Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Series 2

40 episodes · Sep 4, 1963

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  • S2E1

    A Time For Laughing

    Sep 5, 196350m

    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 carefree Irish tinker Tim O'Shea?

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  • S2E2

    Clean Sweep

    Sep 12, 196350m

    The 'dirty Fergusons' live like pigs and seem happy to do so. But by doing so they offend against Alan Finlay's strict sense of sanitary propriety. On the other hand Mrs. Elgin and her aged sister live in an atmosphere of pathological cleanliness, and they become Dr. Cameron's reluctant concern.

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  • S2E3

    The Heat Of The Moment

    Sep 19, 196350m
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  • S2E4

    Cup, Hands Or Cards

    Sep 26, 196350m

    Dr. Cameron is concerned at the sudden increase in the number of women coming to the surgery with serious diseases. Soon he begins to wonder if a newcomer to Tannochbrae could have anything to do with it. With the aid of Janet and Dr. Finlay he sets out to investigate.

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  • S2E5

    A Time For Discretion

    Oct 4, 196350m
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  • S2E6

    Alice, Where Art Thou?

    Oct 11, 196350m
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  • S2E7

    Ride In a Wheelchair

    Oct 18, 196350m
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  • S2E8

    A Questionable Practice

    Oct 25, 196350m
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    S2E9

    Odds On Johnny

    Nov 1, 196350m
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  • S2E10

    The Face Saver

    Nov 8, 196350m

    Young Elsie comes out in spots, and for Alan Finlay the root cause is quite clear. It must be the unsatisfactory emotional atmosphere in Elsie's family. Dr. Cameron disagrees, insisting it is something she ate. But whatever their cause these little red marks look like putting a severe strain on the partnership.

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  • S2E11

    Room For Doubt

    Nov 15, 196350m
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  • S2E12

    Possessed Of Devils

    Dec 6, 196350m
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  • S2E13

    Cry Wolf

    Dec 13, 196350m
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  • S2E14

    The Deep End

    Dec 20, 196350m

    To the grocers of Tannochbrae George Harris is simply a commercial traveller who sells biscuits. But to Debbie Wilson he is an unpleasant reminder of the past. When she tries to commit suicide Dr. Cameron, with the help of Janet, tries to unravel the mystery surrounding Harris.

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  • S2E15

    The Polygraph

    Dec 27, 196350m
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  • S2E16

    A Present From Father

    Jan 5, 196450m

    It's Hogmanay in Tannochbrae. The two doctors at Arden House are busy and have also taken over Dr. Snoddie's practice while the latter is away visiting his sister. Dr. Finlay is called in by Robert Ferguson, one of Snoddie's wealthiest patients, who has been taken ill at his family's annual New Year gathering.

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  • S2E17

    A Test Of Intelligence

    Jan 12, 196450m
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  • S2E18

    Charlie Is My Darlin'

    Jan 19, 196450m
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  • S2E19

    My Late Dear Husband

    Jan 26, 196450m

    Braeside is Tannochbrae's most select residential hotel for elderly gentlefolk. The unexpected arrival of Colonel Cayley, former Indian administrator, threatens to upset the whole delicate social balance of the hotel.

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  • S2E20

    The Whit Hunter

    Feb 2, 196450m
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  • S2E21

    The Whole Truth

    Feb 9, 196450m

    When Denny Drummond loses his eyesight in a rock-blasting accident it appears that the local quarry company is to blame. His mother and father start legal proceedings to claim damages. Then Dr. Finlay discovers something that could alter the outcome of the case... if he tells the whole truth.

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  • S2E22

    A Shot In The Arm

    Feb 16, 196450m

    Dr. Cameron is called out urgently to find his patient, Roderick McDougall, unconscious on the floor. He is baffled as to the cause. One curious aspect of the case is that McDougall seems to fall ill only on Tuesdays. Eventually Cameron thinks he has solved the puzzle, but as he proceeds with the case he finds himself in conflict not only with Dr. Snoddie, but with his partner Dr. Finlay as well.

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  • S2E23

    A Matter Of Proof

    Feb 23, 196450m

    Tannochbrae's librarian, Thomas Fordyce, has problems of a very personal nature, complicated by an assistant at the library who tipples and a wife who is a member of the Standfast Brethren.

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  • S2E24

    A Call From Cogger

    Mar 1, 196450m

    Urged on by Dr. Cameron, Dr. Finlay joins the golf club and meets a club member whose chronic hypochondria is matched only by his anxiety for free medical advice.

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  • S2E25

    A Man May Drink

    Mar 8, 196450m

    Local tenant farmer Graham Mackenzie, once considered to be an intelligent and pleasant man, has now taken to drink, to the obvious distress of his wife Nan.

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  • S2E26

    The Big Fight

    Mar 15, 196450m

    Ben Hogan, out of work for a very long time, is offered a job as a sparring partner in a fairground boxing booth - much to Alan Finlay's disapproval, for the doctor has strong views about this sport.

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  • S2E27

    Stranger In Town

    Mar 22, 196450m
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  • S2E28

    The Yellow Streak

    Mar 29, 196450m

    When a baby is abandoned outside Arden House it provokes typically different reactions in the household. For Janet the poor wee mite is an unexpected guest; for Dr. Cameron it is something of a nuisance and for Dr. Finlay it is a problem demanding a solution.

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  • S2E29

    Without The City

    Apr 5, 196450m
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  • S2E30

    The Aristocrats

    Apr 12, 196450m
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  • S2E31

    The Spirit Of Dr. McGregor

    Apr 26, 196450m

    Dr Finlay's ideas for smartening up the décor of Arden House include the removal of a picture of Dr McGregor, the late founder of the practice, to the attic. Dr Cameron and Janet are uneasy, but Dr Finlay sneers at suggestions that the old doctor can influence the present from beyond the grave.

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  • S2E32

    Mortal Sin

    May 3, 196450m
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  • S2E33

    The Hallelujah Stakes

    May 10, 196450m

    As it is elsewhere in Scotland in the 1920's, the war between the 'wets' and the 'drys' is a hard-fought affair. The local leader of the 'wets' is Dougie Mumford, a tough veteran of the Black Watch: the 'drys' are led by doughty little widow Annie Feenan. When she comes into the local pub selling 'War Cry' the insults begin to fly.

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  • S2E34

    Short Of A Miracle

    May 17, 196450m

    Doctors Finlay and Cameron are not burying their heads in the sand when it comes to new techniques, but they reserve their enthusiasm over the success of a certain Dr. Stephens. They have good reasons to make them sceptical and suspicious.

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  • S2E35

    The True Lochiel

    May 24, 196450m
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  • S2E36

    The Old Indomitable

    May 31, 196450m
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  • S2E37

    The Red Herring

    Jun 7, 196450m

    A suspected case of salmonella leads Dr. Snoddie, as local Medical Officer of Health, to seal up a well used by a number of local residents. Dr. Finlay protests at the delay in clearing and reopening the well. But when distinguished specialist Sir James Greig visits Arden House for dinner and is struck down by a severe attack of food poisoning the search for the answer to the problem is widened considerably.

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  • S2E38

    The Confrontation

    Jun 14, 196450m
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  • S2E39

    Dear Doctor

    Jun 21, 196450m
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  • S2E40

    The Doctor Cried

    Jun 28, 196450m

    Dr. Finlay is sorely troubled by a situation that runs out of control. Two boys inquisitively exploring his car, the disappearance of an opthalmoscope - and Finlay finds himself powerless to stop an apparently cruel legal process.

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