surface falling below 1500 m (4,921 ft), while the summits reach heights of up to 4550 m (14,928 ft). It is sometimes called the Roof of Africa due to its height and large area.[1] Most of the Ethiopian Highlands are part of central and northern Ethiopia, and its northernmost portion reaches into Eritrea.
Contents
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1 History
2 Physical geography
3 Geology
4 Climate
5 Ecology
6 Fauna
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
A coffee cup from the era of the Kaffa Kingdom
In the southern parts of the Ethiopian Highlands once was located the Kingdom of Kaffa, a medieval early modern state, whence the coffee plant was exported to the Arabian peninsula. The land of the former kingdom is mountainous with stretches of forest. The land is very fertile, capable of three harvests a year. The term "coffee" derives from the Arabic qahwah ( قهوة)[2] and is traced to Kaffa.[2][3]
Physical geography[edit]
The Highlands are divided into northwestern and southeastern portions by the Main Ethiopian Rift, which contains a number of salt lakes. The northwestern portion, which covers the Tigray and Amhara Regions, includes the Semien Mountains, part of which has been designated the Semien Mountains National Park. Its summit, Ras Dashan (4550 m), is the highest peak in Ethiopia. Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, also lies in the northwestern portion of the Ethiopian Highlands.
The southeastern portion's highest peaks are located in the Bale Zone of Ethiopia's Oromia Region. The Bale Mountains, also designated a national park, are nearly as high as those of Semien. The range includes peaks of over 4000 m. Among these are Mount Tullu Demtu (4337 m), which is the second-highest peak in Ethiopia, and Mount Batu (4307 m).
Most of the country's major cities are located at elevations of around 2,000–2,500 m (6,562–8,202 ft) above sea level, including historic capitals such as Gondar and Axum.
Geology[edit]
Dendi Caldera, a collapsed volcano in the mountain region
The Ethiopian Highlands began to rise 75 million years ago[citation needed], as magma from the Earth's mantle uplifted a broad dome of the ancient rocks of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. The opening of the Great Rift Valley split the dome of the Ethiopian Highlands into three parts; the mountains of the southern Arabian Peninsula are geologically part of the ancient Ethiopian Highlands, separated by the rifting which created the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and separated Africa from Arabia.
Around 30 million years ago, a flood basalt plateau began to form, piling layers upon layers of voluminous fissure-fed basaltic lava flows. Most of the flows were tholeiitic, save for a thin layer of alkali basalts and minor amounts of felsic (high-silica) volcanic rocks, such as rhyolite. In the waning stages of the flood basalt episode, large explosive caldera-forming eruptions also occurred.
The Ethiopian Highlands were eventually bisected by the Great Rift Valley as the African continental crust pulled apart. This rifting gave rise to large alkaline basalt shield volcanoes beginning about 30–31 million years ago.[4]
Climate[edit]
Main article: Climate of Ethiopia
The predominant climate type of the Ethiopian Highlands is tropical monsoon, and have a climate which is generally considerably cooler than other regions at similar proximity to the Equator.
Ecology[edit]
Ethiopian Highlands with Ras Dashan in the background
Because the highlands elevate Ethiopia, located close to the equator, this has resulted in giving this country an unexpectedly temperate climate. Further, these mountains catch the precipitation of the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean, resulting in a rainy season that lasts from June until mid-September.[5] These heavy rains cause the Nile to flood in the summer, a phenomenon that puzzled the ancient Greeks, as the summer is the driest season in the Mediterranean climate that they knew.
The Ethiopian Highlands share a similar flora and fauna of other mountainous regions of Africa; this distinctive flora and fauna is known as Afromontane but from the time of the last Ice Age has been populated with some Eurasian (palearctic) flora. The habitats are somewhat different on either side of the Great Rift Valley that splits the highlands.
At lower elevations, the highlands are surrounded by tropical savannas and grasslands, including the Sahelian Acacia savanna to the northwest, the East Sudanian Savanna to the west, and the Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets to the northeast, east, south, and through the Rift Valley.
The highlands themselves are divided into three distinct ecoregions, distinguished by elevation. The Ethiopian montane forests lie between 1,100 and 1,800 meters elevation, above the lowland grasslands and savannas and extends to areas of similar habitat in Eritrea, Sudan, and Djibouti. This woodland belt has several natural plant communities, but has mostly been heavily grazed and converted to agricultural use now. Kolla, is an open woodland found at lower elevations, and dominated by species of Terminalia, Commiphora, Boswellia, and Acacia. Weyna dega is a woodland found in moister and higher locations, dominated by the conifers Afrocarpus gracilior and Juniperus procera. The lower portion of the Harenna Forest is a distinct woodland community, with an open canopy of Warburgia ugandensis, Croton macrostachyus, and Syzygium guineese, and Afrocarpus gracilior, with wild coffee (Coffea arabica) as the dominant understory shrub. The southwesterly winds bring rainfall from May to October with moisture from the Red Sea coming in from the east year round. Fauna at these elevations includes the endemic Harwood's francolin (Francolinus harwoodi), Prince Ruspoli's turaco (Tauraco ruspolii) and yellow-throated seedeater (Serinus flavigula), along with the Djibouti francolin (Francolinus ochropectus) in the Djibouti hills that are in the same general ecoregion.[6]
The Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands is the largest of the highland ecoregions, occupying the area between 1800 and 3000 meters elevations. The natural vegetation was closed-canopy forest in moister areas, and grassland, bushland, and thicket in drier areas. However these hillsides have good fertile soil and are heavily populated, largely by farming communities so most of the region has been converted to agriculture with a few areas of natural vegetation remaining. Urban areas in this ecoregion include: Ethiopia's capital city and Africa's fourth largest city Addis Ababa, the Amhara Region capital Bahir Dar with its island monasteries on Lake Tana, the old walled city of Harar, the spa town of Ambo, Asella in the Arsi Zone, the trekking center of Dodola, the lakeside Debre Zeyit, the largest city in the southwest Jimma, the market town of Nekemte, and the capital of the Tigray Region, Mek'ele. Awash National Park is a site for birdwatching.
Remaining woodland in the drier areas contains much endemic flora and primarily consists of Podocarpus conifers and Juniperus procera, often with Hagenia abyssinica. In the Harenna Forest, pockets of moist, closed-canopy forest with Pouteria and Olea are draped with lianas and epiphytes, while above 2400 metres, a shrubby zone is home to Hagenia, Schefflera, and giant lobelias (Lobelia gibberroa), species which can be found on the East African mountains further south. The evergreen broadleaved forest of the Semien Mountains, between 2,300 and 2,700 meters elevation, is dominated by Syzygium guineense, Juniperus procera, and Olea africana.
As the lower slopes of the mountains are so heavily populated even the high altitude moorlands are affected by human interference, such as the grazing of livestock and even farming. There are two protected areas of high moorland: Bale Mountains National Park in the southern highlands, accessible from Dinsho; and Semien Mountains National Park, accessible from Gondar, which includes Ras Dashen. However even these parks are losing habitat to livestock grazing, while the lower elevation parks (Harar Wildlife Sanctuary, Awash National Park, Omo National Park, and Nechisar National Park) are even less secure.
Fauna[edit]
These slopes are home to a number of endemic reptiles, birds and animals including the endangered walia ibex (Capra walie) and the gelada baboon, whose thick fur allows it to thrive in the cooler climates of the mountains. These two species are only found on the northern side of the valley while another rare endemic the mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) is restricted to the southern side, and now survives at higher altitudes than its original habitat as the lower slopes are heavily farmed. More widespread mammals found here include the mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), which is also threatened as its habitat disappears as is that of many other mammals of the highlands such as olive baboon (Papio anubis), Egyptian wolf (Canis aureus lupaster), African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), East African lion (Panthera leo melanochaita), spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), caracal (Caracal caracal), serval (Felis serval), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) and red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus). Birds include Rueppell's chat, the finch Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis), white-winged flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi), and blue-winged goose. The farmland is home to many butterflies, especially Papilio, Charaxinae, Pieridae and Lycaenidae.
Above 3000 meters elevation lie the high Ethiopian montane moorlands, the largest afroalpine region in Africa. The montane moorlands lie above the tree line, and consist of grassland and moorland with abundant herbs and some shrubs that have adapted to the high mountain conditions. There are several endemic animal species one of which, the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis), is critically endangered. Other endemics include the big-headed mole-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) which is common on the Sanetti Plateau in the Bale Mountains. The mountain nyala finds its way up to the high moorlands although it is more common at lower elevations. Wintering birds include wigeon (Anas penelope), shoveler (Anas clypeata), ruff (Philomachus pugnax) and greenshank (Tringa nebularia).
Other fauna in the area also includes aardvark, eagle, Ethiopian wolf, Egyptian wolf, gelada, secretary bird, Nubian ibex, and marabou stork and Ethiopian endemic species such as the shrew, Crocidura harenna and the narrow-footed woodland mouse (Grammomys minnae) and Menelik’s bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki), which is a subspecies with long, dark fur.
See also[edit]
Geography of Ethiopia
Wildlife of Ethiopia
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Paul B. Henze, Layers of Time (New York: Palgrave, 2000), p. 2.
^ Jump up to: a b Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "coffee, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1891.
