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The Tales of Para Handy

The Tales of Para Handy

1994·TV series·2 seasons · 9 episodes

Drama, Comedy

7.5 / 10 (2 votes)

The Tales of Para Handy is a Scottish television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. It starred Gregor Fisher as Captain Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane, Sean Scanlan as first mate Dougie Cameron, Rikki Fulton as engineer Dan Macphail and Andrew Fairlie as Sunny Jim. These four made up the crew of the puffer 'Vital Spark' which was employed by the Campbell Shipping Company, headquartered in Glasgow and run by Andrew Campbell

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Original language
English
First aired
31 July 1994

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Cast

  • Gregor Fisher

    Gregor Fisher

    Para Handy

  • Rikki Fulton

    Rikki Fulton

    Macphail

  • Sean Scanlan

    Sean Scanlan

    Dougie

  • AF

    Andrew Fairlie

    Sunny Jim

  • Paul Young

    Paul Young

    Andrew Campbell

  • Sally Howitt

    Sally Howitt

    Miss Kelly