Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

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.

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

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Bill Simpson
Bill Simpson
as Dr Alan Finlay
Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew Cruickshank
as Dr Angus Cameron
Barbara Mullen
Barbara Mullen
as Janet MacPherson
Robert James
Robert James
as
James Copeland
James Copeland
as
Patrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton
as
Tom Watson
Tom Watson
as Mr Grahame
Tracy Reed
Tracy Reed
as Barbara Pritchard as Barbara Davidson
Fulton Mackay
Fulton Mackay
as
Andrew Robertson
Andrew Robertson
as
Mona Bruce
Mona Bruce
as as Mrs Rayburn
Christine Finn
Christine Finn
as Peggy Davidson
John Paul
John Paul
as Henry Davidson
Noel Johnson
Noel Johnson
as
Lennard Pearce
Lennard Pearce
as Consultant
Daphne Heard
Daphne Heard
as
Martin Boddey
Martin Boddey
as
Philip Ray
Philip Ray
as Sgt Renfrew
Colin Douglas
Colin Douglas
as
Joan Benham
Joan Benham
as Matron
Anthony Valentine
Anthony Valentine
as Bruce Cameron
John Humphry
John Humphry
as Dr Maddock
Brigit Forsyth
Brigit Forsyth
as
Roddy McMillan
Roddy McMillan
as Mr Strachan
Shelagh Fraser
Shelagh Fraser
as
Duncan Lamont
Duncan Lamont
as
George A. Cooper
George A. Cooper
as Tom Farquhar
Graham Crowden
Graham Crowden
as
Harry Towb
Harry Towb
as
T. P. McKenna
T. P. McKenna
as
Ian McCulloch
Ian McCulloch
as
Robert Fyfe
Robert Fyfe
as
John Woodnutt
John Woodnutt
as
Jenny Laird
Jenny Laird
as
Hannah Gordon
Hannah Gordon
as
Ida Schuster
Ida Schuster
as Mrs McClusker as Mrs Palmer
Effie Morrison
Effie Morrison
as Mistress Niven
Glyn Owen
Glyn Owen
as
Denys Hawthorne
Denys Hawthorne
as
John Harvey
John Harvey
as
Maurice Denham
Maurice Denham
as
John Hollis
John Hollis
as
May Warden
May Warden
as
Derek Fowlds
Derek Fowlds
as
Andrew Keir
Andrew Keir
as
Angus Lennie
Angus Lennie
as
Patsy Smart
Patsy Smart
as
Trevor Bannister
Trevor Bannister
as
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson
as
Anna Cropper
Anna Cropper
as
Ian Cullen
Ian Cullen
as
Alan Browning
Alan Browning
as
Patrick Magee
Patrick Magee
as
Maurice Roëves
Maurice Roëves
as
Patrick Newell
Patrick Newell
as
Roy Boyd
Roy Boyd
as
John Laurie
John Laurie
as
William Russell
William Russell
as
Harry Fowler
Harry Fowler
as
Freda Dowie
Freda Dowie
as
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow
as Robert McDowell
Richard Hurndall
Richard Hurndall
as
Willoughby Gray
Willoughby Gray
as
Sheila Keith
Sheila Keith
as
Declan Mulholland
Declan Mulholland
as
John Fraser
John Fraser
as
Prentis Hancock
Prentis Hancock
as
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
as
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Peter Forbes-Robertson
as
Beatrix Lehmann
Beatrix Lehmann
as
Faith Brook
Faith Brook
as
Robert Urquhart
Robert Urquhart
as
Tom Conti
Tom Conti
as
Renée Houston
Renée Houston
as
David Jackson
David Jackson
as
Gordon Reid
Gordon Reid
as
Edward Sinclair
Edward Sinclair
as
John Sharp
John Sharp
as
Nicholas Pennell
Nicholas Pennell
as
Kevin Stoney
Kevin Stoney
as
Ros Drinkwater
Ros Drinkwater
as
Roger Avon
