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
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