"Brian Pettifer as Dr. Cameron, Katy Murphy as Janet, and a recurring role of nurse Peggy Angus played by Sharon Small. This was followed by two series of ""Dr. Finley: Further Adventures of a Black Bag"" in 2002 and 2003, with Sinclair and Pettifer joined by Celia Imrie as Janet, and Stella Gonet as Nurse Angus. Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled ""Country Doctor"" and in several subsequent short stories published in ""Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan"" magazine from"
"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"
"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"
"Charles Coleman Finlay Charles Coleman Finlay is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. He grew up in Marysville, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. He also attended the University of Oxford. His first story, ""Footnotes"", was published in 2001 in Fantasy and Science Fiction where many of his stories have since been published. His fiction has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the Sidewise Award, and in 2003 he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He also wrote chapters for"
"the ""hoax-novel"" Atlanta Nights. In January 2015, Finlay was named the 9th editor of ""The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"". He is married to the fantasy writer Rae Carson. Charles Coleman Finlay Charles Coleman Finlay is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. He grew up in Marysville, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. He also attended the University of Oxford. His first story, ""Footnotes"", was published in 2001 in Fantasy and Science Fiction where many of his stories have since been published. His fiction has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the Nebula"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"""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"
"plays and series, amongst them A. J. Cronin's ""Dr Finlay's Casebook"", containing his most famous characterisation, Doctor Angus Cameron, a crusty but erudite senior partner in the rural general practice run in Tannochbrae, with the help of the much younger Doctor Alan Finlay (Bill Simpson) and ""stiff Presbyterian"" housekeeper Janet (Barbara Mullen). The highly popular BBC production ran from 16 August 1962 until 3 January 1971, after which Cruickshank continued with it on BBC Radio 4 for seven years, it having been adapted to that format since 10 March 1970. He finally bade farewell to the character on 18 December"
"Hospital, Cambridge. The ""New York Times"" obituary adds: ""He had suffered a stroke the previous day, an hour after learning of the death of his wife."" Finley was also the editor of numerous volumes of essays on ancient history. Moses Finley Sir Moses I. Finley, FBA (born Moses Isaac Finkelstein; 20 May 1912 – 23 June 1986), was an American-born British academic and classical scholar. His prosecution by the McCarran Security Committee led to his move to England, where he became an English classical scholar and eventually master of Darwin College, Cambridge. His most notable work is ""The Ancient Economy"""
"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"
"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"
"magazine (The Saturday Review of Literature) noted ""as a doctor, Hart knows surprisingly little about women"". 1942 ""Doctor Finlay Sees it Through"" (Published by Harper & Brothers) Hart's final novel, not to be confused with A. J. Cronin's ""Dr Finlay's Casebook, is considered to have influenced subsequent medical fiction. After Hart's death his wife acted on his wish to establish a fund for research into leukaemia, from which his mother had died. The interest on his estate is donated annually to the Alan L. and Edna Ruddick Hart Fund, which makes grants for research into leukaemia and its cure. Hart's"
"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"
"Moses Finley Sir Moses I. Finley, FBA (born Moses Isaac Finkelstein; 20 May 1912 – 23 June 1986), was an American-born British academic and classical scholar. His prosecution by the McCarran Security Committee led to his move to England, where he became an English classical scholar and eventually master of Darwin College, Cambridge. His most notable work is ""The Ancient Economy"" (1973), where he argued that status and civic ideology governed the economy in antiquity rather than rational economic motivations. Finley was born in 1912 in New York City to Nathan Finkelstein and Anna Katzenellenbogen. About 1946, he took the"
"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"
"of Sciences of the Republic of Cuba. Havana, 13 June 1962."" Finlay was honoured with a Google Doodle on December 3, 2013, on the 180th anniversary of his birth. Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital is named after him. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/carlos-juan-finlay/#gsc.tab=0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Finlay http://biography.yourdictionary.com/carlos-juan-finlay https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlos-J-Finlay Carlos Finlay Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes ""Aedes aegypti"". Finlay was born Juan Carlos Finlay y de Barrés in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), Cuba to Scottish-born Dr. Edward (Eduardo) Finlay and French-born"
"Mike Finley Mike Finley is a writer, poet, and videographer from Amherst, Ohio. He is author of a series of business books with psychologist Harvey Robbins, including Why Teams Don't Work (Peterson's, 1995), Why Change Doesn't Work (Peterson's 1996), Transcompetition (McGraw Hill, 2000), and The Accidental Leader (Jossey-Bass, 2003). Why Teams Don't Work, the first of their collaborations, was named ""Best Management Book, The Americas, 1995"" by the Booz Allen Hamilton/Financial Times Global Business Book Awards. It was published in a second edition, titled The New Why Teams Don't Work, by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000. In addition, Finley is author of"
"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"
"scores of commercial campaigns and worked in the theatre as a solo artist, writing and performing ""The Devil Takes a Wife"" to acclaim in Los Angeles theaters. She has also performed in regional theatres throughout the United States and had long running spokesperson contracts for a number of Fortune 500 companies. Finlay is the author of Dirty Words on Clean Skin: Sexism and Sabotage, a Hillary Supporter's Rude Awakening published in March 2012. Dirty Words on Clean Skin was a #1 bestseller on Amazon’s Women in Politics books for 16 weeks and is part of the Clinton Presidential Library. In"
"Cameron at Arden House in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae. When the series finished on television nine years later, it transferred to radio, running until 1978. She was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" in March 1964 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in central London. Barbara Mullen died of a heart attack in London, England on 9 March 1979. 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""."