Jump up ^ Weinberg & Bealer 2001, p. 25
Jump up ^ January 2005: The Ethiopian Large Igneous Province
Jump up ^ An explanation of this unusual rain pattern can be found at Ethiopia: Drought intensifies during corn and sorghum harvest (ReliefWeb)
Jump up ^ http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at0112
External links[edit]
"Ethiopian montane forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
"Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
"Ethiopian montane moorlands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme
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Hand in My Pocket
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"Hand in My Pocket"
Cover art for UK and European editions of the 1995 single release
Single by Alanis Morissette
from the album Jagged Little Pill
Released
October 31, 1995
Format
CD single
cassette single
12" single
Recorded
1994 – April 1995[1]
Genre
Alternative rock
Length
3:41
Label
Maverick
Feedback Records[2]
Songwriter(s)
Alanis Morissette
Glen Ballard
Producer(s)
Glen Ballard
Alanis Morissette singles chronology
"You Oughta Know"
(1995) "Hand in My Pocket"
(1995) "Ironic"
(1996)
"You Oughta Know"
(1995) "Hand in My Pocket"
(1995) "Ironic"
(1996)
"Hand in My Pocket" is a rock[3] song by Canadian recording artist and songwriter Alanis Morissette, for her third studio album, Jagged Little Pill (1995). The song was written by Morissette and Glen Ballard, and was released as the second single from the album. The song was released on October 31, 1995, nearly five months after the album release. "Hand in My Pocket" received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who applauded Morissette's songwriting. "Hand in My Pocket" also received substantial success through radio airplay in the U.S. The song became Morissette's second number-one hit on Billboard's U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song also went in the top ten in New Zealand and the U.S. An accompanying music video was released for the single, featuring Morissette at a festival, driving her car in black and white form, which also received positive reviews.
Contents
1 Background
2 Writing and composition
3 Critical reception
4 Chart performance
5 Promotion
6 Music video
7 In popular culture
8 Track listing
9 Covers and parodies
10 Charts
10.1 Weekly charts
10.2 Year-end charts
11 Certification
12 Notes
13 References
Background[edit]
In 1991, MCA Records Canada released Morissette's debut studio album Alanis, which went Platinum in Canada.[4] This was followed by her second album, Now Is the Time, but it was a commercial failure, selling only a little more than half the copies of her first album.[5][6] With her two-album deal with MCA Records Canada complete, Morissette was left without a major label contract. In 1993, Morissette's publisher Leeds Levy at MCA Music Publishing introduced her to manager Scott Welch.[7] Welch told HitQuarters he was impressed by her "spectacular voice", her character and her lyrics. At the time she was still living with her parents. Together they decided it would be best for her career to move to Toronto and start writing with other people.[7] After graduating from high school, Morissette moved from Ottawa to Toronto.[5] Her publisher funded part of her development and when she met producer and songwriter Glen Ballard, he believed in her talent enough to let her use his studio.[5][7] The two wrote and recorded Morissette's first internationally released album, Jagged Little Pill, and by the spring of 1995, she had signed a deal with Maverick Records. According to Welch, every label they had approached had passed on Morissette apart from Maverick.[7]
Writing and composition[edit]
"Hand in My Pocket" was written by Morissette and Glen Ballard. Ballard met Alanis on March 8, 1994, after his publishing company matched them up. According to Ballard, the connection was "instant", and within 30 minutes of meeting each other they had begun experimenting with different sounds in Ballard's home studio in San Fernando Valley, California.[8] Ballard also declared to Rolling Stone that, "I just connected with her as a person, and, almost parenthetically, it was like 'Wow, you're 19?' She was so intelligent and ready to take a chance on doing something that might have no commercial application. Although there was some question about what she wanted to do musically, she knew what she didn't want to do, which was anything that wasn't authentic and from her heart."[9]
The song is a mainstream rock song. The chorus of "Hand in My Pocket" uses a poetry technique, "rhyme juxtaposition", as its primary lyrical structure, as exemplified by the off-set coupling of the first and second stanzas of each chorus. In the first chorus for example, "fine, fine, fine" is coupled with "a high five", when it should, according to traditional rhyming schemes, be instead set against the "a peace sign" which closes the third chorus, and which is in turn, coupled with a first line ending with the phrase, "a cigarette", which is a clear rhyme with the end of the second chorus: "out just yet". Morissette does not carry the scheme consistently throughout the song (there are, for instance, no rhymes for "hailing a taxicab" or "playing the piano").
"Hand in My Pocket" is written in the key of G major and moves in common time at a tempo of 92 beats per minute. Morissette's vocals span from G3 to C5 in the song.[10]
Critical reception[edit]
Allmusic had highlighted the song as an album highlight.[11] But for a solo review, they had given the song two-and-a-half stars out of five stars. G-Pop.net had personally said "This is not exactly my favorite track, but if you listen to it enough times, you’ll get the meaning and the lyrics can sometimes be fun to play with."[12]
Chart performance[edit]
"Hand in My Pocket" peaked at number one in her native Canada, becoming Morissette's first number one single there. The song also peaked at number one on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks (Alternative) chart, at number four on the U.S. Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) chart, at number fifteen on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and at number eight on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was successful throughout North America although the single was not released as a CD Single. Therefore it did not reach the Hot 100.
