Doctor Finlay Annette Crosbie as his housekeeper, Janet. Other central characters include Finlay's assistant, Dr. Neil, played by Jason Flemyng and Finlay's new partner, Dr. Napier, played by Jessica Turner. The series was a Scottish Television production (now known as STV Productions) that was filmed in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. It also used the Dumgoyne Peak and Loch Lomond as supposedly local backdrops although these are not close to Auchtermuchty. It aired in the U.S. on PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre". Doctor Finlay Doctor Finlay is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin's stories about the fictional medical hero, Dr. Finlay. It was
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