Dr. Finlay's Casebook
A loose adaptation of the Dr. Finlay short stories by the Scottish writer and physician Archibald Joseph "A. J." Cronin. Instead of the experienced and disillusioned version of Finlay from the original stories, Alan Finlay is still a relatively young professional in the television series. He is the junior partner in a medical practice, while his senior partner Dr Angus Cameron is a seasoned veteran. The regular cast includes their reliable housekeeper and receptionist Janet MacPherson, and the rival physician Dr Alexander Snoddie. Snoddie strongly dislikes and distrusts Finlay, but he is smitten with Janet.
- 1962-1971
- 8 seasons
- Drama
A loose adaptation of the Dr. Finlay short stories by the Scottish writer and physician Archibald Joseph "A. J." Cronin. Instead of the experienced and disillusioned version of Finlay from the original stories, Alan Finlay is still a relatively young professional in the television series. He is the junior partner in a medical practice, while his senior partner Dr Angus Cameron is a seasoned veteran. The regular cast includes their reliable housekeeper and receptionist Janet MacPherson, and the rival physician Dr Alexander Snoddie. Snoddie strongly dislikes and distrusts Finlay, but he is smitten with Janet.
Season 2 Episode Guide
40 Episodes 1963 - 1964
Episode 1
A Time for Laughing
Meg MacBain, heavily pregnant, walks seven miles to Dr Cameron's. There is doubt over the paternity of her child but will Dr Finlay's initiative provide the answer.
Episode 2
Clean Sweep
When the local minister sees something strange at the house of Mrs Elgin, he asks Dr Cameron to investigate. Dr Finlay tries to help a local family with disastrous results.
Episode 3
The Heat of the Moment
Dr Finlay makes an enemy of an influential member of the council, and lands in court for defamation when he accuses him of over-indulgence in alcohol. Faced with a ruinous bill for possible damages, can anything save him?
Episode 4
Cup, Hand or Cards?
A fortune teller sets up business in Tannochbrae and a young woman, a patient of Dr Cameron's, is found dead after having her palm read. The old doctor smells a rat.
Episode 5
A Time for Discretion
Episode 6
Alice, Where Art Thou?
Episode 7
Ride in a Wheelchair
Episode 8
A Questionable Practice
Dr. Finlay is really exhausted after working both day and night with an epidemic flu and is beginning to seek a better solution with his work situation with more freedom, even if that means that he has to open up his own practice.
Episode 9
Odds on Johnny
Episode 10
The Face Saver
Episode 11
Room for Doubt
Episode 12
Possessed of Devils
Episode 13
Cry Wolf
Episode 14
The Deep End
Episode 15
The Polygraph
Tannochbrae 1928. After a patient dies of sudden heart failure, Finlay invests in a newfangled polygraph machine and Janet is his first guinea pig. Cameron isn't convinced of its value to the practice.
Episode 16
A Present from Father
Finlay faces a moral dilemma and pressure from relatives when a millionaire dies at Hogmanay. Francesca Annis appears in an early role as a kindhearted teenager.
Episode 17
A Test of Intelligence
Mr Murray's two sons are a puzzle: one is top of the class and the other bottom. Mr Miller, the dominie (Patrick Troughton), puts it down to learning ability but Dr Finlay suspects a medical reason for the difference.
Episode 18
Charlie Is My Darlin'
Episode 19
My Late Dear Husband
Episode 20
The White Hunter
Episode 21
The Whole Truth
Episode 22
A Shot in the Arm
Episode 23
A Matter of Proof
Episode 24
A Call from Cogger
Episode 25
A Man May Drink
Episode 26
The Big Fight
Episode 27
Stranger in Town
Episode 28
The Yellow Streak
Episode 29
Without the City
Episode 30
The Aristocrats
Episode 31
The Spirit of Dr. McGregor
Dr Finlay's ideas for smartening up the décor of Arden House include the removal of a picture of Dr McGregor, the late founder of the practice, to the attic. Dr Cameron and Janet are uneasy, but Dr Finlay sneers at suggestions that the old doctor can influence the present from beyond the grave.
Episode 32
Mortal Sin
Episode 33
The Hallelujah Stakes
Episode 34
Short of a Miracle
Episode 35
The True Lochiel
Episode 36
The Old Indomitable
Episode 37
The Red Herring
When a local well is closed by Dr Snoddie for reasons of public health, Dr Finlay's elderly patients are inconvenienced and he seeks to hurry things along by inviting eminent specialist Sir James Greig to dinner cooked by Janet at Arden House, much to Snoddie's chagrin. Featuring David Langton (Upstairs Downstairs) as Sir James Greig.
Episode 38
The Confrontation
A local girl has fallen pregnant and she refuses to tell the father, her boyfriend, who is training to be a doctor at his tyrannical father's behest. She begs Dr Finlay to help her out.
Episode 39
Dear Doctor
Episode 40