"Dr. Finlay's Casebook Dr. Finlay's Casebook is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by 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. The main characters were Dr. Finlay, the junior partner in the practice, played by Bill Simpson, Dr. Cameron, the craggy senior partner, played by Andrew Cruickshank and Janet, their unflappable housekeeper and receptionist at Arden House, played"
"know them from birth to death and so provide a continuous relationship. The works would later be collected and republished under several titles, including ""Adventures of a Black Bag"", ""Dr. Finlay of Tannochbrae"", ""Further Adventures of a Country Doctor"" and ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"". The stories were used as the basis of the long-running BBC television programme ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"", screened from 1962 to 1971, and radio series of the same name (1970–78). For these productions, the main character was rechristened Dr. Alec Finley, played by Bill Simpson, and made a newly-joined junior partner in the Tannochbrae practice of craggy senior"
"Andrew Cruickshank Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank (25 December 1907 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire29 April 1988 in London) was a Scottish supporting actor, most famous for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in the long-running UK BBC television series ""Dr Finlay's Casebook"", which ran for 191 episodes from 1962 until 1971. Andrew Cruickshank (Junior) was born to Andrew and Mary Cruickshank, and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He was to have entered the profession of civil engineering after completing his education, but instead joined provincial repertory theatres, leading to 1930 roles in ""Othello"" at the Savoy Theatre in London, as Maudelyn in"
"Bill Simpson (actor) William Nicholson Simpson (11 September 193121 December 1986) was a Scottish film and television actor, best remembered for his portrayal of the title role in the long-running BBC TV series ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"". Bill Simpson was born in Dunure, Ayrshire. He began his career as an announcer for BBC Scotland. His only appearance in a movie was as a non-speaking extra (his name was missing from the film credits) playing a bridegroom in the first re-make of John Buchan's story ""The 39 Steps"" (1959), which starred Kenneth More as Richard Hannay. He devoted the rest of his"
"career to television, radio and stage. In 1962, BBC Television adapted Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""The Master of Ballantrae"" in which Simpson played the part of Hastie in six 30 minute episodes. Later that year, he took the role of Mr. Ogilvie in ""Appearance in Court"", an episode of the popular BBC police drama, ""Z Cars"". On 16 August 1962, the BBC began broadcasting its long-running Scottish medical drama, ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"", with an episode called ""It's All in the Mind"". Simpson played the title role, Dr. Alan Finlay, and was supported by Andrew Cruickshank as Dr. Cameron, his older"
"Frank Finlay Francis Finlay, (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016), known as Frank Finlay, was an English stage, film and television actor. He was Oscar-nominated for his supporting role in Olivier's 1965 film of ""Othello"" and got his first leading role on television in 1971 as ""Casanova"", which led to appearances on ""The Morecambe and Wise Show"". He also appeared in the controversial drama ""Bouquet of Barbed Wire"". Finlay was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, the son of Josiah Finlay, a butcher, and Margaret Finlay. He was educated at St Gregory the Great School, but left at the age of"
"Callander, near Menteith, Scotland and the couple bought a house there, called ""Tamavoid"". They divorced just four years later, having had no children. In the year leading up to his second marriage, to Tracy Reed on 17 April 1974, she gave birth to their first daughter, Kelly. They went on to have a second girl named Katy, born in 1975. The couple divorced in 1982. Bill Simpson (actor) William Nicholson Simpson (11 September 193121 December 1986) was a Scottish film and television actor, best remembered for his portrayal of the title role in the long-running BBC TV series ""Dr. Finlay's"
"Morley produced the long-running BBC television series ""Dr Finlay's Casebook"", followed by two other drama series in the early 1970s, ""Brett"" and ""The Regiment"". These were his last work for the BBC. In the 1970s he worked for the commercial station Associated Television, and in 1980 he directed a few episodes of the soap opera ""Crossroads"". As well as his television work, Morley directed Pirandello's play, ""Six Characters in Search of an Author"" at the Arts Theatre in 1954, and the 1961 cinema film, ""Attempt to Kill"", based on an Edgar Wallace detective story. Morley died on 14 October 1991"
