Dr. Finlay's Casebook

A Time For Laughing

Meg McBain, the stock-breeder's wife, gives birth to a son. But who is the father? Is it McBain, or could it be the ca

Clean Sweep

The 'dirty Fergusons' live like pigs and seem happy to do so. But by doing so they offend against Alan Finlay's strict

The Heat Of The Moment

Cup, Hands Or Cards

Dr. Cameron is concerned at the sudden increase in the number of women coming to the surgery with serious diseases. Soo

A Time For Discretion

Alice, Where Art Thou?

Ride In a Wheelchair

A Questionable Practice

Odds On Johnny

The Face Saver

Young Elsie comes out in spots, and for Alan Finlay the root cause is quite clear. It must be the unsatisfactory emotio

Room For Doubt

Possessed Of Devils

Cry Wolf

The Deep End

To the grocers of Tannochbrae George Harris is simply a commercial traveller who sells biscuits. But to Debbie Wilson h

The Polygraph

A Present From Father

It's Hogmanay in Tannochbrae. The two doctors at Arden House are busy and have also taken over Dr. Snoddie's practice w

A Test Of Intelligence

Charlie Is My Darlin'

My Late Dear Husband

Braeside is Tannochbrae's most select residential hotel for elderly gentlefolk. The unexpected arrival of Colonel Cayle

The Whit Hunter

The Whole Truth

When Denny Drummond loses his eyesight in a rock-blasting accident it appears that the local quarry company is to blame.

A Shot In The Arm

Dr. Cameron is called out urgently to find his patient, Roderick McDougall, unconscious on the floor. He is baffled as

A Matter Of Proof

Tannochbrae's librarian, Thomas Fordyce, has problems of a very personal nature, complicated by an assistant at the libr

A Call From Cogger

Urged on by Dr. Cameron, Dr. Finlay joins the golf club and meets a club member whose chronic hypochondria is matched on

A Man May Drink

Local tenant farmer Graham Mackenzie, once considered to be an intelligent and pleasant man, has now taken to drink, to

The Big Fight

Ben Hogan, out of work for a very long time, is offered a job as a sparring partner in a fairground boxing booth - much

Stranger In Town

The Yellow Streak

When a baby is abandoned outside Arden House it provokes typically different reactions in the household. For Janet the

Without The City

The Aristocrats

The Spirit Of Dr. McGregor

Dr Finlay's ideas for smartening up the décor of Arden House include the removal of a picture of Dr McGregor, the late

Mortal Sin

The Hallelujah Stakes

As it is elsewhere in Scotland in the 1920's, the war between the 'wets' and the 'drys' is a hard-fought affair. The lo

Short Of A Miracle

Doctors Finlay and Cameron are not burying their heads in the sand when it comes to new techniques, but they reserve the

The True Lochiel

The Old Indomitable

The Red Herring

A suspected case of salmonella leads Dr. Snoddie, as local Medical Officer of Health, to seal up a well used by a number

The Confrontation

Dear Doctor

The Doctor Cried

Dr. Finlay is sorely troubled by a situation that runs out of control. Two boys inquisitively exploring his car, the di

The Control Group

Alan Findlay runs into trouble when he is asked by the Ministry of Health to organise a free milk experiment at the loca

The Raiders

Roddy Munro is the envy of every lad in Tannochbrae. After giving up his clerical job it is the day of his first match

The Eternal Spring

On a fishing expedition Dr. Finlay makes an unusual 'catch' when he attends to a stranger hurt in a fall. His patient i

A Right To Live

When Finlay delivers a baby at the Cottage Hospital the result is entirely unexpected and he finds himself up against tw

The Bull Call

When Alan Finlay is persuaded to act as midwife to a prize cow his act of kindness to a dumb animal provokes the wrath o

Devils Dozen

Problems in one of the two local bakehouses have Drs. Finlay and Cameron taking a strictly professional interest in a ba

Charity, Dr. Finlay

Laughing Gas

The meanest man in Tannochbrae is Mr. Cogger. When Dr. Finlay is called out to visit Cogger's housekeeper he finds that

The Gate Of The Year

Off The Hook

Alan Finlay has been attending a course in medical hypnotism. Though Dr. Cameron refuses to let him try out his new kno

The Next Provost But One

All seem set for Henry MacAlpine to be elected Treasurer of the Burgh Council, just one step away from almost certain ap

Soon Or Late

Old Mr. Lennox, a retired university lecturer, has been smitten with an incurable and painful disease. He hints to Dr.

The Good Fisherman

A new minister, the Rev. Craig, arrives in Tannochbrae. A keen angler, he and Dr. Finlay appear to have a lot in common

A Little Learning

Lucy Burns, a new young teacher at the local school, is giving the dominie Mr. Miller an uneasy time. Matters come to a

Belle

Dr. Finlay discovers that a sixteen year old girl has had an illegal operation, but she won't name the person who carrie

In Committee

Another Opinion

An outbreak of measles means extra work for Dr. Finlay, and Dr. Snoddie adds to the burden by demanding that the relevan

The Spinster

Medical Finance

Doctors Finlay and Cameron are faced with the annual problem of sorting out their financial affairs. Cameron is far too

Beware Of The Dog

Alan Finlay and local vet Lewis Gilbride team up when a local farmer shoots an Alsatian dog which has all the symptoms o

Doctor's Lines

The Deceivers

The End Of The Season

A Woman's Work

The Immortal Memory

An Evening Out

An upper-crust English girl falls for Dr. Finlay.

