Dr. Finlay's Casebook of honour at the British Medical Association's annual dinner to speak on medical matters as if he were a real GP. Following the assassination of President Kennedy on 22 November 1963, the BBC screened "Dr Finlay's Casebook" as part of its regular programming. There were reportedly over 2,000 phone calls and 500 letters and telegrams complaining about the decision. Dr. Finlay's Casebook Dr. Finlay's Casebook is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor", the storylines centred on a general medical practice in
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