Dr. Finlay's Casebook

50min

Drama

Comedy

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC 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. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.

Episodes

Cast

It's All In The Mind

1. It's All In The Mind

50min

16th Aug 1962

The year is 1928 and the place Glasgow. Alan Finlay, a hard-up young medical student with a passionate ambition to become a surgeon, becomes involved in the strange disappearance of his landlady's husband. Finlay ventures an opinion and by chance finds himself in conflict with the veteran Dr. Cameron, a former surgeon now in general practice. It is a chance that is to shape Finlay's career.

A Taste Of Dust

2. A Taste Of Dust

50min

23rd Aug 1962

An outbreak of scarlet fever leads Alan Finlay to investigate a local dairy, where he encounters the owner's wife.

The Quack

3. The Quack

50min

30th Aug 1962

Dr. Lestrange is a quack doctor - a striking character with flowing cape and hair. His methods upset Dr. Finlay but charm his Glasgow patients.

Conduct Unbecoming

4. Conduct Unbecoming

50min

6th Sep 1962

Dr. Finlay meets Miss Malcolm, the local schoolmistress, at the Village Ball.

What Money Can't Buy

5. What Money Can't Buy

50min

13th Sep 1962

A self-made financier who would cheat his own doctor - a wife with heart trouble who decides to have a baby - two doctors wanting to marry the same girl. All problems for Dr. Finlay.

Cough Mixture

6. Cough Mixture

50min

20th Sep 1962

Carver Tam

7. Carver Tam

50min

27th Sep 1962

Janet is keeping a strict eye on the domestic affairs of Dr. Cameron.

What Women Will Do

8. What Women Will Do

50min

4th Oct 1962

A fall of coal at the local pit traps Tannochbrae's star footballer and brings with it problems for Alan Finlay. Dr. Cameron has his own troubles when Willie Craig, the local insurance agent, comes to visit Janet.

Snap Diagnosis

9. Snap Diagnosis

50min

11th Oct 1962

Dr. Cameron is worried about his gardener, Alex Dean, and he has good cause to be. But it is Dr. Finlay who has to cope with the problem of trying to help Dean and in doing so comes into conflict with another of Tannochbrae's medical men, Dr. Snoddie.

The Dragon Plate

10. The Dragon Plate

50min

18th Oct 1962

A Spotless Reputation

11. A Spotless Reputation

50min

25th Oct 1962

Behind Closed Doors

12. Behind Closed Doors

50min

1st Nov 1962

First air date

16th Aug 1962

Last air date

3rd Jan 1971

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks