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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • 1962 – 1971
  • Ended
  • Comedy · Drama
  • ~50m / ep
  • 8 seasons
  • 6.7/10

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.

Latest: Series 8 · 1970

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  1. E1. A Late Spring

    Sep 13, 1970 · 50m

    Dr. Cameron is afraid his partner means to leave him again: he's showing his usual alarming symptons of spring fever. Cameron makes an offer that everyone thinks is splendid. ""It'll give you a real anchor here, my boy"" says Finlay's father. But does an anchor have to resemble a ball and chain?

  2. E2. Dead Fall

    Sep 20, 1970 · 50m

    An accidental fall on to a stone floor and a baby is dead. The possibility that it was no accident is something that Cameron and Finlay are reluctant to face, but GPs have a duty to the public.

  3. E3. Comin' Thro' The Rye

    Sep 27, 1970 · 50m

    Dr. Finlay is concerned, and rightly so, when Dr. Cameron doesn't sleep at night, drives his car like a lunatic and tells Janet she is a 'very comely woman'.

  4. E4. The Builders

    Oct 4, 1970 · 50m

    It's natural for a man to retire to the town of his childhood. But a vital, energetic man like Elliot, former Governor of an Indian province, needs to be fully occupied. What can he find to do in a place like Tannochbrae?

  5. E5. Not Qualified

    Oct 11, 1970 · 50m

    Kate Dobbie complains of palpitations and of not being able to sleep at night. She is also frightened of dying. But Dr. Finlay is really disturbed when she tells him she is frightened of her husband.

  6. E6. Snares And Pitfalls

    Oct 18, 1970 · 50m

    When Annie Dougan claims she has been attacked by a man Mistress Niven is convinced she is lying and Dr. Finlay is uncertain of the girl's story. But Dr. Cameron has no opinion on the matter: he's too preoccupied with a certain Miss Wright.

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