Blake Ayshford (Writer)

Nowhere Boys

Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.

Release Date2013-11-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count76

Troppo

An eccentric private investigator with a criminal past recruits a disgraced ex-cop to help solve the disappearance of a Korean tech pioneer in the wilds of Far North Queensland.

Release Date2022-02-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count54

Requiem

In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason. Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence, linking her mother to the Welsh girl's disappearance all those years ago.

Release Date2018-02-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count100

The Straits

Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is an exotic, darkly humorous crime drama. The Montebellos are not your average Australian family. Modern day smugglers, their family business is transporting drugs into Australia and guns and exotic wildlife out, making use of ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands.

Release Date2012-02-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count6

Barracuda

Melbourne 1996. The Golden Age of Australian swimming is beginning and a scholarship to an exclusive boys school brings 16-year-old Danny Kelly one step closer to his ultimate goal - winning Olympic gold. Initially, Danny struggles to find his place in the prestigious social circles of the private boys school. However under the charge of highly regarded coach Frank Torma and a friendship/rivalry with teammate Martin Taylor, Danny is soon on track to become Australia’s youngest swimming champion, the unstoppable 'Barracuda'.

Release Date2016-07-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count19

Restraint

Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.

Release Date2008-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Editor

Vote Count135

Devil's Playground

The year is 1988. It is 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi’s classic film, The Devil’s Playground. Tom Allen, now in his 40s and recently widowed, is a respected Sydney psychiatrist and father of two children. A practicing Catholic, Tom accepts an offer by the Bishop of Sydney to become a counselor of priests. During these sessions, he will uncover a scandal and become embroiled in the Church’s attempts to cover it up. Tom’s quest for justice will push him to his limits, and reveal a side of Church power and official corruption he could never have imagined.

Release Date2014-09-09

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count6

Vote Count9

Fighting Season

The story involves an Australian platoon in the Afghanistan war, forced to come home following the death of their leader. A murder mystery involving the now deceased Captain Ted Nordenfelt ensues.

Release Date2018-10-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count3

Mystery Road: Origin

Jay Swan, a young officer, takes up his first posting in an outback mining town. A tragic death, an epic love, and the brutal reality of life as a police officer straddling two worlds will change his life forever.

Release Date2022-07-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count18

An Accidental Soldier

An unexpected love story set in WW1 France between a young Australian baker who has deserted the front line, and a grieving French woman, who puts her own life at risk by sheltering him from the authorities.

Release Date2013-09-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count11

Tomorrow When the War Began

This dramatic adventure series tells the story of a group of teenagers who are separated from their families following an invasion of their country, a conflict they never saw coming.

Release Date2016-04-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count19

Cut Snake

Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s is the story of Sparra Farrell, a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engaged to the beautiful Paula. But the prospect of his new life is challenged when the charismatic Pommie tracks him down. Sparra finds himself drawn back into a world that he thought he had left behind.

Release Date2015-09-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count32

House of Gods

House of Gods follows the lives of an ambitious Iraqi Australian family grappling with newfound power and privilege when their charismatic patriarch is elected head cleric of their local mosque.

Release Date2024-02-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count3

Here Out West

A baby is kidnapped from hospital by a desperate grandmother. Her flight sets off a chain of events that bring together complete strangers over the course of one day.

Release Date2022-02-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count3