Doctor Finlay's Casebook Radio Series episodes Listing

Doctor Finlay's Casebook
Radio Listing by Ian Beard

First Uploaded February 2001

Based on the characters created by A. J. Cronin

Background to the Series

Radio Listing

Link to BBC Archives Holdings TV

Series One

Series Two

Series Three

Series Four

Series Five

Series Six

Series Seven

Series Eight

Series Nine

All episodes feature Andrew Cruickshank (Dr. Cameron), Barbara Mullen (Janet), & Bill Simpson (Dr. Finlay). issued one title in 1992 - it is currently out of print.

This title featured the following episodes:

Out of the Blue
The Comical Lad
The Honours List
Charlie Is My Darling

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L to R Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Bill Simpson

Series One
Producer: Peter Titheridge

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer	TV episode
1	10-3-70	Free Medicine	Pat Dunlop	90
2	17-3-70	Without the City	*Pat Dunlop ¹**	41
3	24-3-70	The Seniority Rule	Harry Green	91
4	31-3-70	The Yellow Streak	*Pat Dunlop ²**	40
5	7-4-70	Random Sample	Pat Dunlop	130
6	14-4-70	The Spinster	Dick Sharples	70
7	21-4-70	A Test of Intelligence	Donald Bull	29
8	28-4-70	Hallelujah Stakes	*Pat Dunlop ³**	45
9	5-5-70	Stranger In Town	Harry Green	39
10	12-5-70	Kate and Robert	*Pat Dunlop ⁴**	98
11	19-5-70	The Bull Calf	Stewart Farrar	57
12	26-5-70	The North Side of Ben Vorlich	Pat Dunlop	142
13	2-6-70	Out of the Blue	Pat Dunlop	143

Back to Top Notes:
^{adapted
from the television script by:}
*¹^{Doreen
Montgomery & Guy Morgan}
*²^{Robert
Banks Stewart}
*³^{Robert
Holmes}
*⁴^{N.
J. Crisp}

Series Two
Producer: Peter Titheridge

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer	TV episode
14	9-3-71	A Penny Saved	Dick Sharples	117
15	16-3-71	Sweet Sorrow	Pat Dunlop	147
16	23-3-71	Cup, Hands or Cards?	Harry Green	16
17	30-3-71	Under the Hammer	Pat Dunlop	108
18	6-4-71	Come Back Little Willie	Dick Sharples	126
19	13-4-71	The Greatest Burden	Harry Green	112
20	20-4-71	The Cheats	Eddie Maguire	139
21	27-4-71	Belle	*Donald Bull ¹**	67
22	4-5-71	Hear No Evil	Dick Sharples	88
23	11-5-71	The Barrier	Pat Dunlop	158
24	18-5-71	My Late Dear Husband	Donald Bull	31
25	25-5-71	The Decision	*Pat Dunlop ²**	103
26	1-6-71	Sons of the Hounds	Dick Sharples	119
27	8-6-71	The McTavish Bequest	Donald Bull	135
28	15-6-71	The Evangelist	Dick Sharples	173
29	22-6-71	Beware of the Dog	Stewart Farrar	72
30	29-6-71	Dead Fall	*Pat Dunlop ³**	177
31	6-7-71	For Services Rendered	Harry Green	93

Back to Top Notes:
^{adapted
from the television script by:}
*¹^{Rosemary
Hill and Donald Bull}
*²^{N.
J. Crisp}
*³^John
Wiles

Series Three
Producer: Peter Titheridge

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer	TV episode
32	6-12-71	For Richer For Poorer	Dick Sharples	146
33	13-12-71	A Question of Conflict	*Pat Dunlop ¹**	120
34	20-12-71	Oak, Mahogany or Walnut?	Pat Dunlop	166
35	27-12-71	"Is There Anybody There?", Said the Traveller	Pat Dunlop	145
36	3-1-72	Better Safe That Sorry	Dick Sharples	95
37	10-1-72	Call In Cameron	Harry Green	118
38	17-1-72	The Masterpiece	*Pat Dunlop ²**	109
39	24-1-72	A Little Learning	*Pat Dunlop ³**	66
40	31-1-72	The Cheap Departed	Dick Sharples	174
41	7-2-72	To Janet A Son	Dick Sharples	149
42	14-2-72	An Evening Out	*Pat Dunlop ⁴**	78
43	21-2-72	The Equlibrium	Donald Bull	144
44	28-2-72	The Phantom Piper of Tannochbrae	*Pat Dunlop ⁵**	79
45	6-3-72	A Moral Problem	Harry Green	138
46	13-3-72	Itself and A Friend	Pat Dunlop	189
47	20-3-72	Not Qualified	John Pennington	180
48	27-3-72	The Draper of Dumfries	Donald Bull	81
49	3-4-72	A Matter of Confidennce	*Stewart Farrar ⁶**	92
50	10-4-72	The Uninvited Guest	Dick Sharples	104
51	17-4-72	The Good Fisherman	*Pat Dunlop ⁷**	65

