Name: Doctor Finlay
Released: 1993-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Jessica Turner

Doctor Finlay

TV Show · Drama

Set in the 1940s, John Finlay returns from war service and finds a small-town medical practice which is run-down. His new life paves the way for a new National Health Service and the modernisation of the medical practice at Arden House, Scotland.

1993 · 1h 0m

Starring David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Jessica Turner

Director Patrick Lau, Aisling Walsh

EPISODE 1

The Return

It's 1946 and hope is dawning afresh after the war. John Finlay returns to find a small-town medical practice which is run down, and a fiancée who is curiously absent.

50 min
EPISODE 2

Working Together

Now Dr Finlay and Dr Neil are partners, Dr Cameron can leave but feels he is being forced out.

44 min
EPISODE 3

Winning the Peace

Dr Finlay is puzzled when farmer's wife Mrs Henderson calls him out.

50 min
EPISODE 4

A Bitter Pill

Dr Neil becomes concerned about a patient whilst on a house call, and wonders why medical tests failed to reveal her illness. Meanwhile, a smallpox scare causes an emergency vaccination programme to be arranged hastily.

49 min
EPISODE 5

Forbidden Fruit

Dr Cameron's work at the German POW camp brings him into political conflict with one of the prisoners, and Janet becomes concerned for Dr Finlay's career because of his fondness for Anne Stewart, who is not only a married woman but also a patient of the practice.

49 min
EPISODE 6

The Good Doctor

Much to Dr Neil's surprise, a famous singing star turns up unexpectedly at the Arden House surgery for a repeat prescription and a mystery unfolds as to the exact nature of her illness. Meanwhile, Dr Finlay is still hurt following the end of his affair and is on the brink of considering a new life elsewhere.

44 min