Based on the characters created by Scots author A.J. Cronin, Doctor Finlay updates the popular series of the 1960s – Doctor Finlay’s Casebook. Set in the 1940s, the series chronicles life in the town of Tannochbrae
as people come to terms with post-war problems and Doctor Finlay prepares to cope with upheaval in his personal and professional life.

Starring David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Jason Flemyng and Ian Bannen.

Episode 1 – Home Truths

Dr Napier is intrigued by an ex-colonial couple recently returned from India who settle in Tannochbrae and refuse to have contact with their mysterious daughter.

Episode 2 – All Jock Tamson’s Bairns

The medic temporarily hangs up his stethoscope to intervene in a confrontation between Irish farm labourers and irate locals who blame them for a typhus outbreak: resolving matters with a combination of tough talking and common sense.

Episode 3 – Days of Grace

Janet’s maternal instincts are aroused by the discovery of a day-old baby abandoned on the doorstep of Arden House.

Episode 4 – A Simple Operation

Dr Finlay stumbles across a murder while on a walking holiday.

Episode 5 – Mercury

A woman becomes convinced she has contracted syphilis from her husband, who indignantly claims he’s never had an
affair: raising suspicions that she is the one who has been unfaithful.

Episode 6 - The Life of Men

A patient’s deathbed murder confession presents Dr Finlay with a crisis of conscience: should he keep a secret entrusted to
him in strictest confidence or see to it that justice is done?

Episode 7 – Still Waters

Dr Cameron and Dr Finlay are given a frosty reception when called in to investigate an outbreak of unusual symptoms among the nuns of a convent in the Tannochbrae area.

Episode 8 - Snowblind

A festive special of the Highland medical drama. Snowdrifts cut off Arden House on the night before Hogmanay, forcing Janet and the doctors to face a long evening huddled in front of a roaring fire. As the hours drag on, tempers wear thin and a few old scores are settled before the crowing cock heralds the dawn.