Back to Top Notes:
*¹^{adapted
from the television script by Tony Williamson}
*²^{adapted
from the television script by Vincent Tilsley}
*³^{adapted
from the television script by Eddie Maguire and Donald Bull}
*⁴^{adapted
from the television script by N. J. Crisp}
*⁵^{adapted
from the television script by Alan Gosling}
*⁶^{from
a story by Michael Ashlin}
*⁷^{adapted
from the television script by Philip Chambers}

Series Four
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer	TV episode
52	11-12-72	Crusade	Elaine Morgan	101
53	18-12-72	Charity, Dr. Finlay	*Pat Dunlop ¹**	59
54	25-12-72	A Question of Values	*Pat Dunlop ²**	190
55	1-1-73	Resolution	John Pennington	106
56	8-1-73	Life of A Salesman	*Pat Dunlop ³**	115
57	15-1-73	Soon Or Late	*Stewart Farrar ⁴**	64
58	22-1-73	Medical Finance	Donald Bull	71
59	29-1-73	The Next Provost But One	*Pat Dunlop ⁵**	63
60	5-2-73	The Immortal Memory	*Pat Dunlop ⁶**	77
61	12-2-73	Unfit To Marry	Harry Green	136
62	19-2-73	The Comical Lad	*Pat Dunlop ⁷**	107
63	26-2-73	A Dove in the Nest	Donald Bull	156
64	5-3-73	Blood and State	Harry Green	170
65	12-3-73	Dorrity	*Pat Dunlop ⁸**	182
66	19-3-73	The General	*Donald Bull ⁹**	89
67	26-3-73	Snares and Pitfalls	*Pat Dunlop ¹⁰**	181
68	2-4-73	The Emotional Factor	*Pat Dunlop ⁹**	125
69	9-4-73	Time Past - Time Future	*Pat Dunlop ⁹**	127
70	16-4-73	Buy Now - Pay Later	*Pat Dunlop ⁹**	128
71	23-4-73	A Late Spring	Donald Bull	176

Back to Top Notes:
^{adapted
from the television script by:}
*¹^{Robert
Holmes, from a story by Arthur Swinson}
*²^Martin
Worth
*³^Allan
Prior
*⁴^{Stewart
Farrar and Cedric Wallis}
*⁵^Robert
Kemp
*⁶^Jan
Read
*⁷^Elwyn
Jones
*⁸^Owen
Holder
*⁹^{N.
J. Crisp}
*¹⁰^{Clifford
Hanley}

Series Five
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer	TV episode
72	27-11-73	Advertising Matter	*Pat Dunlop ¹**	121
73	4-12-73	The Honours List	Donald Bull	151
74	11-12-73	A Right To Live	*Pat Dunlop ²**	56
75	18-12-73	To Err Is Human	*Pat Dunlop ³**	94
76	25-12-73	Tell Me True	Harry Green	131
77	1-1-74	A Present From Father	Donald Bull	28
78	8-1-74	Safety In Numbers	Harry Green	123
79	15-1-74	Cry Wolf	*Pat Dunlop ⁴**	25
80	22-1-74	Made For Each Other	*Pat Dunlop ⁵**	185
81	29-1-74	The Will to Live	*Pat Dunlop ⁶**	172
82	5-2-74	No Subsidy For Sin	Harry Green	97
83	12-2-74	A Taste of Dust	*Pat Dunlop ⁷**	2
84	19-2-74	The True Lochiel	*Pat Dunlop ⁸**	47
85	26-2-74	The Builders	*Pat Dunlop ⁹**	179
86	5-3-74	The Confrontation	*Pat Dunlop ¹⁰**	50
87	12-3-74	Pastures New	Pat Dunlop	153
88	19-3-74	It's the System	Harry Green	133
89	26-3-74	Doctor Lines	*Pat Dunlop ¹¹**	73
90	2-4-74	Dear Doctor	*Pat Dunlop ¹²**	51
91	9-4-74	The Red Herring	*Pat Dunlop ¹³**	49

