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
edit| 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
editSeries 1 (1962)
editThis series is the only series to have no episodes missing.
| № overall |
№ in 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)
edit| № overall |
№ in Series |
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)
edit| № overall |
№ in Series |
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)
edit| № overall |
№ in Series |
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)
edit| № overall |
№ in Series |
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)
edit| № overall |
№ in Series |
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)
edit| № overall |
№ in Series |
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)
editThis series was produced in colour. This was the final series.
| № overall |
№ in Series |
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 |