"The BBC series ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"" (1962–1971) is an early example of another common variant of the genre in which a medical practice is used as a focus for stories detailing the life of a (usually small) community. The long running Australian series ""A Country Practice"" (1981–1993) is a later example of this subgenre. From 1969 to 1976, the series ""Marcus Welby, M.D."" and ""Medical Center"" were extremely popular for their both orthodox and unorthodox way of presenting medical cases. In 1972, the long-running series, ""Emergency!"", starring Robert Fuller and Julie London, was the first medical drama ever to combine"
"Ken Finkleman Ken Finkleman (born 1946) is a Canadian television and film writer, producer and actor. Finkleman was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In Canada, Finkleman is best known as the writer, creator and producer of the CBC Television series ""The Newsroom"", in which he starred as television news producer George Findlay. He later produced a number of other series for Canadian television as well, including ""Married Life"", ""Foolish Heart"", ""Foreign Objects"", ""More Tears"", ""Good Dog"", and ""Good God"". Each of these series also included Findlay as a linking character; according to ""The Globe and Mail"" Finkleman describes Findlay as his"
"the episode entitled ""Strange Partners"" in ""The Invisible Man"" (1958, the series also featured one of his future ""Doctor Who"" co-stars, Deborah Watling, as Sally), Phineus in ""Jason and the Argonauts"" (1963), Quilp in ""The Old Curiosity Shop"" (1962), ""Paul of Tarsus"" (BBC 1960, title role), ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"" (BBC 1962, semi-regular). He voiced Winston Smith in a 1965 BBC Home Service radio adaptation of ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"". Prior to ""Doctor Who"" he appeared in numerous TV shows, including ""The Count of Monte Cristo"", ""Ivanhoe"", ""Dial 999"", ""Danger Man"", ""Maigret"", ""Compact"", ""The Third Man"", ""Crane"", ""Detective"", ""Sherlock Holmes"", ""No Hiding Place"","
"in Weybridge, Surrey, England, aged 89, from heart failure after an unspecified illness. Frank Finlay Francis Finlay, (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016), known as Frank Finlay, was an English stage, film and television actor. He was Oscar-nominated for his supporting role in Olivier's 1965 film of ""Othello"" and got his first leading role on television in 1971 as ""Casanova"", which led to appearances on ""The Morecambe and Wise Show"". He also appeared in the controversial drama ""Bouquet of Barbed Wire"". Finlay was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, the son of Josiah Finlay, a butcher, and Margaret Finlay. He was"
"partner Dr. Cameron, played by Andrew Cruickshank, with Janet, their unflappable housekeeper and receptionist at Arden House, played by Barbara Mullen. Dr. Finlay returned to television with the ITV series, ""Doctor Finlay"", continuing the stories into the late 1940s, which featured David Rintoul as Dr. Finlay, Ian Bannen as Dr. Cameron, and Annette Crosbie as Janet. It later aired in the U.S. on PBS' ""Masterpiece Theatre"". The characters made their return to radio in 2001, when BBC Radio 4 broadcast the six-episode series, ""Dr. Finley: Adventures of a Black Bag"", set in Levenford, with John Gordon Sinclair voicing Dr. Finlay,"
"and ""Innocent Sinners"". She also played a notable role in the 1942 film version of Robert Ardrey's ""Thunder Rock"" as Ellen Kirby, the feminist who is jailed for her subversive ideas. She was married to documentary film-maker John Taylor, ""Man of Aran""'s cameraman, and they had two daughters, Briged and Susannah. She appeared on television in America and Britain in programmes such as ""Juno and the Paycock"" and ""The Danny Thomas Show"" before being offered the role in ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"", which began on the BBC in 1962. Her character, Janet McPherson, was the ever-efficient housekeeper to Doctors Finlay and"
"He also created the offbeat 1984 sitcom ""Lame Ducks"". In the 1980s and 1990s, Hammond wrote for popular ITV police/detective shows ""The Gentle Touch"", ""The Bill"" and ""Wycliffe"", as well as for ""Doctor Finlay"", the new production of the 1960s BBC series ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"". He returned to the science fiction genre by writing an episode of the 1998 Sky One series ""Space Island One"", although his episode was ultimately one of those that went untransmitted until 2002. Work in the 2000s included many episodes of the popular murder mystery series ""Midsomer Murders"". He is best known for the creation"
"Stephen Finlay Stephen Finlay (30 November 1956 – 14 February 2004) was an English actor, writer and artist. He trained as an artist at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and then as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He is the son of actor Frank Finlay. Film and television credits include; The Jokers, AD, What Is The Capital of Madagascar?, The Pleasure Principal, Return of the Soldier, Sons and Lovers, The Pickwick Papers, Coriolanus, Elizabeth Alone and The Bill. In the theatre, Stephen appeared in Nicholas Nickleby for the Royal Shakespeare Company,"
