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
Finlay Forks Finlay Forks Finlay Forks (also called Finlay Junction), is the confluence of the Finlay River and Parsnip River. The Finlay Bay Recreation Site, on the southeast bank, is about two miles southeast of the former settlement (on the earlier southeast bank) that is now submerged beneath Williston Lake. Like the river, it is named after explorer John Finlay. The access road from Mackenzie is called the Parsnip West FSR (formerly Finlay Forks Road and Parsnip Forest Road). The first European explorers travelling through the Forks were Alexander Mackenzie in 1793, and Simon Fraser in 1805. Aboriginal trails laced the valleys