The Tales of Para Handy

The Tales of Para Handy (1994)

Drama Comedy

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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  • First Air Date: 1994-07-31
  • Last Air Date: 1995-08-21
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 9
  • Episode Runtime: 50 min.
  • Network: BBC One

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    • Seasons

    • Season 1

      6 Episodes

    • Season 2

      3 Episodes

    Cast

    • Gregor Fisher

      Para Handy

    • Rikki Fulton

      Macphail

    • Sean Scanlan

      Dougie

    • Andrew Fairlie

      Sunny Jim

    • Paul Young

      Andrew Campbell

    • Sally Howitt

      Miss Kelly