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The Tales of Para Handy(1994)

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Overview

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

Series Cast

Gregor Fisher photo

Gregor Fisher

Para Handy

Rikki Fulton photo

Rikki Fulton

Macphail

Paul Young photo

Paul Young

Andrew Campbell

Sally Howitt photo

Sally Howitt

Miss Kelly

Show Stats

StatusEnded

NetworkBBC One

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish

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