Elsewhere, the song debuted at number forty-nine in Australia, and peaked at number thirteen, staying there for two consecutive weeks. The song debuted at number thirty-nine in New Zealand and peaked at number seven, the only country outside of North America where it reached the top ten. The song had moderate success in Europe, debuting at number fifty-six in Sweden, and only managing to peak at number forty-five on the chart. It also peaked at number thirty-nine in France, only staying on the chart for five weeks and number eighty-six in the Netherlands with five weeks on that chart.
"You Oughta Know" received moderate to major success worldwide. In New Zealand the song peaked at number seven and was certified gold by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ), for shipments of 15,000 copies.[13] The song saw some success in the United Kingdom, debuting and peaking at number twenty six on the week ending of October 28, 1995, over the course of the next two weeks "Hand in My Pocket", fell to thirty seven then fifty four, spending a total of three weeks on the chart.[14]
Promotion[edit]
The single was added in the set list for Morissette's concert tour, Jagged Little Pill World Tour (1995).[15] The song was added to the tour's video album Jagged Little Pill Live (1997).[15] Since then, the song has been included in her albums MTV Unplugged (1999),[16] Feast on Scraps (2002),[17] and The Collection,[18] as well as 1997 Grammys and the MTV Unplugged compilation albums.[19][20]
Music video[edit]
The single's video features Morissette among a homecoming parade in Brooklyn, New York. It was directed by Mark Kohr and filmed in black-and-white and slow motion. The music video uses a censored version of the song not found on any physical or digital release, omitting the phrase "chicken sh*t", as well as having extra guitar 'licks' on the lead-up to the bridge.
In popular culture[edit]
"Hand in My Pocket" served as the theme song in the unaired pilot episode of the television show Dawson's Creek, but Morissette decided not to have it used as the theme after the show was picked up.[21][22] In 2015 was featured in an episode of American television series, Glee, called "Jagged Little Tapestry", covered by Naya Rivera and Heather Morris. "Hand in My Pocket" also features prominently in the final scene of the third season of Amazon's Transparent, when the character Shelly Pfefferman performs a cabaret version of the song aboard a cruise ship while her family looks on.
Track listing[edit]
Promo CD single
"Hand in My Pocket"
CD single
"Hand in My Pocket"
"Right Through You" (Live Acoustic)
"Forgiven" (Live Acoustic)
Australian/European CD single
"Hand in My Pocket"
"Head Over Feet" (Live Acoustic)
"Not the Doctor" (Live Acoustic)
2005 CD single
"Hand in My Pocket" (Jagged Little Pill Acoustic version)
Covers and parodies[edit]
It was parodied by 'Rockin Jock' but credit for this parody, 'Trouble', is usually wrongly accredited to Billy Connolly under the title 'Evil Scotsman'.[citation needed]
The song has also been parodied by Amateur Transplants on the album Fitness to Practice as part of the song "Snippets".
It was parodied by Bob Rivers under the title "Hand in a Lightsocket".
The song was covered by Canadian pop-punk band Seaway, released as a single on July 15, 2016.
Judith Light performed the song in the third season finale of Transparent as part of her character's one-woman show. Light's performance was universally praised.
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1995–96)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[23] 13
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[24] 1
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[25] 4
France (SNEP)[26] 39
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[27] 86
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[28] 7
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[29] 23
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 45
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[31] 26
US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 15
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 30
US Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks 25
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 8
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 4
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1995)
Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[32] 11
Chart (1996)
Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[33] 44
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[34] 36
Certification[edit]
Provider
Certification
Sales/shipments
New Zealand (RAINZ)
Gold[13] 15,000
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ https://archive.org/stream/Entertainment_Weekly_October_9_2015/Entertainment_Weekly_October_9_2015_djvu.txt
Jump up ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/hand-in-my-pocket-r235321
Jump up ^ [1]
Jump up ^ "Search Certification Database". Canadian Recording Industry Association.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Transcript: Profiles of Alanis Morissette, Margaret Cho". CNN People in the News. January 4, 2003.
