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List of Dr. Finlay's Casebook episodes

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This is a list of Dr. Finlay's Casebook television episodes from the series that ran from 1962 until 1971. It had eight series of original episodes. Series one to seven aired in black and white, series eight was aired in colour. A total of 191 50-minute episodes were produced; 122 are missing.

Series overview

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Series Episodes Premiered: Ended:
1 12 16 August 1962 1 November 1962
2 40 5 September 1963 28 June 1964
3 26 3 January 1965 27 June 1965
4 26 21 November 1965 15 May 1966
5 19 25 December 1966 14 May 1967
6 26 2 October 1967 24 March 1968
7 26 9 March 1969 31 August 1969
8 16 13 September 1970 3 January 1971

Episodes

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Series 1 (1962)

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This series is the only series to have no episodes missing.


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Series
Title Airdate
1 1 "It's All in the Mind" 16 August 1962
2 2 "A Taste of Dust" 23 August 1962
3 3 "The Quack" 30 August 1962
4 4 "Conduct Unbecoming" 6 September 1962
5 5 "What Money Can't Buy" 13 September 1962
6 6 "Cough Mixture" 20 September 1962
7 7 "Carver Tam" 27 September 1962
8 8 "What Women Will Do" 4 October 1962
9 9 "Snap Diagnosis" 11 October 1962
10 10 "The Dragon Plate" 18 October 1962
11 11 "A Spotless Reputation" 25 October 1962
12 12 "Behind Closed Doors" 1 November 1962

Series 2 (1963–64)

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Title Airdate Notes
13 1 "A Time for Laughing" 5 September 1963
14 2 "Clean Sweep" 12 September 1963
15 3 "The Heat of the Moment" 19 September 1963
16 4 "Cup, Hands or Cards" 26 September 1963
17 5 "A Time for Discretion" 4 October 1963 Missing.
18 6 "Alice, Where Art Thou?" 11 October 1963 Missing.
19 7 "Ride in a Wheelchair" 18 October 1963 Missing.
20 8 "A Questionable Practice" 25 October 1963 Previously missing; recovered in 2016.
21 9 "Odds on Johnny" 1 November 1963 Missing.
22 10 "The Face Saver" 8 November 1963 Missing.
23 11 "Room for Doubt" 15 November 1963 Missing.
24 12 "Possessed of Devils" 6 December 1963 Missing.
25 13 "Cry Wolf" 13 December 1963 Missing.
26 14 "The Deep End" 20 December 1963 Missing.
27 15 "The Polygraph" 27 December 1963
28 16 "A Present from Father" 5 January 1964
29 17 "A Test of Intelligence" 12 January 1964
30 18 "Charlie is My Darlin'" 19 January 1964 Missing.
31 19 "My Late Dear Husband" 26 January 1964 Missing.
32 20 "The White Hunter" 2 February 1964 Missing.
33 21 "The Whole Truth" 9 February 1964 Missing.
34 22 "A Shot in the Arm" 16 February 1964 Missing.
35 23 "A Matter of Proof" 23 February 1964 Missing.
36 24 "A Call from Cogger" 1 March 1964 Missing.
37 25 "A Man May Drink" 8 March 1964 Missing.
38 26 "The Big Fight" 15 March 1964 Missing.
39 27 "Stranger in Town" 22 March 1964 Missing.
40 28 "The Yellow Streak" 29 March 1964 Missing.
41 29 "Without the City" 5 April 1964 Missing.
42 30 "The Aristocrats" 12 April 1964 Missing.
43 31 "The Spirit of Dr. McGregor" 26 April 1964
44 32 "Mortal Sin" 3 May 1964 Missing.
45 33 "The Hallelujah Stakes" 10 May 1964 Missing.
46 34 "Short of a Miracle" 17 May 1964 Missing.
47 35 "The True Lochiel" 24 May 1964 Missing.
48 36 "The Old Indomitable" 31 May 1964 Missing.
49 37 "The Red Herring" 7 June 1964
50 38 "The Confrontation" 14 June 1964
51 39 "Dear Doctor" 21 June 1964 Missing.
52 40 "The Doctor Cried" 28 June 1964 Missing.