Roger Avon
as
Jennie Linden
Jennie Linden
as
Kenneth Watson
Kenneth Watson
as
Michael Sheard
Michael Sheard
as
Edward Kelsey
Edward Kelsey
as
Ronald Lacey
Ronald Lacey
as
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as
Jack May
Jack May
as
Peter Jeffrey
Peter Jeffrey
as
Hamilton Dyce
Hamilton Dyce
as
Bernard Archard
Bernard Archard
as
Terence de Marney
Terence de Marney
as
Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight
as
Peter Stephens
Peter Stephens
as
Eric Thompson
Eric Thompson
as
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson
as
Alan Curtis
Alan Curtis
as
Bernard Horsfall
Bernard Horsfall
as
Patrick Godfrey
Patrick Godfrey
as
Sylvia Coleridge
Sylvia Coleridge
as
Martin Friend
Martin Friend
as Mr Jackson
Jean Anderson
Jean Anderson
as Lady Mary McDowell
David Kernan
David Kernan
as Larry Pritchard
John Jefferson Hayes
John Jefferson Hayes
as Solicitor
Iona Macrae
Iona Macrae
as Jenny
Shelagh Wilcocks
Shelagh Wilcocks
as Sister
Jean Faulds
Jean Faulds
as Mrs Winthrop
Bruce McKenzie
Bruce McKenzie
as BBC Man
Ivor Phillips
Ivor Phillips
as BBC Announcer
Francis Ghent
Francis Ghent
as Roderick Seton
Faith Kent
Faith Kent
as Mrs Seton
Richard Mathews
Richard Mathews
as Mr Seton
Morag Hood
Morag Hood
as Fiona Shelton
Simon Oates
Simon Oates
as Dr Kimber
Pamela Stirling
Pamela Stirling
as Lady Shelton
Douglas Blackwell
Douglas Blackwell
as Sergeant Barker
James Cosmo
James Cosmo
as Private Davidson
Joe Docherty
Joe Docherty
as Priest
Helena Gloag
Helena Gloag
as Mrs Ballantyne
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
as Mr Rayburn
David Kinnaird
David Kinnaird
as Ticket Collector
Douglas Murchie
Douglas Murchie
as Man
John Snagge
John Snagge
as BBC Announcer
Eleanor McCready
Eleanor McCready
as Betty Farquhar
Amanda Walker
Amanda Walker
as Mrs Daly
Ian Anders
Ian Anders
as Jock Ramsay
Maroussia Frank
Maroussia Frank
as Mrs MacDonald
Dugald McDougall
Dugald McDougall
as Boat’s Crew
Murdo MacDonald
Murdo MacDonald
as Boat’s Crew
Donald McPhee
Donald McPhee
as Boat’s Crew
Clive Roslin
Clive Roslin
as Announcer
Eric Woodburn
Eric Woodburn
as Dr Snoddie
Wallace Campbell
Wallace Campbell
as McDowell
Brown Derby
Brown Derby
as McKay
John Graham
John Graham
as Stewart Morris
Jenny Lee
Jenny Lee
as Ella Ritchie
Helena McCarthy
Helena McCarthy
as Mrs Maddocks
Irene Sunters
Irene Sunters
as Maggie Craig
Jean Taylor Smith
Jean Taylor Smith
as Mrs Drummond
John Henderson
John Henderson
as Reverend Grant
Margaret Boyd
Margaret Boyd
as Woman
James Gavigan
James Gavigan
as Tramp
Ken Henderson
Ken Henderson
as Chemist
Leonard Maguire
Leonard Maguire
as Lewis Gilbride
Gordon McGuinness
Gordon McGuinness
as Alec Grahame
Edith Ruddick
Edith Ruddick
as Mrs Grahame
Michael Segal
Michael Segal
as Andrew
Gerry Slevin
Gerry Slevin
as McWhirter
Neil Wilson
Neil Wilson
as Sgt Gilbey
Rita Black
Rita Black
as Woman
Barbara Miller
Barbara Miller
as Belligerent Woman
Michael Miller
Michael Miller
as Mr. Murchison
Bill Bradley
Bill Bradley
as Sword Dancer
Mervyn Pascoe
Mervyn Pascoe
as Malcolm Lester
Ian Halliburton
Ian Halliburton
as Craig
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Season 7