Jump up ^ Wild, David. "Adventures Of Miss Thing" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.. Rolling Stone. November 2, 1995.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Interview With Scott Welch". HitQuarters. August 6, 2002. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Billboard Magazine – June 30, 2001". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
Jump up ^ Wild, David (November 2, 1995). "Alanis Morissette: The Adventures of Miss Thing". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
Jump up ^ Ballard, Glen. "Alanis Morissette "Hand In My Pocket" Sheet Music in G Major (transposable) – Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
Jump up ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alanis-morissette-p144717/songs
Jump up ^ http://www.g-pop.net/jaggedlittlepill.html
^ Jump up to: a b "Top 50 Singles Chart, 31 March 1996". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
Jump up ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6845/alanis-morissette/
^ Jump up to: a b Phares, Heather. "Jagged Little Pill Live". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Alanis Unplugged". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Feast on Scraps [DVD]". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Collection". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
Jump up ^ Ankeny, Jason. "1997 Grammy Nominees". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
Jump up ^ Rob, Theakston. "Very Best of MTV Unplugged". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Featured Artist Of The Week – Alanis Morissette" Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine.. Dawson's Creek Music Guide. Retrieved August 23, 2006.
Jump up ^ Kaplan, Ilana (2018-01-20). "'Dawson's Creek' Turns 20: Insiders Share Stories Behind the Music, Plot Choices & More". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2827." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9098." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket" (in French). Les classement single.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Charts.nz – Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket". Singles Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1996". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ "End of Year Charts 1996". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
References[edit]
"Alanis Morissette – Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2006.
"Alanis Morissette – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2006.
"Alanis Morissette". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved August 23, 2006.
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List of The Doctor Blake Mysteries episodes
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The following is a list of episodes for the Australian television drama mystery programme, The Doctor Blake Mysteries. As of 25 March 2016,[update] 36 episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries have aired.[1]
Contents
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1 Series overview
2 Episodes
2.1 Series 1 (2013)
2.2 Series 2 (2014)
2.3 Series 3 (2015)
2.4 Series 4 (2016)
3 Note
4 References
5 External links
Series overview[edit]
Series
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
1 10 1 February 2013 (2013-02-01) 5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)
2 10 7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11)
3 8 13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) 3 April 2015 (2015-04-03)
4 8 5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
Episodes[edit]
Series 1 (2013)[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
Title[2]
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
AUS viewers
(million)
1
1 "Still Waters" Andrew Prowse Stuart Page 1 February 2013 (2013-02-01) 1.176 (Overnight)[3]
It's 1959 and Doctor Lucien Blake has returned to rural Ballarat to take over his deceased father's medical practice. He has also taken on the role of police surgeon. A woman is found floating dead in Lake Wendouree, and it's discovered that things may not be exactly as they seem when the good Doctor Lucien Blake decides to dig a little deeper. (See Note below)
Guest cast: John Wood, Penne Hackforth-Jones and Ryan O'Kane
2
2 "The Greater Good" Declan Eames Stuart Page 8 February 2013 (2013-02-08) 0.935 (Overnight)[4]
The day before ANZAC day Doctor Lucien Blake runs into a number of old army colleagues who are in town to find two army deserters, but there is no time to catch up and share old memories as Doctor Blake is called away to investigate the horrific death of a morgue attendant.
Guest cast: Neil Pigot, Ben Anderson and Chloé Boreham
3
3 "Death of a Travelling Salesman" Ian Barry Stuart Page & Chelsea Cassio 15 February 2013 (2013-02-15) 1.131[5]
When a travelling salesman dies in a car accident, police blame alcohol. Dr Blake concludes that the victim was not drunk and died before the crash of very unusual causes.
4
4 "Brotherly Love" Andrew Prowse Stuart Page 22 February 2013 (2013-02-22) 1.095[6]
A delirious prisoner on death row tells Dr Lucien Blake that he is innocent of the police shooting for which he is soon to hang. Dr Blake pulls out all stops to uncover the truth.
Guest cast: Daniel Daperis and Sara Gleeson
First appearance of Joy McDonald Dedication: This episode was dedicated in memory of special effects artist, Aaron Beaucaire.
5
5 "Hearts and Flowers" Ian Barry Stuart Page 1 March 2013 (2013-03-01) 1.088[7]
When the Begonia Festival's head judge is found burnt to death in his own glasshouse, all eyes turn to two feuding contestants.
Guest cast: John Wood, David Whiteley, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Alinta Chidzey, and Michael Bishop
6
6 "If the Shoe Fits" Andrew Prowse Stuart Page 8 March 2013 (2013-03-08) 1.021[8]
The death of a migrant factory foreman looks like an industrial accident. Dr Blake digs deeper revealing a string of crimes and the ugly side of post war Australia. Meanwhile Jean receives a proposal.
Guest cast: John Wood, Sara Gleeson and Jacek Koman
7
7 "Bedlam" Declan Eames Chris Corbett 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 0.836 (Overnight)[9]
A psychiatric inmate is found, murder weapon in hand, at the scene of a brutal murder. The inmate also confesses but is this case as neat as it appears?
Guest cast: John Stanton, Matthew Dyktynski and Lara Jean Marshall
First appearance of Chief Supt. Douglas Ashby
8
8 "Game of Champions" Ian Barry Stuart Page 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22) 0.948[10]
Doctor Lucien Blake is drawn into the new world of television when contestants of a successful TV quiz show start dying.
