About this season
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.
Episodes (26)
1. Criss-Cross
Aired 2 October 1967 • 50 min
Dr. Finlay concentrates on the case of a nervous novelist. Dr. Cameron tries his hand as an amateur electrician and Janet risks the fearful consequences.
2. The Emotional Factor
Aired 9 October 1967 • 50 min
Motoring to stately Walton House to see a new patient Dr. Finlay 'rescues' Barbara Davidson from a herd of Highland cattle. Their mutual attraction causes Dr. Cameron and Janet some concern.
3. Come Back, Little Willie
Aired 16 October 1967 • 50 min
4. Time Past - Time Future
Aired 23 October 1967 • 50 min
5. Buy Now - Pay Later
Aired 30 October 1967 • 50 min
6. Accidents Never Happen
Aired 6 November 1967 • 50 min
Dr. Finlay finds that he has little to smile about when he returns to Arden House from a call on a patient.
7. Random Sample
Aired 13 November 1967 • 50 min
8. Tell Me True
Aired 20 November 1967 • 50 min
9. Persons Unknown
Aired 27 November 1967 • 50 min
10. It's The System
Aired 4 December 1967 • 50 min
11. Death Is A Colony
Aired 11 December 1967 • 50 min
12. The McTavish Bequest
Aired 18 December 1967 • 50 min
The McTavish Bequest, a relic from Victorian days, was set up to provide for the ""moral improvement of the poor and their decent Christian burial"". Finlay replaces Cameron on the committee and tries to get things changed to provide for the poor while they're still alive.
13. Unfit To Marry
Aired 24 December 1967 • 50 min
14. The Public Patient
Aired 31 December 1967 • 50 min
15. A Moral Problem
Aired 7 January 1968 • 50 min
16. The Cheats
Aired 14 January 1968 • 50 min
Dr. Finlay is cheated out of first prize in an angling contest by Willie McTaggart, so he decides to teach him a lesson.
17. Conscience Clause
Aired 21 January 1968 • 50 min
A baby dies after Dr. Finlay persuades the mother to let him vaccinate her child. Meanwhile Craig, a Tannochbrae J.P., is campaigning against vaccination. The townspeople flock to support Craig - and cross to the other side when Dr. Finlay makes an appearance in the street.
18. The Dynamiser
Aired 28 January 1968 • 50 min
19. The North Side Of Ben Vorlich
Aired 4 February 1968 • 50 min
Dr. Finlay, after rising to an emergency while assisting a consultant surgeon in an operation, feels a renewal of the old urge towards the operating theatre. This means a return to medical school. Cameron tries to be impartial, but Janet is openly hostile.
20. Out Of The Blue
Aired 11 February 1968 • 50 min
21. The Equilibrium
Aired 18 February 1968 • 50 min
22. Is There Anybody There? Said The Traveller
Aired 25 February 1968 • 50 min
23. For Richer, For Poorer
Aired 3 March 1968 • 50 min
24. Sweet Sorrow
Aired 10 March 1968 • 50 min
25. Scots Wha Hae
Aired 17 March 1968 • 50 min
26. To Janet - A Son
Aired 24 March 1968 • 50 min
The patter of tiny feet is suddenly heard in Arden House. Doctors Cameron and Finlay attempt to help Janet cope by feeding, changing, nursing and bathing the baby. But there is a serious clash of opinions about methods of upbringing. For the first time the two doctors realise that bringing up one's 'own' child is rather different from advising mothers how to bring up theirs.