About this season
Following his service in World War II, Doctor Finlay returns to the practice at Arden House. This is at a time when the National Health Service is about to be instituted.
Episodes (8)
1. All Jock Tamson's Bairns
Aired 31 March 1996 • 50 min
Dr. Finlay treats a local celebrity of sorts, the Brigadier, a much decorated soldier and highly respected member of the community. He's come down with a high fever and Finlay decides to hospitalize him where he is eventually diagnosed a having typhus. A group of itinerant Irish farm workers also arrives in the area and the locals are not keen with their presence. Mob rule takes over when the Brigadier takes turn for the worse and many in the community blame the workers for bringing disease with them. Dr. Cameron also has to deal with the Irish group and works to ...
2. Home Truths
Aired 7 April 1996 • 50 min
An ex-colonial couple just back from India give Dr Napier cause for concern - who is their daughter and why is the husband against any contact with her?
3. Days of Grace
Aired 14 April 1996 • 50 min
Janet is shocked when she arrives at Arden House only to find a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep. For Doctor Finlay, their options are limited to one and he wants to phone the police and the child welfare authorities. Dr. Napier however thinks she knows who the mother might be recalling questions a young woman had once asked her. It turns out to be more complicated than she had imagined and as time drags on, Dr. Finlay becomes more and more concerned about the legality of what they are doing. He's also worried about what the patients might think if they hear a baby on the premises. Meanwhile, Angus decides to act on a customer's comment and buys Janet a present. He's not quite sure what to make of her reaction however
4. A Simple Operation
Aired 21 April 1996 • 50 min
When Dr. Finlay takes a walking holiday in the Highlands, his break turns out to be rather more passionate than he'd expected.
5. Mercury
Aired 28 April 1996 • 50 min
A young wife believes she has contracted syphilis from her husband, but he has never been unfaithful.
6. The Life of Men
Aired 5 May 1996 • 50 min
A deathbed confession forces Finlay to choose between duty and justice.
7. Still Waters
Aired 12 May 1996 • 50 min
Dr. Finlay investigates the strange medical symptoms suffered by a group of nuns, but clashes with their obstructive mother superior.
8. Snowblind
Aired 19 May 1996 • 50 min
Arden House is snowbound on the night before Hogmanay and emotions rise to the surface as the residents spend a long night together.