Guest cast: John Wood and Nicholas Bell
9
9 "All That Glitters" Andrew Prowse Tim Pye 29 March 2013 (2013-03-29) 0.969[11]
A prospector announces to a crowded pub that he has struck gold and is later found dead at the bottom of his mine shaft. The location of the murder triggers distressing war memories for Dr Blake.
10
10 "Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter" Ian Barry Jane Allen 5 April 2013 (2013-04-05) 1.045[12]
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.
Guest cast: John Wood and Sara Gleeson
Last regular appearance of Constable Daniel Parks
Series 2 (2014)[edit]
No.
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series
Title[13]
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
AUS viewers
(million)
11
1 "The Heart of the Matter" Declan Eames Stuart Page 7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) 1.117[14]
Blake returns from Shanghai just as the mayor of Ballarat is murdered. Blake and Superintendent Lawson have to tread carefully among the mayor's many enemies. When Blake's friend, Joy, is also found dead in the same place it becomes personal. A new senior constable, Charlie Davis, believed by Lawson to report back on his and Blake's activities, is sent by Melbourne.
Guest cast: John Wood and Sara Gleeson
First regular appearance of Constable Charlie Davis and last appearance of Joy McDonald
12
2 "The Food of Love" Declan Eames Pete McTighe 14 February 2014 (2014-02-14) 1.011[15]
Bobby Lee, lead singer of a rock and roll group, dies in an alley, of a single stab wound, outside Ballarat's concert hall amongst his fans. Blake investigates his fans including a pub owner's 16 year old daughter with a vivid imagination, another fanatical female fan, other band members and a preacher with a violent past who hates the devil's music. Mattie spends the day in a cell after assaulting senior constable Davis.
Guest cast: Cameron Daddo
13
3 "A Foreign Field" Lee Rogers Marcia Gardner 21 February 2014 (2014-02-21) 0.914 (Overnight)[16]
The body of a man is found by a tree, having been there overnight. The autopsy reveals he had been poisoned by cyanide and his clothes have no labels. The last person to be seen with the man was a blonde woman. When his wife appears they believe they have his name but she, a blonde, becomes a suspect when further investigation reveals the man had multiple identities and lovers. A coded message, which Blake tries to decode, a Soviet agent, is and a retarded Peeping Tom may hold clues to the death. Alice Harvey, a new pathologist joins the Ballarat medical team.
Guest cast: Edwina Wren, Sibylla Budd and Mark Casamento
First regular appearance of Dr. Alice Harvey
14
4 "Smoke and Mirrors" Lee Rogers Chelsea Cassio 28 February 2014 (2014-02-28) 1.111[17]
Two seemingly unrelated incidents; the president of the local flying club falling to his death from the balcony of the Colonists Club but with massive internal injuries and a police constable injured in a hit and run. Tobacco smuggling seems to be the connection but the two local pilots have alibis and the only airworthy plane was on the ground. Senior constable Davis falls foul of Superintendent Lawson.
Guest cast: John Wood
15
5 "Crossing The Line" Pino Amenta Chelsea Cassio 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07) 1.020[18]
A projectionist dies in a fire in his projection room at the cinema. Is it foul play? It soon becomes apparent he was murdered. Blake finds in the projection room some partially destroyed, flammable 16 mm film. In the dead man's room is a bill for a four poster bed delivered to a derelict mansion owned by Patrick Tyneman's son. Restoring some of the film reveals a pornographic film and Mattie knows one of the participants. Jean has a possible suitor in a fireman, who was in the cinema and tried to save the projectionist's life.
16
6 "Mortal Coil" Pino Amenta Stuart Page 14 March 2014 (2014-03-14) 1.002[19]
At a funeral, the pallbearers drop the coffin, and it bursts open to reveal two bodies. The second body is of an itinerant scrap metal dealer who has been shot in the head. Blake knew the man and, using the man's horse and cart, retraces his route to an abandoned shed and discovers evidence of another murder. Lawson and Davis are perturbed by Blake's erratic behaviour that has come to Melbourne's attention. Blake and Lawson dig up another body, which leads to a search for a third.
17
7 "The Silence" Declan Eames Pete McTighe 21 March 2014 (2014-03-21) 1.101[20]
The headmaster of the local school is found dead in his office from a blow to the head but the excessive bleeding and enlarged spleen reveal rat poison as a contributing factor. Lawson suspects the deputy headmaster, who had bullied him at the same school which they attended as youngsters. Blake Investigates how the poison was administered and the women involved with the headmaster when a more sinister reason emerges between two siblings at the school.
