Prudence FitzGerald
Director
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
Season 4
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
S4E1 - The Phantom Piper Of Tannochbrae
Lord Moorcroft is trying to persuade the Council to put up a memorial to the fallen of the 1914-18 war. But there is a section of the community who feel that the money would be better spent on such necessities as street lamps than on what the local schoolmaster calls 'vast marble eyesores'.
Nov. 21, 1965, midnight
S4E2 - The Champion
Kevin McDonald is Tannochbrae's shot-putting hope for the Highland Games. He is big, handsome and good-natured, but something brings about a change in his temperament. Finlay's efforts to help him only earn him a black eye. The partners at Arden House each have their own theory but neither can convince the other that he is right. It takes a near tragedy to provide the truth.
Nov. 28, 1965, midnight
S4E3 - The Draper Of Dumfries
Robert Finlay visits his son Alan at Tannochbrae for the first time. Left to his own devices for much of the time he forms an association with Mrs. Hamilton. Mr. Finlay thinks her a kind and generous person: the Doctor thinks exactly the opposite.
Dec. 5, 1965, midnight
S4E4 - The Longest Visit
Alan Finlay is a poor sailor. So when he is called out to visit old Strachan, the lighthouse keeper, who has spiked his finger, he dreads the trip. But Strachan is far worse than anticipated and Finlay must be both doctor and nurse - cooped up with Strachan and two other keepers in a spot cut off by gales from the outside world. Dr. Cameron is equally displeased as he has to cope with both his own and his partner's work while the latter is stormbound.
Dec. 12, 1965, midnight
S4E5 - Body And Soul
Angus Hendry, like many others in Tannochbrae, has been out of work for three years. The partners at Arden House each have their own theory on the best way to help him. What begins as an academic argument soon becomes a practical test of who is right.
Dec. 19, 1965, midnight
S4E6 - The Vision
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Dec. 26, 1965, midnight
S4E7 - Miss Letitia
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Jan. 2, 1966, midnight
S4E8 - They Do It In Africa
Jamie looks to young Willie Kemp to help him over his bout of crematorium melancholia.
Jan. 9, 1966, midnight
S4E9 - The Anxious Man
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Jan. 16, 1966, midnight
S4E10 - Hear No Evil
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Jan. 23, 1966, midnight
S4E11 - The General
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Jan. 30, 1966, midnight
S4E12 - Free Medicine
Dr. Finlay dreams of a free National Health Service, but Dr. Cameron is sceptical and fears the extra workload free health care might bring. But as usual the older man's attitude is not as rigid as it seems, and when a top consultant is summoned to Tannochbrae to see a rich hypochondriac Cameron is not above instituting his own 'Medical Service'.
Feb. 6, 1966, midnight
S4E13 - The Seniority Rule
The depression of the late 1920's was a time of sacrifice. Sacrifice for food, for principle and for solidarity.
Feb. 13, 1966, midnight
S4E14 - A Matter Of Confidence
Peter MacNab is a medical student of great promise who for one reason or another seems to have lost all confidence in himself. But this changes when Dr. Cameron asks him to examine an ailing Dr. Finlay.
Feb. 20, 1966, midnight
S4E15 - For Services Rendered
There are times when a private patient is more trouble than he's worth. Not many would dispute a doctor's moral right to be paid for services rendered, but how far should Finlay press this right in a case of a man whose wife has received urgent medical attention and does not feel inclined to settle the account?
Feb. 27, 1966, midnight
S4E16 - To Err Is Human
When Willie Campbell returns after supposedly serving in the Army in India he finds that his wife Jeannie has given birth to a child. Naturally there is a domestic explosion and Dr. Finlay becomes very concerned about the effect on the baby's health.
March 6, 1966, midnight
S4E17 - Better Safe Than Sorry
Hugh Armitage decides to stay at Lochend Guest House for a nice long holiday because of its reputation as ""one of the healthiest spots west of Dumfries"". But when he finds himself in the midst of an outbreak of food poisoning his opinion of Tannochbrae changes completely.
March 13, 1966, midnight
S4E18 - O Sole Mio
John MacEwan, one time concert singer and now professional loafer, comes into conflict with Aldo Narduzzi, an amateur opera singer. Caught up in the quarrel is young Tommy MacEwan, whose stubborn case of acne is causing Dr. Finlay a certain amount of concern.
March 20, 1966, midnight
S4E19 - No Subsidy For Sin
Annie Laurie sets the tongues of Tannochbrae wagging when she takes in Willie Gillespie as a lodger.
March 27, 1966, midnight
S4E20 - Kate And Robert
Dr. Cameron and Dr. Finlay successfully deliver Kate Sinclair's first child. Later Finlay warns Kate and her husband that it would almost certainly be fatal for Kate to have another child. The resulting marital problem is a particularly acute one.
April 3, 1966, midnight
S4E21 - Written With The Left Hand
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April 10, 1966, midnight
S4E22 - A Settled Man
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April 17, 1966, midnight
S4E23 - Crusade
School doctor Fay Beresford targets the primitive toilet facilities at the local school, which she insists must be replaced by modern plumbing. It is a task at which both the Arden House doctors and Dr. Snoddie have failed in the past. However, Fay's forceful personality and good looks stir up unheard of activity in the town. Only Dr. Cameron seems to be sitting on the fence.
April 24, 1966, midnight
S4E24 - The Legacy
Janet is preoccupied: it is the jam making season. Hordes of small boys are beating a path to Arden House bartering old jam jars for pennies while the air is thick with bees attracted to the jam, much to the discomfort of two physicians busy healing themselves.
May 1, 1966, midnight
S4E25 - The Decision
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May 8, 1966, midnight
S4E26 - The Uninvited Guest
A girl is thrown from her horse and knocked unconscious trying to cross a river in which Alan Finlay is fishing. When she comes round her memory is gone. The partners decide that she must stay at Arden House while she recovers from her injuries and amnesia. Both men, Finlay in particular, are attracted to her, but Janet does not share their admiration for their uninvited guest.
May 15, 1966, 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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