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Dr. Finlay's Casebook is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1962 until 1971. [1] Based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novella Country Doctor, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
This is a list of Dr. Finlay's Casebook television episodes from the series that ran from 1962 until 1971. It had eight series of original episodes. Series one to seven aired in black and white, series eight was aired in colour. A total of 191 50-minute episodes were produced; 122 are missing.
The stories were used as the basis of the long-running BBC television programme Dr Finlay's Casebook, screened from 1962 to 1971, and the radio series of the same title (1970–78). In these productions the main character, rechristened Dr Alan Finlay, was played by Bill Simpson.
Doctor Finlay is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin's stories about the fictional medical hero, Dr. Finlay.. It was first broadcast on 5 March 1993 on ITV.. It is a follow-up to Dr. Finlay's Casebook, the successful BBC series and takes place in the 1940s after John Finlay returns from war service.
Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank (25 December 1907 – 29 April 1988 [1] [2]) was a Scottish actor, most famous for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in the long-running UK BBC television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook, which ran for 191 episodes from 1962 until 1971. [3] He was born in Aberdeen and died in London.
In the sixties after writing some single dramas, Crisp moved to writing for serials and turned out scripts for many BBC series including Compact, R3, Dixon of Dock Green, Dr Finlay's Casebook, Colditz and Secret Army. In 1968, he co-created The Expert, a serial about a forensic scientist, with its producer Gerard Glaister.
On 16 August 1962 the BBC began broadcasting its long-running Scottish medical drama Dr Finlay's Casebook, with an episode called "It's All in the Mind".Simpson played the title role of Dr Alan Finlay, and was supported by Andrew Cruickshank as Dr Cameron, his older partner at the Arden House surgery in Tannochbrae, and Barbara Mullen as their housekeeper, Janet.
In one episode of Dr. Finlay's Casebook in 1967, Reed played opposite Bill Simpson, whom she later married. Reed is best remembered today for her role as Miss Scott, the mistress of General 'Buck' Turgidson (George C. Scott) in director Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove (1964).