18
8 "The Ties of the Past" Declan Eames Marcia Gardner 28 March 2014 (2014-03-28) 1.069[21]
We see her hauntingly beautiful smile at the beginning of the show. Is the young woman an object of art or an artist in her own right? Several claim to be her lover, but how was she treated? Blake sees specters of his past at home and at the crime scene. He is called upon to open a door that had been long locked. As the show ends he sits, seemingly contented, in front of a fire that has not been lit for many years. Doors that have been opened cannot be closed again, however, and Dr. Blake must face that his mother’s relationship to the world was more complicated than his younger self could have supposed. This show is critical in understanding his personal quest in the third season.
Guest cast: John Wood
19
9 "The Sky is Empty" Ian Barry Chelsea Cassio 4 April 2014 (2014-04-04) 1.083[22]
A is for adultery, B is for Bees, C is for Covetousness, D is for Dead. How has Father Mortenson died? Who had motive? Lawson is preoccupied, but why? How many lapsed Catholics find their way to Church? Does Blake feel guilt for his abandonment?
20
10 "An Invincible Summer" Ian Barry Stuart Page 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) 1.060[23]
Most of the wealthy and philathropic Dennison family is found gunned down, apparently at their breakfast, at the same time the race that opens the show is taking place. Things may not be what they seem.
Series 3 (2015)[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
Title[24]
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
AUS viewers
(million)
21
1 "King of the Lake" Pino Amenta Michael Harvey 13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) 1.174[25]
A 17 year old champion rower drowns after being thrown into the lake in celebration of a win. Blake is unhappy with the way the extremely fit boy drowned so quickly and with alcohol in his lungs. The boy's obstructive, domineering father with heart trouble hampers the investigation and the boy's recent phobia about the colour yellow may be the key to solving the mystery. Blake offers lodgings to Charlie Davis and in clearing the room finds a medical file on his own mother.
Guest cast: John Wood
22
2 "My Brother's Keeper" Pino Amenta Pino Amenta 20 February 2015 (2015-02-20) 1.063[26]
The death of a farmer trampled to death in his own cattle pens and a misidentification leads to problems for Blake when Superintendent Ashby is dismissed and replaced by Superintendent Munroe, who is determined to rein in Blake or dismiss him as police surgeon.
First regular appearance of Chief Superintendent Munroe
23
3 "This Time and This Place" Fiona Banks Michael Miller 27 February 2015 (2015-02-27) 1.156[27]
A young woman is shot dead at a Bonfire Night celebration and the police arrest an Aboriginal boy holding a gun in his hand. Blake realises the murder is not that simple and is forced to challenge the racist bias of both the police and the whole town but the evidence clears then condemns the boy. Jean receives a letter that her son's wife is expecting a baby. Blake writes to his daughter in China.
24
4 "By the Southern Cross" Fiona Banks Roger Monk 6 March 2015 (2015-03-06) 1.103[28]
Communist agitators, friends of Mattie from university, descend on Ballarat to cause trouble when a government minister, Mattie's father, is speaking. One of the agitators is found dead and Blake seeks evidence to corroborate forensic evidence on the body. Mattie suspects Charlie is spying on Blake for Superintendent Munroe. Blake is shocked to discover from one of his mother's friends that she died of a diabetic coma.
Guest cast: John Wood
25
5 "A Night to Remember" Karl Zwicky Jeff Truman 13 March 2015 (2015-03-13) 1.117[29]
When a famous actress is murdered at a charity event at the Colonist's Club, it really does become a Night to Remember.
Guest cast: John Wood
26
6 "Women and Children" Karl Zwicky Stuart Page 20 March 2015 (2015-03-20) 1.012[30]
A murder in the hospital leads Blake into a maze of sexual politics and revenge.
27
7 "Room without a View" Declan Eames Chelsea Cassio 27 March 2015 (2015-03-27) 1.077[31]
Why does Dr Blake decide to spend the night in the same hotel room where he found a drunken business owner dying just a few hours earlier? How could it be murder if the room was barricaded from within? Who profits from the sale gone bad? Does everyone have a sordid, alcohol-soaked past? Is anyone who they seem to be? Will alcohol continue betraying the mighty and fortifying the weak? Can any escape its influence? Who will keep his or her job? Who will resign? Not all who wander are lost. Not all the proper are upright.
28
8 "Darkness Visible" Declan Eames Stuart Page 3 April 2015 (2015-04-03) 1.205[32]
While investigating the murder of a local magistrate, Dr Blake realises the answers to this crime are inextricably linked with the death of his mother 40 years earlier. A new housekeeper comes as Jean leaves to be with her son. Will the doctor realize all that he has lost and might lose?
Guest cast: John Wood
Last appearances of Douglas Ashby and Chief Superintendent Munroe
Series 4 (2016)[edit]
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Title[33]
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Written by
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29
1 "The Open Road" Declan Eames Stuart Page 5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) 1.142[34]
It's 1960 and Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a cross-country, endurance motor race - and a very suspicious death. Chief Superintendent Lawson is seriously injured and retires. Blake recognises his growing feelings for Jean and he takes his mothers engagement ring from his study. A new reporter taken on at the local paper, The Courier, is Lawson's niece Rose Anderson.