Series 3 (1965)

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Title Airdate Notes
53 1 "The Control Group" 3 January 1965 Missing.
54 2 "The Raiders" 10 January 1965 Missing.
55 3 "The Eternal Spring" 17 January 1965 Missing.
56 4 "A Right to Live" 24 January 1965
57 5 "The Bull Calf" 31 January 1965 Missing.
58 6 "Devil's Dozen" 7 February 1965 Missing.
59 7 "Charity, Dr Finlay" 14 February 1965
60 8 "Laughing Gas" 21 February 1965 Missing.
61 9 "The Gate of the Year" 28 February 1965
62 10 "Off the Hook" 7 March 1965
63 11 "The Next Provost But One" 14 March 1965
64 12 "Soon or Late" 21 March 1965 Incomplete
65 13 "The Good Fisherman" 28 March 1965 Missing.
66 14 "A Little Learning" 4 April 1965
67 15 "Belle" 11 April 1965
68 16 "In Committee" 18 April 1965
69 17 "Another Opinion" 25 April 1965
70 18 "The Spinster" 2 May 1965
71 19 "Medical Finance" 9 May 1965
72 20 "Beware of the Dog" 16 May 1965
73 21 "Doctor's Lines" 23 May 1965
74 22 "The Deceivers" 30 May 1965
75 23 "The End of the Season" 6 June 1965
76 24 "A Woman's Work" 13 June 1965
77 25 "The Immortal Memory" 20 June 1965
78 26 "An Evening Out" 27 June 1965 Missing.

Series 4 (1965–66)

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Title Airdate Notes
79 1 "The Phantom Piper of Tannochbrae" 21 November 1965
80 2 "The Champion" 28 November 1965 Missing.
81 3 "The Draper of Dumfries" 5 December 1965 Missing.
82 4 "The Longest Visit" 12 December 1965 Missing.
83 5 "Body and Soul" 19 December 1965 Missing.
84 6 "The Vision" 26 December 1965 Missing.
85 7 "Miss Letitia" 2 January 1966 Missing.
86 8 "They Do It in Africa" 9 January 1966 Missing.
87 9 "The Anxious Man" 16 January 1966 Missing.
88 10 "Hear No Evil" 23 January 1966 Missing.
89 11 "The General" 30 January 1966 Missing.
90 12 "Free Medicine" 6 February 1966 Missing.
91 13 "The Seniority Rule" 13 February 1966 Missing.
92 14 "A Matter of Confidence" 20 February 1966 Missing.
93 15 "For Services Rendered" 27 February 1966 Missing.
94 16 "To Err is Human" 6 March 1966 Missing.
95 17 "Better Safe Than Sorry" 13 March 1966 Missing.
96 18 "O Sole Mio" 20 March 1966 Missing.
97 19 "No Subsidy for Sin" 27 March 1966 Missing.
98 20 "Kate and Robert" 3 April 1966 Missing.
99 21 "Written with the Left Hand" 10 April 1966
100 22 "A Settled Man" 17 April 1966 Missing.
101 23 "Crusade" 24 April 1966
102 24 "Legacy" 1 May 1966 Missing.
103 25 "The Decision" 8 May 1966 Missing.
104 26 "The Uninvited Guest" 15 May 1966 Missing.

Series 5 (1966–67)

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Title Airdate Notes
105 1 "The Gifts of the Magi" 25 December 1966
106 2 "Resolution" 1 January 1967 Missing.
107 3 "The Comical Lad" 8 January 1967 Missing.
108 4 "Under the Hammer" 15 January 1967 Missing.
109 5 "The Masterpiece" 22 January 1967 Missing.
110 6 "Who Made You?" 29 January 1967 Missing.
111 7 "Bird Seed and Begonias" 12 February 1967 Missing.
112 8 "The Greatest Burden" 19 February 1967 Missing.
113 9 "The Forgotten Enemy" 26 February 1967 Missing.
114 10 "Possessed" 5 March 1967 Missing.
115 11 "Life of a Salesman" 12 March 1967 Missing.
116 12 "Over My Dead Body" 19 March 1967 Missing.
117 13 "A Penny Saved" 2 April 1967 Missing.
118 14 "Call in Cameron" 9 April 1967
119 15 "The Sons of the Hounds" 16 April 1967
120 16 "A Question of Conflict" 23 April 1967
121 17 "Advertising Matter" 30 April 1967
122 18 "A Happy Release" 7 May 1967
123 19 "Safety in Numbers" 14 May 1967 Missing.