"Finlay was born on 1 September 1840 to James Finlay (died 13/5/1849) and Isabella White. He had 4 brothers, John (1830-1854), Alexander (1833-1895), James (1836-1910) and William Neilson (1842-1903). John died aged 23 in Malta when on a trip to the Holy Land. Alexander was a Seascape Painter. James was a GP in Helensburgh when A J Cronin (writer of Dr. Finlay's Casbook) was in his youth in Helensburgh. In Aug 1878 in Marylebone, London David married Catherine Mary Thompson, daughter of the shipowner, Stephen Thompson. They had four sons and four daughters viz. Ronald Stephen (1879-1884), Brenda Mary (1880-1952),"
"help patients manage their conditions. Fiona Finlay (producer) Fiona Finlay (born 1956 in London) is an English TV /film producer and writer. She received a BAFTA (1995) for her TV production of Jane Austen’s ""Persuasion"" and the Documentaries Special Prize at the Prix Italia 1994 and the 1st Mental Health in the Media Award for ""Black Daisies for the Bride"", a television film written by international poet Tony Harrison about Alzheimer's Disease. Finlay graduated with a degree in English Literature from the University of Leicester and gained a post graduate diploma in Theatre Studies from the University of Cardiff. She"
"Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, (11 July 1842 – 9 March 1929), known as Sir Robert Finlay from 1895 to 1916, was a British lawyer, doctor and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Finlay was born at Cherry Bank in Newhaven, Edinburgh, the son of William Finlay, a physician, and Ann, daughter of Robert Bannatyne. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, graduating in medicine in 1864. After entering Middle Temple as a student in 1865, Finlay was called to the bar two years later and built up a"
"""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"" were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 with some of the same actors from the television programme. Twenty episodes were broadcast on BBC 7 in the autumn of 2003 and have been repeated annually since. In 2001 and 2002, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a version of the original Cronin stories using the titles, ""The Adventures of a Black Bag"" and ""Doctor Finlay – Further Adventures of a Black Bag""; these have been rebroadcast by BBC 7. The adaptations are set in Levenford, the original setting chosen by Cronin, rather than Tannochbrae. The role of Dr. Finlay was played"
"Barbara Mullen Barbara Mullen (9 June 1914, Boston, Massachusetts – 9 March 1979, London, England) was an American actress well known in the UK for playing the part of Janet McPherson, the housekeeper in ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"". Although the role of Janet brought her fame in later years, she already had made her mark in the theatre. Mullen's parents, Pat and Bridget, were from a fishing family on Inishmore island off the coast of County Galway, Ireland. The family had emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, where Mullen was born. She made her stage debut as a dancer at the age of"
"old lady gradually driving her downstairs neighbour mad by throwing water out of her window every few minutes. Way died in London in 1993. Ann Way Ann Way (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an English character actress in film and television. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Dundee in the 1960s. Her petite build and distinctively deep-set eyes saw her frequently typecast as a stereotypically dotty or timid and mouse-like spinster. She nonetheless appeared in a wide range of roles, including the television series ""Dr Finlay's Casebook"", ""Emmerdale Farm"" where she played"
"works of permanent value, alike for its literary style and the depth and insight of its historical views. It was re-issued in 1877 as ""A History of Greece from the Roman Conquest to the Present Time"" (146 BC to 1864). Confusion arising from a work of Thomas Moore on the life of Byron which refers to his uncle by full name but Finlay only by surname, lead to some of his exploits being ascribed to a putative brother Kirkman Finlay. George Finlay George Finlay (Faversham, Kent, 21 December 1799 – Athens, 26 January 1875) was a Scottish historian. Finlay was"
"Fiona Finlay (producer) Fiona Finlay (born 1956 in London) is an English TV /film producer and writer. She received a BAFTA (1995) for her TV production of Jane Austen’s ""Persuasion"" and the Documentaries Special Prize at the Prix Italia 1994 and the 1st Mental Health in the Media Award for ""Black Daisies for the Bride"", a television film written by international poet Tony Harrison about Alzheimer's Disease. Finlay graduated with a degree in English Literature from the University of Leicester and gained a post graduate diploma in Theatre Studies from the University of Cardiff. She was awarded a Distinction in"
