Prudence FitzGerald
Director
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
Season 1
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.
Released Aug. 16, 1962
Episode 50 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.scotland, imdb.medical-practice, imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.1920s
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - It's All In The Mind
The year is 1928 and the place Glasgow. Alan Finlay, a hard-up young medical student with a passionate ambition to become a surgeon, becomes involved in the strange disappearance of his landlady's husband. Finlay ventures an opinion and by chance finds himself in conflict with the veteran Dr. Cameron, a former surgeon now in general practice. It is a chance that is to shape Finlay's career.
Aug. 16, 1962, midnight
S1E2 - A Taste Of Dust
An outbreak of scarlet fever leads Alan Finlay to investigate a local dairy, where he encounters the owner's wife.
Aug. 23, 1962, midnight
S1E3 - The Quack
Dr. Lestrange is a quack doctor - a striking character with flowing cape and hair. His methods upset Dr. Finlay but charm his Glasgow patients.
Aug. 30, 1962, midnight
S1E4 - Conduct Unbecoming
Dr. Finlay meets Miss Malcolm, the local schoolmistress, at the Village Ball.
Sept. 6, 1962, midnight
S1E5 - What Money Can't Buy
A self-made financier who would cheat his own doctor - a wife with heart trouble who decides to have a baby - two doctors wanting to marry the same girl. All problems for Dr. Finlay.
Sept. 13, 1962, midnight
S1E6 - Cough Mixture
None
Sept. 20, 1962, midnight
S1E7 - Carver Tam
Janet is keeping a strict eye on the domestic affairs of Dr. Cameron.
Sept. 27, 1962, midnight
S1E8 - What Women Will Do
A fall of coal at the local pit traps Tannochbrae's star footballer and brings with it problems for Alan Finlay. Dr. Cameron has his own troubles when Willie Craig, the local insurance agent, comes to visit Janet.
Oct. 4, 1962, midnight
S1E9 - Snap Diagnosis
Dr. Cameron is worried about his gardener, Alex Dean, and he has good cause to be. But it is Dr. Finlay who has to cope with the problem of trying to help Dean and in doing so comes into conflict with another of Tannochbrae's medical men, Dr. Snoddie.
Oct. 11, 1962, midnight
S1E10 - The Dragon Plate
None
Oct. 18, 1962, midnight
S1E11 - A Spotless Reputation
None
Oct. 25, 1962, midnight
S1E12 - Behind Closed Doors
None
Nov. 1, 1962, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 9550 min.
Released: Aug. 16, 1962
Last Air Date: Jan. 3, 1971, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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