Dr. Finlay's Casebook
tv show
191 total episodes
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8 seasons
First Aired August 16, 1962
Overview
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country Doctor’, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.
The Red Herring
Season 2 - Episode 37 - 1h 50m
Air Date
June 07, 1964
Overview
A suspected case of salmonella leads Dr. Snoddie, as local Medical Officer of Health, to seal up a well used by a number of local residents. Dr. Finlay protests at the delay in clearing and reopening the well. But when distinguished specialist Sir James Greig visits Arden House for dinner and is struck down by a severe attack of food poisoning the search for the answer to the problem is widened considerably.