Last regular appearance of Chief Superintendent Lawson and first appearance of Rose Anderson
30
2 "Golden Years" Declan Eames Pete McTighe 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) 1.091[35]
Two businessmen/brothers announce plans for a theme park to glorify Ballarat's goldrush past. The following morning one brother is found dead in the local baths. Doctor Blake soon realises the death is suspicious. Chief Superintendent Frank Carlyle replaces Lawson. Mattie O'Brien leaves Ballarat for a new post at St Bartholomew's hospital, London. Blake borrows Jean's engagement ring from her first marriage to have his mother's engagement ring resized.
First appearance of Chief Superintendent Carlyle
31
3 "Lucky Numbers" Fiona Banks Paul Oliver 19 February 2016 (2016-02-19) 1.098[36]
A kidnapping involving the winners of the first ever state lottery leads Blake into a shady world of greed and envy. Solving the case provides Blake with the opportunity to finally propose to Jean just as Mei Lin, Blake's wife presumed dead, arrives at the front door.
32
4 "Against The Odds" Fiona Banks Stuart Page 26 February 2016 (2016-02-26) 1.125[37]
A jockey dies the morning after a big win. Carlyle is in debt to a bookmaker who is one of the suspects. Blake's household is strained with Jean and Mei Lin under the same roof. Mei Lin leaves to stay in a hotel and Blake puts the engagement ring away.
33
5 "The Price of Love" John Hartley Chelsea Cassio 4 March 2016 (2016-03-04) 1.088[38]
When a soldier is killed during a routine training exercise, Doctor Blake investigates soldiers and their wives involved in a promiscuous circle of swapping partners. When another soldier's separated wife is found dead and a woman working in the army laundry cannot be found another motive surfaces being investigated by Blake's old commanding officer, Major Derek Alderton, who seems reluctant to co-operate.
34
6 "A Difficult Lie" John Hartley Paul Jenner 11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) 1.081[39]
When a reporter's body, Terry Reynolds, is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate Reynolds who had enemies at the golf course and the newspaper The Courier. Rose helps to uncover the secrets Reynolds had amassed and a secret of her editor Edward Tyneman. An article in The Courier about Mei Lin's return strains further Blake and Jean's relationship.
35
7 "For Whom The Bell Tolls" Ian Barry Sarah Lambert 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) 1.018[40]
A fireman, Cec Drury's brother, falls from the Ballarat Fire Station bell tower in front of Mei Lin. What appears to be a suicide turns into a murder investigation of his colleagues who were all attending a fire. Rose brings pictures to Jean of Mei Lin arguing with Major Alderton and Jean overhears him threatening her. Mei Lin confesses to Blake that Alderton had been using her and threats against their daughter to get at Blake.
36
8 "The Visible World" Ian Barry Stuart Page 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 1.059[41]
Blake takes a pistol to the Ballarat observatory to meet Major Alderton who tries to blackmail Blake into returning to the army with Mei Lin for service in the growing Indo-China war. As the sky darkened during the eclipse Alderton is stabbed in front of Blake. When a knife is found in Mei Lin's room Blake is arrested. From his cell Blake has to solve the murder before he is taken to Melbourne by the Special Branch and then Mei Lin confesses.
Note[edit]
Episode one Still Waters was dedicated in memory of Kathryn Seabrook, a young actress who committed suicide.
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 22 February 2013". TV Tonight. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 8 March 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
Jump up ^ "Friday 15 March 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 22 March 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 29 March 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 5 April 2013". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
Jump up ^ "DBMM: Season 2 episode guide". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 7 February 2014". TV Tonight. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 14 February 2014". TV Tonight. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 21 February 2014". TV Tonight. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 28 February 2014". TV Tonight. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 7 March 2014". TV Tonight. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 14 March 2014". TV Tonight. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 4 April 2014". TV Tonight. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 11 April 2014". TV Tonight. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 20 February 2015". TV Tonight. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 27 February 2015". TV Tonight. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 6 March 2015". TV Tonight. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 13 March 2015". TV Tonight. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 20 March 2015". TV Tonight. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 27 March 2015". TV Tonight. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 3 April 2015". TV Tonight. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "DBMM: Season 4 episode guide". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 5 February 2016". TV Tonight. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 12 February 2016". TV Tonight. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 19 February 2016". TV Tonight. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 26 February 2016". TV Tonight. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 4 March 2016". TV Tonight. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 11 March 2016". TV Tonight. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timeshifted: Friday 18 March 2016". TV Tonight. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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External links[edit]
The Doctor Blake Mysteries at epguides.com
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