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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Season 8 1970 - 1971

  • 1970-09-12T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 50m
  • 13h 20m (16 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama
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 entitled 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.

16 episodes

Season Premiere

1970-09-12T23:00:00Z

8x01 A Late Spring

Season Premiere

8x01 A Late Spring

  • 1970-09-12T23:00:00Z50m

Dr. Cameron is afraid his partner means to leave him again: he's showing his usual alarming symptons of spring fever. Cameron makes an offer that everyone thinks is splendid. ""It'll give you a real anchor here, my boy"" says Finlay's father. But does an anchor have to resemble a ball and chain?

1970-09-19T23:00:00Z

8x02 Dead Fall

8x02 Dead Fall

  • 1970-09-19T23:00:00Z50m

An accidental fall on to a stone floor and a baby is dead. The possibility that it was no accident is something that Cameron and Finlay are reluctant to face, but GPs have a duty to the public.

1970-09-26T23:00:00Z

8x03 Comin' Thro' The Rye

8x03 Comin' Thro' The Rye

  • 1970-09-26T23:00:00Z50m

Dr. Finlay is concerned, and rightly so, when Dr. Cameron doesn't sleep at night, drives his car like a lunatic and tells Janet she is a 'very comely woman'.

1970-10-03T23:00:00Z

8x04 The Builders

8x04 The Builders

  • 1970-10-03T23:00:00Z50m

It's natural for a man to retire to the town of his childhood. But a vital, energetic man like Elliot, former Governor of an Indian province, needs to be fully occupied. What can he find to do in a place like Tannochbrae?

1970-10-10T23:00:00Z

8x05 Not Qualified

8x05 Not Qualified

  • 1970-10-10T23:00:00Z50m

Kate Dobbie complains of palpitations and of not being able to sleep at night. She is also frightened of dying. But Dr. Finlay is really disturbed when she tells him she is frightened of her husband.

1970-10-17T23:00:00Z

8x06 Snares And Pitfalls

8x06 Snares And Pitfalls

  • 1970-10-17T23:00:00Z50m

When Annie Dougan claims she has been attacked by a man Mistress Niven is convinced she is lying and Dr. Finlay is uncertain of the girl's story. But Dr. Cameron has no opinion on the matter: he's too preoccupied with a certain Miss Wright.

1970-10-24T23:00:00Z

8x07 Dorrity

8x07 Dorrity

  • 1970-10-24T23:00:00Z50m

When her father dies Dorrity is left all alone in a bothy in the hills. Dr. Cameron feels sorry for the girl and invites her to stay at Arden House. And then the trouble begins.

1970-10-31T23:00:00Z

8x08 Winter's Traces

8x08 Winter's Traces

  • 1970-10-31T23:00:00Z50m

1970-11-07T23:00:00Z

8x09 The Honeypot

8x09 The Honeypot

  • 1970-11-07T23:00:00Z50m

Rich Americans can be very determined...

1970-11-21T23:00:00Z

8x10 Made For Each Other

8x10 Made For Each Other

  • 1970-11-21T23:00:00Z50m

Home to Tannochbrae after five years away and young Ian Webster finds everyone against him. Except Jess, his girl friend, and she loves him. That's the trouble.

1970-11-28T23:00:00Z

8x11 A Good Prospect

8x11 A Good Prospect

  • 1970-11-28T23:00:00Z50m

Eric Calder is a very clever young amateur boxer. But is he good enough to stay three rounds with the booth boxer in the travelling fair? Dr. Finlay thinks so. So does Eric himself. But there is a lot more at stake than the £2 prize money.

1970-12-05T23:00:00Z

8x12 Responsibilities

8x12 Responsibilities

  • 1970-12-05T23:00:00Z50m

David Hamil has devoted his life to his dead wife's wish that their son should become a doctor. The boy is studying hard and it looks as if Hamil's aim is bound to be realised. But there are unforeseen obstacles just around the corner. One of them is a woman.

1970-12-12T23:00:00Z

8x13 Dust

8x13 Dust

  • 1970-12-12T23:00:00Z50m

1970-12-19T23:00:00Z

8x14 Itself And Friend

8x14 Itself And Friend

  • 1970-12-19T23:00:00Z50m

When Bob Dewar wants a loan from the bank to open a garage Dr. Finlay decides to act as guarantor. But Dr. Cameron, although agreeing that Dewar is a skilful mechanic, has doubts about his business potential.

1970-12-26T23:00:00Z

8x15 A Question Of Values

8x15 A Question Of Values

  • 1970-12-26T23:00:00Z50m

1971-01-02T23:00:00Z

8x16 The Burgess Ticket

8x16 The Burgess Ticket

  • 1971-01-02T23:00:00Z50m

Dr. Cameron tells a 63 year old patient: ""You're straining too hard, like an old horse teamed with a young one in the shafts. Why not ease off while the grass is still green?"" But easing off is far from easy. And Dr. Cameron's own sixty-fifth birthday is looming.

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