The Phantom Piper Of Tannochbrae

Lord Moorcroft is trying to persuade the Council to put up a memorial to the fallen of the 1914-18 war. But there is a

The Champion

Kevin McDonald is Tannochbrae's shot-putting hope for the Highland Games. He is big, handsome and good-natured, but som

The Draper Of Dumfries

Robert Finlay visits his son Alan at Tannochbrae for the first time. Left to his own devices for much of the time he fo

The Longest Visit

Alan Finlay is a poor sailor. So when he is called out to visit old Strachan, the lighthouse keeper, who has spiked his

Body And Soul

Angus Hendry, like many others in Tannochbrae, has been out of work for three years. The partners at Arden House each h

The Vision

Miss Letitia

They Do It In Africa

Jamie looks to young Willie Kemp to help him over his bout of crematorium melancholia.

The Anxious Man

Hear No Evil

The General

Free Medicine

Dr. Finlay dreams of a free National Health Service, but Dr. Cameron is sceptical and fears the extra workload free heal

The Seniority Rule

The depression of the late 1920's was a time of sacrifice. Sacrifice for food, for principle and for solidarity.

A Matter Of Confidence

Peter MacNab is a medical student of great promise who for one reason or another seems to have lost all confidence in hi

For Services Rendered

There are times when a private patient is more trouble than he's worth. Not many would dispute a doctor's moral right t

To Err Is Human

When Willie Campbell returns after supposedly serving in the Army in India he finds that his wife Jeannie has given birt

Better Safe Than Sorry

Hugh Armitage decides to stay at Lochend Guest House for a nice long holiday because of its reputation as ""one of the h

O Sole Mio

John MacEwan, one time concert singer and now professional loafer, comes into conflict with Aldo Narduzzi, an amateur op

No Subsidy For Sin

Annie Laurie sets the tongues of Tannochbrae wagging when she takes in Willie Gillespie as a lodger.

Kate And Robert

Dr. Cameron and Dr. Finlay successfully deliver Kate Sinclair's first child. Later Finlay warns Kate and her husband th

Written With The Left Hand

A Settled Man

Crusade

School doctor Fay Beresford targets the primitive toilet facilities at the local school, which she insists must be repla

The Legacy

Janet is preoccupied: it is the jam making season. Hordes of small boys are beating a path to Arden House bartering old

The Decision

The Uninvited Guest

A girl is thrown from her horse and knocked unconscious trying to cross a river in which Alan Finlay is fishing. When s

The Gifts Of The Magi

Former radio producer Alison Bell goes talent hunting for the Cottage Hospital's children's Christmas party. Alas, tale

Resolution

The Comical Lad

Under The Hammer

Jeannie Cranston, an overweight teenager, is a worry to Dr. Cameron. Food is her obsession: though supposedly on a diet

The Masterpiece

An artist causes a flutter in the Arden House dovecote.

Who Made You?

Bird Seed And Begonias

The arrest of Fergus Lammerton starts a chain of events that brings Dr. Finlay hastening back from London.

The Greatest Burden

The Forgotten Enemy

It's four legs and not two that cause considerable trouble for the partners at Arden House.

Possessed

Life Of A Salesman

Over My Dead Body

A Penny Saved

Call In Cameron

The Sons Of The Hounds

A Question Of Conflict

Advertising Matter

A Happy Release

Safety In Numbers

Criss-Cross

Dr. Finlay concentrates on the case of a nervous novelist. Dr. Cameron tries his hand as an amateur electrician and Jan

The Emotional Factor

Motoring to stately Walton House to see a new patient Dr. Finlay 'rescues' Barbara Davidson from a herd of Highland catt

Come Back, Little Willie

Time Past - Time Future

Buy Now - Pay Later

Accidents Never Happen

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

Random Sample

Tell Me True

Persons Unknown

It's The System

Death Is A Colony

The McTavish Bequest

The McTavish Bequest, a relic from Victorian days, was set up to provide for the ""moral improvement of the poor and the

Unfit To Marry

The Public Patient

A Moral Problem

The Cheats

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

Conscience Clause

A baby dies after Dr. Finlay persuades the mother to let him vaccinate her child. Meanwhile Craig, a Tannochbrae J.P.,

The Dynamiser

The North Side Of Ben Vorlich

Dr. Finlay, after rising to an emergency while assisting a consultant surgeon in an operation, feels a renewal of the ol

Out Of The Blue

The Equilibrium

Is There Anybody There? Said The Traveller

For Richer, For Poorer

Sweet Sorrow

Scots Wha Hae

To Janet - A Son

The patter of tiny feet is suddenly heard in Arden House. Doctors Cameron and Finlay attempt to help Janet cope by feed

