Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor" and in several subsequent short stories published in "Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan" magazine from 1935 through 1939, Dr. Finlay Hylsop is a general physician beginning his practice in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford. One of the later short stories would take him to the lochside village of Tannochbrae. In these stories, he was charming and became well-acquainted with his patients over many years. It was thus his trademark to
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