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TV series / 1994
The Tales of Para Handy
Episode directors
Colin Gilbert
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 …
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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
Cast
Gregor FisherPara Handy
Rikki FultonMacphail
Sean ScanlanDougie
Andrew FairlieSunny Jim
Paul YoungAndrew Campbell
Sally HowittMiss Kelly
Carolyn PicklesLady Ramsay
Gilbert MartinCaptain Angus
Ian McCullochLaird Fergusson
Tony CurranDonald
David TennantJohn MacBryde
Clive RussellMcVicar
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