The Visitation

Miss Seymour is the headmistress of a boarding school for the daughters of gentlemen. She has strong ideas about discip

The Honours List

There is justice in the world - at least Janet and Dr. Finlay think so - when it is announced that Dr. Cameron is to rec

The Times We Live In

Young and attractive Clare Simmons, who is the pianist at the local cinema, is on her way home from work. As she quickl

Pastures New

Mistress Niven, the local gossip and an unqualified nurse, is about to run into serious trouble with Dr. Finlay for enda

The Greatest Of These Is Charity

When the Reverend John Scott becomes the target for abuse and calls for his dismissal by the townsfolk, old friend Dr. C

A Man Of Parts

In 1931, as today, outbreaks of violence were a disturbing social problem. Finlay sees it as a direct result of inadequ

A Dove In The Nest

When a qualified District Nurse arrives in Tannochbrae, Mistress Niven realises her own job may be in jeopardy and does

Big Ben

One of the major issues of today is discrimination and when the wife of a dwarf is involved in an accident it is soon ev

The Barrier

Janet is behaving a little out of character, showing irritation over even the slightest triviality. Unfortunately Camer

The Rat Race

In 1931, as today, one could not help being politically conscious and Dr. Finlay is no exception - as Janet and Dr. Came

Put Your Cross Here

Dr. Finlay is a candidate in the forthcoming by-election. With only a few weeks to go his canvass returns show he is ma

The Stick Of The Rocket

After his defeat in the by-election Dr. Finlay is not his usual self. It may be that he is just run down, but when he i

Fresh Worlds

Dr. Finlay receives an offer of an appointment at a London clinic, initially for a one month trial period, and as things

Conquest

As the days go by at his new post in a London clinic things run pretty smoothly until Finlay disagrees with Dr. Maddock

The Facts Of Life

Dr. Finlay has received an offer to become medical superintendent of a fashionable London nursing home. At first Dr. Ca

Single Or Return

Among the passengers on the London to Perth midday express is Dr. Finlay. Like several of his travelling companions he

Oak, Mahogany Or Walnut

When Tannochbrae's undertaker James Gibson finds convincing evidence that he himself is shortly to join the clients who

The Call

Dr. Finlay, like most medical men, has no time for faith healers. But when one of them, Andrew Telfer, arrives in Tanno

Lack Of Communication

Silence reigns supreme in Arden House. Neither doctor is talking to the other and it is left to Janet to try and bring

Monstrous Regiment

For a long time Dr. Snoddie has been trying to find a way of getting rid of his assistant Dr. Coutts. When he finds tha

Blood and State

Sgt. Gilbey is on holiday and unfortunately his replacement Sgt. renfrew is a stickler for regulations. When he finds D

Action, Dr. Cameron

A medical documentary film is being made in Tannochbrae. This causes a great deal of excitement locally, and when Camer

The Will To Live

When Janet takes a holiday in the Hebrides the partners at Arden House find themselves having to take care of domestic p

The Evangelist

The arrival of Brother Jonas Jackson, a touring hell-fire and brimstone evangelist has immediate repercussions in Tannoc

The Cheap Departed

When Dr. Cameron is followed on his rounds by a perpetually smiling young man he is puzzled. But the young man's motive

Opportunity And Inclination

When Peggy Davidson, the wife of a wealthy newspaper owner, returns to Tannochbrae Dr. Cameron is deeply concerned. Whe

A Late Spring

Dr. Cameron is afraid his partner means to leave him again: he's showing his usual alarming symptons of spring fever. C

Dead Fall

An accidental fall on to a stone floor and a baby is dead. The possibility that it was no accident is something that Ca

Comin' Thro' The Rye

Dr. Finlay is concerned, and rightly so, when Dr. Cameron doesn't sleep at night, drives his car like a lunatic and tell

The Builders

It's natural for a man to retire to the town of his childhood. But a vital, energetic man like Elliot, former Governor

Not Qualified

Kate Dobbie complains of palpitations and of not being able to sleep at night. She is also frightened of dying. But Dr

Snares And Pitfalls

When Annie Dougan claims she has been attacked by a man Mistress Niven is convinced she is lying and Dr. Finlay is uncer

Dorrity

When her father dies Dorrity is left all alone in a bothy in the hills. Dr. Cameron feels sorry for the girl and invite

Winter's Traces

The Honeypot

Rich Americans can be very determined...

Made For Each Other

Home to Tannochbrae after five years away and young Ian Webster finds everyone against him. Except Jess, his girl frien

A Good Prospect

Eric Calder is a very clever young amateur boxer. But is he good enough to stay three rounds with the booth boxer in th

Responsibilities

David Hamil has devoted his life to his dead wife's wish that their son should become a doctor. The boy is studying har

Dust

Itself And Friend

When Bob Dewar wants a loan from the bank to open a garage Dr. Finlay decides to act as guarantor. But Dr. Cameron, alt

A Question Of Values

The Burgess Ticket

Dr. Cameron tells a 63 year old patient: ""You're straining too hard, like an old horse teamed with a young one in the s