Season 7

Season 8

Season 8

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    It's all in the mind

  • 1x2

    A taste of dust

  • 1x3

    The quack

  • 1x4

    Conduct unbecoming

  • 1x5

    What money can't buy

  • 1x6

    Cough mixture

  • 1x7

    Carver tam

  • 1x8

    What women will do

  • 1x9

    Snap diagnosis

  • 1x10

    The dragon plate

  • 1x11

    A spotless reputation

  • 1x12

    Behind closed doors

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    A time for laughing

  • 2x2

    Clean sweep

  • 2x3

    The heat of the moment

  • 2x4

    Cup, hands or cards

  • 2x5

    A time for discretion

  • 2x6

    Alice, where art thou?

  • 2x7

    Ride in a wheelchair

  • 2x8

    A questionable practice

  • 2x9

    Odds on johnny

  • 2x10

    The face saver

  • 2x11

    Room for doubt

  • 2x12

    Possessed of devils

  • 2x13

    Cry wolf

  • 2x14

    The deep end

  • 2x15

    The polygraph

  • 2x16

    A present from father

  • 2x17

    A test of intelligence

  • 2x18

    Charlie is my darlin'

  • 2x19

    My late dear husband

  • 2x20

    The whit hunter

  • 2x21

    The whole truth

  • 2x22

    A shot in the arm

  • 2x23

    A matter of proof

  • 2x24

    A call from cogger

  • 2x25

    A man may drink

  • 2x26

    The big fight

  • 2x27

    Stranger in town

  • 2x28

    The yellow streak

  • 2x29

    Without the city

  • 2x30

    The aristocrats

  • 2x31

    The spirit of dr. mcgregor

  • 2x32

    Mortal sin

  • 2x33

    The hallelujah stakes

  • 2x34

    Short of a miracle

  • 2x35

    The true lochiel

  • 2x36

    The old indomitable

  • 2x37

    The red herring

  • 2x38

    The confrontation

  • 2x39

    Dear doctor

  • 2x40

    The doctor cried

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    The control group

  • 3x2

    The raiders

  • 3x3

    The eternal spring

  • 3x4

    A right to live

  • 3x5

    The bull call

  • 3x6

    Devils dozen

  • 3x7

    Charity, dr. finlay

  • 3x8

    Laughing gas

  • 3x9

    The gate of the year

  • 3x10

    Off the hook

  • 3x11

    The next provost but one

  • 3x12

    Soon or late

  • 3x13

    The good fisherman

  • 3x14

    A little learning

  • 3x15

    Belle

  • 3x16

    In committee

  • 3x17

    Another opinion

  • 3x18

    The spinster

  • 3x19

    Medical finance

  • 3x20

    Beware of the dog

  • 3x21

    Doctor's lines

  • 3x22

    The deceivers

  • 3x23

    The end of the season

  • 3x24

    A woman's work

  • 3x25

    The immortal memory

  • 3x26

    An evening out

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    The phantom piper of tannochbrae

  • 4x2

    The champion

  • 4x3

    The draper of dumfries

  • 4x4

    The longest visit

  • 4x5

    Body and soul

  • 4x6

    The vision

  • 4x7

    Miss letitia

  • 4x8

    They do it in africa

  • 4x9

    The anxious man

  • 4x10

    Hear no evil

  • 4x11

    The general

  • 4x12

    Free medicine

  • 4x13

    The seniority rule

  • 4x14

    A matter of confidence

  • 4x15

    For services rendered

  • 4x16

    To err is human

  • 4x17

    Better safe than sorry

  • 4x18

    O sole mio

  • 4x19

    No subsidy for sin

  • 4x20

    Kate and robert

  • 4x21

    Written with the left hand

  • 4x22

    A settled man

  • 4x23

    Crusade

  • 4x24

    The legacy

  • 4x25

    The decision

  • 4x26

    The uninvited guest

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    The gifts of the magi

  • 5x2

    Resolution

  • 5x3

    The comical lad

  • 5x4

    Under the hammer

  • 5x5

    The masterpiece

  • 5x6

    Who made you?

  • 5x7

    Bird seed and begonias

  • 5x8

    The greatest burden

  • 5x9

    The forgotten enemy

  • 5x10

    Possessed

  • 5x11

    Life of a salesman

  • 5x12

    Over my dead body

  • 5x13

    A penny saved

  • 5x14

    Call in cameron

  • 5x15

    The sons of the hounds

  • 5x16

    A question of conflict

  • 5x17

    Advertising matter

  • 5x18

    A happy release

  • 5x19

    Safety in numbers

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Criss-cross

  • 6x2

    The emotional factor

  • 6x3

    Come back, little willie

  • 6x4

    Time past - time future

  • 6x5

    Buy now - pay later

  • 6x6

    Accidents never happen

  • 6x7

    Random sample

  • 6x8

    Tell me true

  • 6x9

    Persons unknown

  • 6x10

    It's the system

  • 6x11

    Death is a colony

  • 6x12

    The mctavish bequest

  • 6x13

    Unfit to marry

  • 6x14

    The public patient

  • 6x15

    A moral problem

  • 6x16

    The cheats

  • 6x17

    Conscience clause

  • 6x18

    The dynamiser

  • 6x19

    The north side of ben vorlich

  • 6x20

    Out of the blue

  • 6x21

    The equilibrium

  • 6x22

    Is there anybody there? said the traveller

  • 6x23

    For richer, for poorer

  • 6x24

    Sweet sorrow

  • 6x25

    Scots wha hae

  • 6x26

    To janet - a son

Episodes season 7

  • 7x1

    The visitation

  • 7x2

    The honours list

  • 7x3

    The times we live in

  • 7x4

    Pastures new

  • 7x5

    The greatest of these is charity

  • 7x6

    A man of parts

  • 7x7

    A dove in the nest

  • 7x8

    Big ben

  • 7x9

    The barrier

  • 7x10

    The rat race

  • 7x11

    Put your cross here

  • 7x12

    The stick of the rocket

  • 7x13

    Fresh worlds

  • 7x14

    Conquest

  • 7x15

    The facts of life

  • 7x16

    Single or return

  • 7x17

    Oak, mahogany or walnut

  • 7x18

    The call

  • 7x19

    Lack of communication

  • 7x20

    Monstrous regiment

  • 7x21

    Blood and state

  • 7x22

    Action, dr. cameron

  • 7x23

    The will to live

  • 7x24

    The evangelist

  • 7x25

    The cheap departed

  • 7x26

    Opportunity and inclination

Episodes season 8

  • 8x1

    A late spring

  • 8x2

    Dead fall

  • 8x3

    Comin' thro' the rye

  • 8x4

    The builders

  • 8x5

    Not qualified

  • 8x6

    Snares and pitfalls

  • 8x7

    Dorrity

  • 8x8

    Winter's traces

  • 8x9

    The honeypot

  • 8x10

    Made for each other

  • 8x11

    A good prospect

  • 8x12

    Responsibilities

  • 8x13

    Dust

  • 8x14

    Itself and friend

  • 8x15

    A question of values

  • 8x16

    The burgess ticket

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