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Doctor Finlay

Season 4 1996

  • 1996-03-31T20:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 6h 40m (8 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
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.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

1996-03-31T20:00:00Z

4x01 All Jock Tamson's Bairns

Season Premiere

4x01 All Jock Tamson's Bairns

  • 1996-03-31T20:00:00Z50m

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 ...

1996-04-07T20:00:00Z

4x02 Home Truths

4x02 Home Truths

  • 1996-04-07T20:00:00Z50m

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?

1996-04-14T20:00:00Z

4x03 Days of Grace

4x03 Days of Grace

  • 1996-04-14T20:00:00Z50m

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

1996-04-21T20:00:00Z

4x04 A Simple Operation

4x04 A Simple Operation

  • 1996-04-21T20:00:00Z50m

When Dr. Finlay takes a walking holiday in the Highlands, his break turns out to be rather more passionate than he'd expected.

1996-04-28T20:00:00Z

4x05 Mercury

4x05 Mercury

  • 1996-04-28T20:00:00Z50m

A young wife believes she has contracted syphilis from her husband, but he has never been unfaithful.

1996-05-05T20:00:00Z

4x06 The Life of Men

4x06 The Life of Men

  • 1996-05-05T20:00:00Z50m

A deathbed confession forces Finlay to choose between duty and justice.

1996-05-12T20:00:00Z

4x07 Still Waters

4x07 Still Waters

  • 1996-05-12T20:00:00Z50m

Dr. Finlay investigates the strange medical symptoms suffered by a group of nuns, but clashes with their obstructive mother superior.

Season Finale

1996-05-19T20:00:00Z

4x08 Snowblind

Season Finale

4x08 Snowblind

  • 1996-05-19T20:00:00Z50m

Arden House is snowbound on the night before Hogmanay and emotions rise to the surface as the residents spend a long night together.

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