
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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Air Date: 1994-07-31
The crew of the Vital Spark are entrusted with transporting some queer cargo including a double bed and a prize Highl...
Air Date: 1994-08-07
A spot of poaching lands Para Handy and his unfortunate crew in jail but also reunites Para with his childhood friend...
Air Date: 1994-08-14
In the aftermath of a storm Para Handy and his hapless crew rescue a drifting boat intending to claim salvage. But th...
Air Date: 1994-08-21
A spot of engine trouble sees the luckless crew marooned in a small island village, where Para tangles with the drunk...
Air Date: 1994-08-28
After reading his tea leaves, Dougie predicts doom and disaster for those on board the Vital Spark. Para dismisses hi...
Air Date: 1994-09-04
Threatened by the march of modern technology it takes all of Para’s cunning, plus the help of a large beached whale, ...