David White Finlay Finlay was born on 1 September 1840 to James Finlay (died 13/5/1849) and Isabella White. He had 4 brothers, John (1830-1854), Alexander (1833-1895), James (1836-1910) and William Neilson (1842-1903). John died aged 23 in Malta when on a trip to the Holy Land. Alexander was a Seascape Painter. James was a GP in Helensburgh when A J Cronin (writer of Dr. Finlay's Casbook) was in his youth in Helensburgh. In Aug 1878 in Marylebone, London David married Catherine Mary Thompson, daughter of the shipowner, Stephen Thompson. They had four sons and four daughters viz. Ronald Stephen (1879-1884), Brenda Mary (1880-1952),
Peter J. Hammond He also created the offbeat 1984 sitcom "Lame Ducks". In the 1980s and 1990s, Hammond wrote for popular ITV police/detective shows "The Gentle Touch", "The Bill" and "Wycliffe", as well as for "Doctor Finlay", the new production of the 1960s BBC series "Dr. Finlay's Casebook". He returned to the science fiction genre by writing an episode of the 1998 Sky One series "Space Island One", although his episode was ultimately one of those that went untransmitted until 2002. Work in the 2000s included many episodes of the popular murder mystery series "Midsomer Murders". He is best known for the creation