Series 6 (1967–68)

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Title Airdate Notes
124 1 "Criss-Cross" 2 October 1967 Missing.
125 2 "The Emotional Factor" 9 October 1967 Missing.
126 3 "Come Back, Little Willie" 16 October 1967 Missing.
127 4 "Time Past - Time Future" 23 October 1967 Missing.
128 5 "Buy Now - Pay Later" 30 October 1967
129 6 "Accidents Never Happen" 6 November 1967 Missing.
130 7 "Random Sample" 13 November 1967 Missing.
131 8 "Tell Me True" 20 November 1967
132 9 "Persons Unknown" 27 November 1967 Missing
133 10 "It's the System" 4 December 1967 Missing.
134 11 "Death is a Colony" 11 December 1967 Missing.
135 12 "The McTavish Bequest" 18 December 1967 Missing.
136 13 "Unfit to Marry" 24 December 1967 Previously missing; recovered in 2022.
137 14 "The Public Patient" 31 December 1967
138 15 "A Moral Problem" 7 January 1968
139 16 "The Cheats" 14 January 1968
140 17 "Conscience Clause" 21 January 1968
141 18 "The Dynamiser" 28 January 1968 Missing.
142 19 "The North Side of Ben Vorlich" 4 February 1968 Missing.
143 20 "Out of the Blue" 11 February 1968 Missing.
144 21 "The Equilibrium" 18 February 1968 Missing.
145 22 ""Is There Anybody There?" Said The Traveller" 25 February 1968 Missing.
146 23 "For Richer, for Poorer" 3 March 1968 Missing.
147 24 "Sweet Sorrow" 10 March 1968 Missing.
148 25 "Scots Wha Hae" 17 March 1968 Missing.
149 26 "To Janet - A Son" 24 March 1968 Missing.

Series 7 (1969)

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Title Airdate Notes
150 1 "The Visitation" 9 March 1969 Missing.
151 2 "The Honours List" 16 March 1969 Missing.
152 3 "The Times We Live In" 23 March 1969 Missing.
153 4 "Pastures New" 30 March 1969 Missing.
154 5 "The Greatest of These is Charity" 6 April 1969 Missing.
155 6 "A Man of Parts" 13 April 1969 Missing.
156 7 "A Dove in the Nest" 20 April 1969 Missing.
157 8 "Big Ben" 27 April 1969 Missing.
158 9 "The Barrier" 4 May 1969 Missing.
159 10 "The Rat Race" 11 May 1969 Missing.
160 11 "Put Your Cross Here" 18 May 1969 Missing.
161 12 "The Stick of the Rocket" 25 May 1969 Missing.
162 13 "Fresh Worlds" 1 June 1969 Missing.
163 14 "Conquest" 8 June 1969 Missing.
164 15 "The Facts of Life" 15 June 1969 Missing.
165 16 "Single or Return" 22 June 1969 Missing.
166 17 "Oak, Mahogany or Walnut" 29 June 1969 Missing.
167 18 "The Call" 6 July 1969 Missing.
168 19 "Lack of Communication" 13 July 1969
169 20 "Monstrous Regiment" 20 July 1969 Missing.
170 21 "Blood and State" 27 July 1969 Missing.
171 22 "Action, Dr Cameron" 3 August 1969 Missing.
172 23 "The Will to Live" 10 August 1969 Missing.
173 24 "The Evangelist" 17 August 1969 Missing.
174 25 "The Cheap Departed" 24 August 1969 Missing.
175 26 "Opportunity and Inclination" 31 August 1969

Series 8 (1970–71)

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This series was produced in colour. This was the final series.


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Title Airdate Notes
176 1 "A Late Spring" 13 September 1970
177 2 "Dead Fall" 20 September 1970 Missing.
178 3 "Comin' Thro' The Rye" 27 September 1970
179 4 "The Builders" 4 October 1970 Missing.
180 5 "Not Qualified" 11 October 1970
181 6 "Snares and Pitfalls" 18 October 1970 Missing.
182 7 "Dorrity" 25 October 1970
183 8 "Winter's Traces" 1 November 1970 Missing.
184 9 "The Honeypot" 8 November 1970
185 10 "Made for Each Other" 22 November 1970 Missing.
186 11 "A Good Prospect" 29 November 1970
187 12 "Responsibilities" 6 December 1970
188 13 "Dust" 13 December 1970 Missing.
189 14 "Itself and Friend" 20 December 1970 Missing.
190 15 "A Question of Values" 27 December 1970
191 16 "The Burgess Ticket" 3 January 1971