Dr. Finlay's Casebook

TV Series
1962–1971
50m

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Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.

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Episodes191

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The show is particularly poorly-preserved in the archives: although the first season survives intact, there are very large gaps in the known holdings. Of the 191 editions, it is thought that only 56 are still known to exist; of these some installments no longer survive in their original format (e.g. there are only monochrome film prints of two color videotaped stories). Only seven of the later episodes exist in color.

Connections
Featured in Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of Television in Scotland: Characters (2012)

Soundtracks
A Little Suite
(series theme tune)
Composed by Trevor Duncan
Performed by The New Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Nat Nyll

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Wonderful series

I had the good luck to see a number of episodes of this series when it aired on the CBC as a summer replacement when I first moved to Canada. It jumped out at me, as being so superior to any drama series that I had ever seen on American television at the time. The series featured a very slim cast of an elderly doctor, his young partner, the landlady in their house/surgery, and the outsider whose medical condition was the subject of that particular drama. Not unlike "All Creatures Great and Small", with a smaller, interior budget, and more articulate patients. Or, at least, as articulate as rural Scots are likely to be to the North American ear.