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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

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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.

Aug 16, 19628 seasons191 episodesEndedEN

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Andrew Cruickshank

Dr Angus Cameron

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Barbara Mullen

Janet MacPherson

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Seasons

Series 1

12 episodes

Premiered Aug 16, 1962

Series 2

40 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 1963

Series 3

26 episodes

Premiered Jan 2, 1965

Series 4

26 episodes

Premiered Nov 20, 1965

Series 5

19 episodes

Premiered Dec 24, 1966

Series 6

26 episodes

Premiered Oct 1, 1967

Series 7

26 episodes

Premiered Mar 8, 1969

Series 8

16 episodes

Premiered Sep 12, 1970

Episodes

1–6 of 12

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Ep 1

It's All in the Mind

Aug 16, 1962

50m

In 1928 Glasgow, Alan Finlay studies to become a qualified doctor, and dreams of becoming a surgeon. His landlord goes missing and Finlay follows a hunch which leads him to the town of Tannochbrae and a meeting which will change his life.

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Ep 2

A Taste of Dust

Aug 23, 1962

50m

Outbreaks of scarlet fever worry Arden House and Finlay suspects milk may be at the root of the problem.

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Ep 3

The Quack

Aug 30, 1962

50m

While in Glasgow to collect a leg brace for a young patient, Finlay encounters a showman 'doctor' who later comes to Tannochbrae and treats the same patient with his 'scientific' methods, much to Finlay's chagrin.

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Ep 4

Conduct Unbecoming

Sep 6, 1962

50m

Finlay falls in love with an older woman, local schoolmarm Miss Malcolm, at the Village Ball and begins considering marriage.

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Ep 5

What Money Can't Buy

Sep 13, 1962

50m

Called to treat a local landowner who is a patient of Dr Cameron, Finlay is offered shares in a South African gold mine by way of payment.

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Ep 6

Cough Mixture

Sep 20, 1962

50m

A local miser and his wife are shocked to discover his live-in mother has passed away through the night after being treated by Finlay the previous day.

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