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Dr. Finlay's Casebook Season 3

January. 03,1965
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

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.

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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

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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.

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Dr. Finlay's Casebook Season 3 Full Episode Guide

Episode 20 - Beware Of The Dog
First Aired: May. 16,1965

Alan Finlay and local vet Lewis Gilbride team up when a local farmer shoots an Alsatian dog which has all the symptoms of the dreaded disease rabies. There is more concern when it appears that one of Finlay's patients has been bitten by a dog. Is there a connection?

Episode 19 - Medical Finance
First Aired: May. 09,1965

Doctors Finlay and Cameron are faced with the annual problem of sorting out their financial affairs. Cameron is far too easy-going about making his patients pay promptly: Finlay believes in trying to run things on a businesslike basis. But the real bogey man is the local Income Tax Inspector!

Episode 17 - Another Opinion
First Aired: April. 25,1965

An outbreak of measles means extra work for Dr. Finlay, and Dr. Snoddie adds to the burden by demanding that the relevant paperwork is brought up to date immediately. Then Dr. Cameron takes to his bed with what he thinks is measles and Finlay diagnoses as a heavy cold. To make matters worse Finlay is called out urgently to Ian Grant, the greengrocer's son. Not knowing young Grant has deserted from a Military Hospital because the surgeon is going to amputate his leg, Finlay rushes him to the local hospital and calls in a specialist.

Episode 15 - Belle
First Aired: April. 11,1965

Dr. Finlay discovers that a sixteen year old girl has had an illegal operation, but she won't name the person who carried it out. Her father encourages her silence as he fears the shame that the disclosure will bring to his family. Meanwhile Dr. Cameron has to cope with Mrs. Yeldham, pregnant and already with a large family - and a husband who has just been sacked from his job at the local quarry.

Episode 14 - A Little Learning
First Aired: April. 04,1965

Lucy Burns, a new young teacher at the local school, is giving the dominie Mr. Miller an uneasy time. Matters come to a head when she tries to have a family of tinkers enrolled at the school. But Miller is not the only one worried over Miss Burns. Young Dr. Finlay has his concerns as well.

Episode 13 - The Good Fisherman
First Aired: March. 28,1965

A new minister, the Rev. Craig, arrives in Tannochbrae. A keen angler, he and Dr. Finlay appear to have a lot in common at first. But in dealing with the problems of bedridden widower Tom Farquhar and his daughter Betty their temperaments and views of life come into opposition.

Episode 12 - Soon Or Late
First Aired: March. 21,1965

Old Mr. Lennox, a retired university lecturer, has been smitten with an incurable and painful disease. He hints to Dr. Cameron that he would welcome an 'accident, but naturally Cameron has to remain deaf to any such suggestion. However, Lennox has a housekeeper, Maggie Rankin, who is deeply devoted to him. Overworked and under intense emotional strain she has to watch him suffer needless agony.

Episode 11 - The Next Provost But One
First Aired: March. 14,1965

All seem set for Henry MacAlpine to be elected Treasurer of the Burgh Council, just one step away from almost certain appointment as the next Provost. But he is involved in a car crash in unusual circumstances - a situation which presents Dr. Finlay with one of the most difficult decisions of his life.

Episode 10 - Off The Hook
First Aired: March. 07,1965

Alan Finlay has been attending a course in medical hypnotism. Though Dr. Cameron refuses to let him try out his new knowledge on his asthma, but Finlay soon gets the chance when treating Hilda, daughter of the local pawnbroker Henry Brown. But he comes across much deeper problems than he expected.

Episode 8 - Laughing Gas
First Aired: February. 21,1965

The meanest man in Tannochbrae is Mr. Cogger. When Dr. Finlay is called out to visit Cogger's housekeeper he finds that her trouble is an ailment of the pay-packet. He gives her cheeseparing employer a simple piece of advice.

Episode 6 - Devils Dozen
First Aired: February. 07,1965

Problems in one of the two local bakehouses have Drs. Finlay and Cameron taking a strictly professional interest in a batch of twelve twopenny mutton pies which have caused a good deal of trouble in Tannochbrae.

Episode 5 - The Bull Call
First Aired: January. 31,1965

When Alan Finlay is persuaded to act as midwife to a prize cow his act of kindness to a dumb animal provokes the wrath of local vet Lewis Gilbride. In no time at all there is a state of war between Gilbride and Arden House and it takes a spot of quiet detective work by Dr. Cameron to restore peace.

Episode 4 - A Right To Live
First Aired: January. 24,1965

When Finlay delivers a baby at the Cottage Hospital the result is entirely unexpected and he finds himself up against two dilemmas in quick succession. How can he aid a mother who refuses to be aided, and has he or has he not a case of murder on his hands?

Episode 3 - The Eternal Spring
First Aired: January. 17,1965

On a fishing expedition Dr. Finlay makes an unusual 'catch' when he attends to a stranger hurt in a fall. His patient is Anthony Hay, a well-known London actor staying in Tannochbrae to rest, so he says. But there is something about him that arouses Finlay's suspicions. And why is Hay's wife so anxious to keep him away from doctors?

Episode 2 - The Raiders
First Aired: January. 10,1965

Roddy Munro is the envy of every lad in Tannochbrae. After giving up his clerical job it is the day of his first match as a professional footballer and the Tannochbrae United Supporters' Club are away in force to Kinleven to cheer him on. An added incentive for Roddy is the news that several of the bigger English clubs are sending scouts to watch him. There is just one snag - and it is Dr. Finlay, himself a keen supporter of the local team, who spots it and becomes involved in a most unprofessional piece of work.

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