"Doctor Finlay" is a British television series based on A.J. Cronin's stories about the fictional hero, Dr. Finlay. It is a follow-up to "Dr. Finlay's Casebook," the successful BBC series. This show picks up the story in the days immediately following World War II. Dr Finlay returns to the practice at Arden House in Tannochbrae at a time when the National Health Service is about to be instituted. The series stars David Rintoul as Dr. Finlay, Ian Bannen as his semi-retired practice partner, Dr. Cameron, and Annette Crosbie as his housekeeper, Janet. Other central characters include Finlay's assistant, Dr. Neil, played by Jason Flemyng and Finlay's new partner, Dr. Napier, played by Jessica Turner. The series is a Scottish Television production that was filmed in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. It aired in the U.S. on PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre."
Cast -
David Rintoul as Dr. John Finlay
Ian Bannen as Dr. Alexander Cameron
Annette Crosbie as Janet MacPherson
Jason Flemyng as Dr. David Neil
Ralph Riach as Dr. Gilmore
Margo Gunn as Brenda Maitland
James Telfer as Reverend Gill
Gordon Reid as Angus Livingstone
Barbara Horne as Alison Grieve
David McKail as Mr. Muir
Jim Byars as Mr. Miller
Sam Douglas as Sgt. Steve Fullarton
Monica Gibb as Mrs. Gilmore
Pamela Kelly as Mrs. Muir
Gerda Stevenson as Agnes Miller
Raymond Ross as Dr. Granville
John McEnery as Douglas Findlater
Rowena Cooper as Mrs. McKinney
Lucinda Baillie as the Nurse
The war is over and newly demobbed Dr. Finlay returns thankfully to the practice at Arden House. He is greeted warmly by Janet and an ageing and overworked Dr. Cameron. But there are problems to be faced. Why did Brenda, his fiancee, not meet him at the station and why is she avoiding him? And there is immediate antipathy between Finlay and the new locum, Dr. David Neil. And to cap all, at his welcome home party he has a violent disagreement with Dr. Gilmore, the local Medical Officer of Health, over the impending National Health Service.
I love the opening music to this series.
miss1927 2 years ago