7.2/1029 votes#1 - All Jock Tamson's Bairns
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/31/1996
Dr. Finlay treats a local celebrity of sorts, the Brigadier, a much decorated soldier and highly respected member of the community. He's come down with a high fever and Finlay decides to hospitalize him where he is eventually diagnosed a having typhus. A group of itinerant Irish farm workers also arrives in the area and the locals are not keen with their presence. Mob rule takes over when the Brigadier takes turn for the worse and many in the community blame the workers for bringing disease with them. Dr. Cameron also has to deal with the Irish group and works to ...
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- 7.1/1029 votes
#2 - Home Truths
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/1996
An ex-colonial couple just back from India give Dr Napier cause for concern - who is their daughter and why is the husband against any contact with her?
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- 7.4/1032 votes
#3 - Days of Grace
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/1996
Janet is shocked when she arrives at Arden House only to find a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep. For Doctor Finlay, their options are limited to one and he wants to phone the police and the child welfare authorities. Dr. Napier however thinks she knows who the mother might be recalling questions a young woman had once asked her. It turns out to be more complicated than she had imagined and as time drags on, Dr. Finlay becomes more and more concerned about the legality of what they are doing. He's also worried about what the patients might think if they hear a baby on the premises. Meanwhile, Angus decides to act on a customer's comment and buys Janet a present. He's not quite sure what to make of her reaction however
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- 7.7/1031 votes
#4 - A Simple Operation
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/1996
When Dr. Finlay takes a walking holiday in the Highlands, his break turns out to be rather more passionate than he'd expected.
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- 7.2/1035 votes
#5 - Mercury
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/1996
A young wife believes she has contracted syphilis from her husband, but he has never been unfaithful.
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- 7.6/1028 votes
#6 - The Life of Men
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/1996
A deathbed confession forces Finlay to choose between duty and justice.
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- 7.6/1029 votes
#7 - Still Waters
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/12/1996
Dr. Finlay investigates the strange medical symptoms suffered by a group of nuns, but clashes with their obstructive mother superior.
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- 8.0/1034 votes
#8 - Snowblind
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 5/19/1996
Arden House is snowbound on the night before Hogmanay and emotions rise to the surface as the residents spend a long night together.
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Following his service in World War II, Doctor Finlay returns to the practice at Arden House. This is at a time when the National Health...
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"All Jock Tamson's Bairns" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Finlay" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/31/1996. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Home Truths".