Dr. Finlay's Casebook (Season 6)

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast 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.

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    Criss-Cross (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1967-10-02

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Dr. Finlay concentrates on the case of a nervous novelist. Dr. Cameron tries his hand as an amateur electrician and Janet risks the fearful consequences.

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    The Emotional Factor (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1967-10-09

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Motoring to stately Walton House to see a new patient Dr. Finlay 'rescues' Barbara Davidson from a herd of Highland cattle. Their mutual attraction causes Dr. Cameron and Janet some concern.

  • Poster for Come Back, Little Willie

    Come Back, Little Willie (Episode 3)

    Writer: Dick Sharples

    Air date: 1967-10-16

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Time Past - Time Future

    Time Past - Time Future (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1967-10-23

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Buy Now - Pay Later

    Buy Now - Pay Later (Episode 5)

    Writer: N.J. Crisp

    Air date: 1967-10-30

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Accidents Never Happen

    Accidents Never Happen (Episode 6)

    Writer: Elaine Morgan

    Air date: 1967-11-06

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Dr. Finlay finds that he has little to smile about when he returns to Arden House from a call on a patient.

  • Poster for Random Sample

    Random Sample (Episode 7)

    Writer: Pat Dunlop

    Air date: 1967-11-13

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Tell Me True

    Tell Me True (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1967-11-20

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Persons Unknown

    Persons Unknown (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1967-11-27

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for It's The System

    It's The System (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1967-12-04

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Death Is A Colony

    Death Is A Colony (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1967-12-11

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for The McTavish Bequest

    The McTavish Bequest (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1967-12-18

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: The McTavish Bequest, a relic from Victorian days, was set up to provide for the ""moral improvement of the poor and their decent Christian burial"". Finlay replaces Cameron on the committee and tries to get things changed to provide for the poor while they're still alive.

  • Poster for Unfit To Marry

    Unfit To Marry (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1967-12-24

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for The Public Patient

    The Public Patient (Episode 14)

    Air date: 1967-12-31

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for A Moral Problem

    A Moral Problem (Episode 15)

    Air date: 1968-01-07

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for The Cheats

    The Cheats (Episode 16)

    Air date: 1968-01-14

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Dr. Finlay is cheated out of first prize in an angling contest by Willie McTaggart, so he decides to teach him a lesson.

  • Poster for Conscience Clause

    Conscience Clause (Episode 17)

    Writer: Elaine Morgan

    Air date: 1968-01-21

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: A baby dies after Dr. Finlay persuades the mother to let him vaccinate her child. Meanwhile Craig, a Tannochbrae J.P., is campaigning against vaccination. The townspeople flock to support Craig - and cross to the other side when Dr. Finlay makes an appearance in the street.

  • Poster for The Dynamiser

    The Dynamiser (Episode 18)

    Air date: 1968-01-28

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for The North Side Of Ben Vorlich

    The North Side Of Ben Vorlich (Episode 19)

    Writer: Pat Dunlop

    Air date: 1968-02-04

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Dr. Finlay, after rising to an emergency while assisting a consultant surgeon in an operation, feels a renewal of the old urge towards the operating theatre. This means a return to medical school. Cameron tries to be impartial, but Janet is openly hostile.

  • Poster for Out Of The Blue

    Out Of The Blue (Episode 20)

    Writer: Pat Dunlop

    Air date: 1968-02-11

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for The Equilibrium

    The Equilibrium (Episode 21)

    Air date: 1968-02-18

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Is There Anybody There? Said The Traveller

    Is There Anybody There? Said The Traveller (Episode 22)

    Writer: Pat Dunlop

    Air date: 1968-02-25

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for For Richer, For Poorer

    For Richer, For Poorer (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1968-03-03

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Sweet Sorrow

    Sweet Sorrow (Episode 24)

    Writer: Pat Dunlop

    Air date: 1968-03-10

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for Scots Wha Hae

    Scots Wha Hae (Episode 25)

    Air date: 1968-03-17

    Runtime: 50 min

  • Poster for To Janet - A Son

    To Janet - A Son (Episode 26)

    Air date: 1968-03-24

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: The patter of tiny feet is suddenly heard in Arden House. Doctors Cameron and Finlay attempt to help Janet cope by feeding, changing, nursing and bathing the baby. But there is a serious clash of opinions about methods of upbringing. For the first time the two doctors realise that bringing up one's 'own' child is rather different from advising mothers how to bring up theirs.

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