Back to Top Notes:
^{adapted
from the television script by:}
*¹^{Noel
Robinson}
*²^{Doreen
Montgomery}
*³^Bob
Keston
*⁴^Jan
Read
*⁵^Barry
Thomas
*⁶^{N.
J. Crisp}
*⁷^{John
Keir Cross}
*⁸^{Robin
Baker & Rachel Grieve}
*⁹^Martin
Worth
*¹⁰^Douglas
Rae
*¹¹^{Tony
Williamson}
*¹²^{Doreen
Montgomery & Guy Morgan}
*¹³^{Arthur
Swinson}

Series Six
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer	TV episode
92	12-11-74	Accidents Never Happen	*Pat Dunlop ¹**	129
93	19-11-74	The Old Indomitable	*Pat Dunlop ²**	48
94	26-11-74	The Anxious Man	*Pat Dunlop ³**	87
95	3-12-74	The Polygraph	*Pat Dunlop ⁴**	27
96	10-12-74	Laughing Gas	*Pat Dunlop ⁴**	60
97	17-12-74	A Time for Discretion	*Pat Dunlop ⁵**	17
98	27-12-74	The Eternal Spring	*Pat Dunlop ⁶**	55
99	31-12-74	Body and Soul	*Pat Dunlop ⁷**	83
100	7-1-75	The Face Saver	*Pat Dunlop ¹**	22
101	14-1-75	Charlie Is My Darling	*Pat Dunlop ⁸**	30
102	21-1-75	Mortal Sin	*Pat Dunlop ⁹**	44
103	28-1-75	In Committee	*Pat Dunlop ¹⁰**	68
104	6-2-75	The Burgess Ticket	Donald Bull	191

Back to Top Notes:
^{adapted
from the television script by:}
*¹^{Elaine
Morgan}
*²^{Robert
Holmes & William Woods}
*³^{John
Maitland}
*⁴^Jan
Read
*⁵^{Arthur
Swinson}
*⁶^{Robert
Stewart & Donald Bull}
*⁷^Allan
Prior
*⁸^{Alistair
Bell}
*⁹^{N.
J. Crisp}
*¹⁰^Roger
East
The Burgess Ticket was the final television episode. From Series Seven onwards, all episodes are original stories, and not based on television.

Series Seven
Producer: Edward Taylor

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer
105	4-8-76	The Head of the Practice	Donald Bull
106	11-8-76	Where There's Smoke	Dick Sharples
107	18-8-76	Miller's Tale	Pat Dunlop
108	25-8-76	The Visitors	Donald Bull
109	1-9-76	Nobody Heard	Donald Bull
110	8-9-76	Wednesday's Child	Dick Sharples
111	15-9-76	The Trouper	Pat Dunlop
112	22-9-76	The Curing of Jock McGregor	Donald Bull
113	29-9-76	The Rebel	Donald Bull
114	6-10-76	Physician Visiting A Lady	Donald Bull
115	13-10-76	The Beautiful Lady	Donald Bull
116	20-10-76	Mother's Boy	Dick Sharples
117	27-10-76	A Liberated Woman	Donald Bull

118

25-12-76

A Sentimental Tale (45 minutes)

Donald Bull

Series Eight
Producer: Edward Taylor

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer
119	10-10-77	The Diagnosis	Donald Bull
120	17-10-77	Pedlar's Pie	Donald Bull
121	24-10-77	Old Acquaintance	Pat Dunlop
122	31-10-77	The Wine of Youth	Donald Bull
123	7-11-77	Unto Caesar	Pat Dunlop
124	14-11-77	The Liars	Donald Bull
125	21-11-77	Old Bones	Donald Bull
126	28-11-77	The Daftie	Donald Bull
127	5-12-77	The Running of the Deer	Pat Dunlop
128	12-11-77	A Case of Battery	Donald Bull
129	19-12-77	Blood Ties	Pat Dunlop
130	26-12-77	The Fast Set	Donald Bull
131	2-1-78	Miss MacDuff	Donald Bull

Series Nine
Producer: Edward Taylor

Episode	Date	Episode Title	Writer
132	25-9-78	Alterations	Donald Bull
133	2-10-78	Love's Sweet Old Song	Donald Bull
134	9-10-78	A Gift of Love	Donald Bull
135	16-10-78	How the World Goes Around	Donald Bull
136	23-10-78	A Tea Shop In Mentone	Donald Bull
137	30-10-78	Patterns	Donald Bull
138	6-11-78	Hostage	Donald Bull
139	13-11-78	A Matter of Some Delicacy	Donald Bull
140	20-11-78	The Brodie Affair	John Graham
141	27-11-78	Troubled Waters	John Graham
142	4-12-78	Cry Wolf	Pat Dunlop
143	11-12-78	Wise Men Stay Silent	John Graham
144	18-12-78	Going Home	Pat Dunlop