Dr. Finlay's Casebook
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

6.7/10 1962 8 Seasons 191 Episodes Ended

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella Country Doctor, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.

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Season 2 Episodes

E1
A Time For Laughing
50 min 1963

Meg McBain, the stock-breeder's wife, gives birth to a son. But who is the father? Is it McBain, or could it be the ca…

E2
Clean Sweep
50 min 1963

The 'dirty Fergusons' live like pigs and seem happy to do so. But by doing so they offend against Alan Finlay's strict …

E3
The Heat Of The Moment
50 min 1963
E4
Cup, Hands Or Cards
50 min 1963

Dr. Cameron is concerned at the sudden increase in the number of women coming to the surgery with serious diseases. Soo…

E5
A Time For Discretion
50 min 1963
E6
Alice, Where Art Thou?
50 min 1963
E7
Ride In a Wheelchair
50 min 1963
E8
A Questionable Practice
50 min 1963
S2E9
E9
Odds On Johnny
50 min 1963
E10
The Face Saver
50 min 1963

Young Elsie comes out in spots, and for Alan Finlay the root cause is quite clear. It must be the unsatisfactory emotio…

E11
Room For Doubt
50 min 1963
E12
Possessed Of Devils
50 min 1963
E13
Cry Wolf
50 min 1963
E14
The Deep End
50 min 1963

To the grocers of Tannochbrae George Harris is simply a commercial traveller who sells biscuits. But to Debbie Wilson h…

E15
The Polygraph
50 min 1963
E16
A Present From Father
50 min 1964

It's Hogmanay in Tannochbrae. The two doctors at Arden House are busy and have also taken over Dr. Snoddie's practice w…

E17
A Test Of Intelligence
50 min 1964
E18
Charlie Is My Darlin'
50 min 1964
E19
My Late Dear Husband
50 min 1964

Braeside is Tannochbrae's most select residential hotel for elderly gentlefolk. The unexpected arrival of Colonel Cayle…

E20
The Whit Hunter
50 min 1964
E21
The Whole Truth
50 min 1964

When Denny Drummond loses his eyesight in a rock-blasting accident it appears that the local quarry company is to blame.…

E22
A Shot In The Arm
50 min 1964

Dr. Cameron is called out urgently to find his patient, Roderick McDougall, unconscious on the floor. He is baffled as …

E23
A Matter Of Proof
50 min 1964

Tannochbrae's librarian, Thomas Fordyce, has problems of a very personal nature, complicated by an assistant at the libr…

E24
A Call From Cogger
50 min 1964

Urged on by Dr. Cameron, Dr. Finlay joins the golf club and meets a club member whose chronic hypochondria is matched on…

E25
A Man May Drink
50 min 1964

Local tenant farmer Graham Mackenzie, once considered to be an intelligent and pleasant man, has now taken to drink, to …

E26
The Big Fight
50 min 1964

Ben Hogan, out of work for a very long time, is offered a job as a sparring partner in a fairground boxing booth - much …

E27
Stranger In Town
50 min 1964
E28
The Yellow Streak
50 min 1964

When a baby is abandoned outside Arden House it provokes typically different reactions in the household. For Janet the …

E29
Without The City
50 min 1964
E30
The Aristocrats
50 min 1964
E31
The Spirit Of Dr. McGregor
50 min 1964

Dr Finlay's ideas for smartening up the décor of Arden House include the removal of a picture of Dr McGregor, the late f…

E32
Mortal Sin
50 min 1964
E33
The Hallelujah Stakes
50 min 1964

As it is elsewhere in Scotland in the 1920's, the war between the 'wets' and the 'drys' is a hard-fought affair. The lo…

E34
Short Of A Miracle
50 min 1964

Doctors Finlay and Cameron are not burying their heads in the sand when it comes to new techniques, but they reserve the…

E35
The True Lochiel
50 min 1964
E36
The Old Indomitable
50 min 1964
E37
The Red Herring
50 min 1964

A suspected case of salmonella leads Dr. Snoddie, as local Medical Officer of Health, to seal up a well used by a number…

E38
The Confrontation
50 min 1964
E39
Dear Doctor
50 min 1964
E40
The Doctor Cried
50 min 1964

Dr. Finlay is sorely troubled by a situation that runs out of control. Two boys inquisitively exploring his car, the di…

Cast

Bill Simpson
Bill Simpson
Dr Alan Finlay
Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew Cruickshank
Dr Angus Cameron
Barbara Mullen
Barbara Mullen
Janet MacPherson

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