"Dr. Finlay's Casebook" (1962) TV series 1962-1971

Creator:

A.J. Cronin

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

16 August 1962 (UK)

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Bill Simpson	...	Dr. Finlay (191 episodes, 1962-1971)
Andrew Cruickshank	...	Dr. Cameron (191 episodes, 1962-1971)
Barbara Mullen	...	Janet MacPherson (191 episodes, 1962-1971)

Runtime:

50 min (191 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Arden House, Bracklinn Road, Callander, Stirling, Scotland, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Between March 1970 and December 1978, the three main actors (plus various supporting cast members) recreated their roles in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the series. For the first six series, TV scripts were cut down and adapted for the half-hour running time; from 1976 a further forty were specially written for the final three runs. As with the parent television series, the survival rate is very hit-and-miss.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Comedy Connections: One Foot in the Grave (#5.1)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

A Little Suite

Wonderful medical series

I first saw this when I was a trainee nurse in Timaru Public Hospital in the 60s.I think I learned more watching the series than I did in the class room!There was a particularly memorable episode in which Dr Cameron is poisoned from mouldy Rye and hallucinates.The three principal actors are consistently brilliant and the memory of this series is so strong that I have been unable to watch the remake.If you can get to see any episodes don't miss them! The tension between Cameron and Findlay over the emerging new science of Psychiatry is wonderful, as the series is set before and then during WW2. The title music and the accents and voices of the principals are firmly in my memory although I have not see an episode for 30yrs.This is classic BBc and as relevant today as it was 40yrs ago.