Post-War Scotland--touching tales from a village doctor's casebook.
Features: DVD
He survived the war, only to find himself fighting new and more challenging battles on the home front. One of the most popular series ever to air on British television, Doctor Finlay returns in this powerful Masterpiece Theatre presentation, an all-new adaptation starring David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Jason Flemyng and Ian Bannen. It's 1946 and a post-war period of hope and expectation is dawning across Europe, except, that is, in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae. Dr. John Finlay has left behind the senseless bloodshed and death that darkened his stint in the Royal Army Medical Corps to return to his old life in that small town. Finlay's homecoming is not what he expects. His irascible colleague, Dr. Cameron, is unchanged--just older--but their once thriving medical practice has become rundown. His fiancŽe has given up waiting for him. Petty politics, poverty and ignorance still infect the town, as does a deadly outbreak of disease. As Finlay struggles to treat the frailties and suffering of his patients, he finds himself called upon to treat their ailing hearts as well. Yet, his gift for healing will be put to its greatest test as he works to put together the pieces of his own shattered life.
Editor's Note
It's 1946, World War II is finished and Dr. John Finlay (David Rintoul) has finished his stint in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Upon his return to civilian life in the small Scottish town of Tannochbrae, Dr. Finlay finds himself treating the hearts of the citizens as well as their physical ailments, while dealing with the senseless bloodshed of what he witnessed in the war. The program is based on the writings of author A.J. Cronin.
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