Dr. Finlay Brian Pettifer as Dr. Cameron, Katy Murphy as Janet, and a recurring role of nurse Peggy Angus played by Sharon Small. This was followed by two series of "Dr. Finley: Further Adventures of a Black Bag" in 2002 and 2003, with Sinclair and Pettifer joined by Celia Imrie as Janet, and Stella Gonet as Nurse Angus. Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor" and in several subsequent short stories published in "Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan" magazine from
Dr. Finlay know them from birth to death and so provide a continuous relationship. The works would later be collected and republished under several titles, including "Adventures of a Black Bag", "Dr. Finlay of Tannochbrae", "Further Adventures of a Country Doctor" and "Dr. Finlay's Casebook". The stories were used as the basis of the long-running BBC television programme "Dr. Finlay's Casebook", screened from 1962 to 1971, and radio series of the same name (1970–78). For these productions, the main character was rechristened Dr. Alec Finley, played by Bill Simpson, and made a newly-joined junior partner in the Tannochbrae practice of craggy senior