"in antiquity were determined not primarily by economic, but by social concerns. This text later came under scrutiny, with varied criticism coming from, amongst others, Kevin Greene, who argues that Finley underplays the importance of technological innovation, and C. R. Whittaker, who rejects the concept of a ""consumer city"". In 1932 Finley married Mary (, who later changed to her mother's surname, Thiers), a schoolteacher, and the two enjoyed a happy and mutually reinforcing, albeit childless marriage. On the day of her death he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage, and he died the following day on 23 June 1986 at Addenbrooke's"
"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"
"January 1938 ""Weird Tales"", and featuring a cover and interior illustrations by Finlay, was originally published in a very limited edition by Arkham House in 1948. It was recently given a 21st-century facsimile reprinting by Red Jacket Press. Virgil Finlay Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914 – January 18, 1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called ""part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of original and imaginative art work for the most memorable science fiction and fantasy publications of our time."" While he worked in a range of"
"George Finlay George Finlay (Faversham, Kent, 21 December 1799 – Athens, 26 January 1875) was a Scottish historian. Finlay was born at Faversham, Kent, where his Scottish father, Captain John Finlay FRS, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was inspector of government powder mills. His father died in 1802, and his Scottish mother and uncle (Kirkman Finlay) took hand of his education. His love of history was attributed to his mother. Intended for the law, he was educated at the University of Glasgow, the University of Göttingen, and the University of Edinburgh, but becoming an enthusiast in the cause of"
"Carlos Finlay Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes ""Aedes aegypti"". Finlay was born Juan Carlos Finlay y de Barrés in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), Cuba to Scottish-born Dr. Edward (Eduardo) Finlay and French-born Elisa (Isabel) de Barrés. At that time Cuba was part of the Kingdom of Spain. He reversed the order of his given names to ""Carlos Juan"" later in his life. His father was a physician who had fought alongside Simón Bolívar, and"
"Virgil Finlay Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914 – January 18, 1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called ""part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of original and imaginative art work for the most memorable science fiction and fantasy publications of our time."" While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in, and became famous for, detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling, cross-hatching, and scratchboard techniques. Despite the very labor-intensive and time-consuming nature of his specialty, Finlay created more than 2600"
"buried with his parents and wife in Abercorn Churchyard in West Lothian. The grave lies in the extreme south-east corner of the churchyard. At the end of the war, Finlay worked as a shepherd, before beginning to write short stories and poems, while living on Rousay, in Orkney. He published his first book, ""The Sea Bed and Other Stories"" in 1958 with some of his plays broadcast on the BBC, and some stories featured in The Glasgow Herald. His first collection of poetry, ""The Dancers Inherit the Party"" was published in 1960 by Migrant Press with a second edition published"
"Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Ilora Gillian Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, FMedSci (born 23 February 1949) is a Welsh doctor, professor of palliative medicine, and an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords. Born the only daughter of Professor Charles Beaumont Benoy Downman, Ilora married Andrew Yule Finlay in 1972, with whom she has two children. She is a past president of the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine, and is consultant at the Velindre cancer centre in Cardiff. On 28 June 2001, she was made"
"Almeida, Bush, Shared Experience, RNT, Royal Court and Ambassadors. Her theatre performances include: Voe was born Sandra Williamson in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, one of eight siblings. She is married to actor Rex Doyle, and has three children, including Candida Doyle (Pulp). She is the aunt of singer Astrid Williamson. Sandra Voe Sandra Voe (born 6 October 1936) is an actress of film, television, and theatre. Voe began her on screen career in 1966, appearing in an episode of ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"". She has also appeared in ""Coronation Street"", ""London's Burning"", ""Taggart"", ""Casualty"", ""Monarch of the Glen"", ""The Bill"", ""Midsomer"
"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"