Dr. Finlay's Casebook of honour at the British Medical Association's annual dinner to speak on medical matters as if he were a real GP. Following the assassination of President Kennedy on 22 November 1963, the BBC screened "Dr Finlay's Casebook" as part of its regular programming. There were reportedly over 2,000 phone calls and 500 letters and telegrams complaining about the decision. Dr. Finlay's Casebook Dr. Finlay's Casebook is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor", the storylines centred on a general medical practice in
Ninian Finlay later played for Edinburgh Academicals RFC, and Edinburgh University RFC. The first historian of Scottish rugby, R.J. Phillips, says of Ninian Finlay, "there never was such glamour and reputation attached to any Scottish player till A.R. Don Wauchope reached the zenith of his powers." In later life he was a Writer to the Signet. Ninian was the brother of James Finlay, who was capped four times for Scotland (1871–75), Arthur Finlay, who received a single cap (1875), and Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay. In the 1875, 0-0 draw with at Raeburn Place, all three brothers played, with James winning his