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Dr Finlay's Casebook

Episode 1: It's All in the Mind

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ALBALatest broadcast: on BBC ALBA

Tha 50 bliadhna air a dhol seachad bho chaidh a' chiad phrògram san t-sreath dràma ainmeil seo a' mach. Tha Fionnlagh (air a chluich le Bill Simpson) na oileanach òg, adhartach an impis ceumnachadh mar dhotair agus e air obair mar lannsaire a chuir roimhe fhèin. Ach tha ceist àraidh meidiceach a nochdadh nuair a tha fear an taighe anns an robh e a loidseadh a dol air chall.

Tha Fionnlagh airson faighinn gu bun na cùise agus tha a rannsachadh dha thoirt gu baile Tannochbrae son a' chiad uair agus tachairt ris an t-seann Dtr Camshron (air a chluich le Andrew Cruickshank) agus chan eil sin ach toiseach toiseachaidh!

50 years on, we join the young medical undergraduate Finlay, who has ambitions to be a surgeon, as he concludes his final exams. In this, the first ever episode broadcast of the classic Scottish drama, Dr Finlay's Casebook, the ambitious and forward-looking student doctor Finlay, played by the dapper Bill Simpson, investigates a medical conundrum.

Finlay's landlord disappears under suspicious circumstances and Finlay's investigation leads him to his first encounter with the mature and pragmatic Doctor Cameron, portrayed by the veteran actor Andrew Cruickshank, and a life-changing visit to Tannochbrae! Show less

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