"William Finlay, 2nd Viscount Finlay William Finlay, 2nd Viscount Finlay, (15 October 1875 – 30 June 1945) was a British judge and peer who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1938 to 1945. The son of Lord Chancellor Finlay, Finlay's rapid rise to professional prominence was accompanied by accusations of nepotism, though his competence was not questioned. He was also known for his reports on the English legal aid system and his work on the prosecution of German war crimes after the Second World War. Finlay was born in London, the son of the Scottish lawyer Robert Finlay"
"the leading role of Bathsheba Everdene in a BBC radio dramatisation of ""Far From the Madding Crowd"". She died, aged 86, in Westminster, London. Curigwen Lewis Curigwen Lewis (1 November 1905 – 17 February 1992) was a Welsh actress of stage and screen. She was born in Llandrindod Wells as Martha Curigwen Lewis. In 1939 she married actor Andrew Cruickshank, with whom she appeared in two episodes of ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"". The couple had two children. She was a leading lady with the Birmingham Repertory Company and the Old Vic Company. Her television work included ""Choir Practice"" (1949) and ""Pride"
"during 1958. Joining BBC Television in 1962, he was responsible for ""Dr Finlay's Casebook"" as producer and director for a time before being given responsibility for ""Theatre 625"" on the new BBC 2. Becoming the producer of ""Play of the Month"" in 1966 he supervised more than 80 productions until 1977, and also produced opera for television. In 1975, while on location at Glamis Castle for a ""Play of the Month"" production of ""The Little Minister"" by J. M. Barrie, Messina thought he had found the ideal location for Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"", an idea which soon grew to"
"Ian Finlay (art historian) William Ian Robertson Finlay, CBE, FRSA (1906–1995) was a Scottish art historian, museum director and writer. Born in Auckland, New Zealand on 2 December 1906, Finlay grew up in Scotland and attended the Edinburgh Academy. He later studied at Edinburgh University and started working for the Royal Scottish Museum in 1932 where he worked for 39 years, eventually directing the museum from 1961 to 1971. In addition, Finlay was the secretary of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland from 1953 to 1961. After leaving the Royal Scottish Museum in 1971, he joined the Royal Scottish"
"partner at the Arden House surgery in Tannochbrae, and Barbara Mullen as their housekeeper, Janet. With locations at Callander in Stirling, Scotland, the show ran for eight seasons, the final episode, ""The Burgess Ticket"", being shown on 3 January 1971. Simpson also starred in 104 audio episodes of the A. J. Cronin story, made by BBC Radio 4, from 1970 to 1975. After ""Dr. Finlay"" finished its television run, Simpson continued to work for the BBC, and in 1973 took a role as MacNair in the Scottish independence drama series ""Scotch on the Rocks"", which was broadcast over five 40"
"Jon Finch Jon Finch (2 March 1942 – 28 December 2012) was an English stage and film actor who became well known for his Shakespearean roles. Most notably, he starred in films for directors Roman Polanski (""Macbeth"", 1971) and Alfred Hitchcock (""Frenzy"", 1972). Finch was born on 2 March 1942, in the town of Caterham in Surrey, and was the son of a merchant banker. Between 1950 and 1960 Finch was educated at Caterham School, an independent school in his hometown of Caterham in Surrey. Upon leaving school he turned down the offer of a place at the London School"
"Ernest Dudley Ernest Dudley (23 July 1908 – 1 February 2006) was an English actor, dramatist, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. The actor and scriptwriter Ernest Dudley was the creator of the hit BBC radio crime series ""Dr Morelle"" and also the television series ""The Armchair Detective"". The ""Dr Morelle"" — ‘the man you love to hate!’ — series which was hugely popular during the 1940s and 1950s and originally starred Dennis Arundell in the title role. In the fifties the role was given to Cecil Parker, who co-starred with Sheila Sim. He was born Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen, in Dudley, Worcestershire,"
"Ernest Dudley Ernest Dudley (23 July 1908 – 1 February 2006) was an English actor, dramatist, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. The actor and scriptwriter Ernest Dudley was the creator of the hit BBC radio crime series ""Dr Morelle"" and also the television series ""The Armchair Detective"". The ""Dr Morelle"" — ‘the man you love to hate!’ — series which was hugely popular during the 1940s and 1950s and originally starred Dennis Arundell in the title role. In the fifties the role was given to Cecil Parker, who co-starred with Sheila Sim. He was born Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen, in Dudley, Worcestershire,"
"musical comedian George Formby. Fleming's later career included appearances in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s such as ""Fabian of the Yard"", ""Hancock's Half Hour"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"", ""The Forsyte Saga"" and ""The Prisoner"". Ian Fleming (actor) Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes. He also essayed a number of supporting roles in many"