The Tales of Para Handy 30 years old

The Tales of Para Handy

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

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Clive Russell He was 48 , now 78 years old
David O'Hara He was 29 , now 59 years old
David Tennant He was 23 , now 53 years old
Ian McCulloch He was 35 , now 65 years old
Tony Curran He was 24 , now 54 years old
Carolyn Pickles She was 42 , now 72 years old
Gregor Fisher He was 40 , now 70 years old
Paul Young He was 38 , now 68 years old

Crew

Name Job title
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The Tales of Para Handy (30 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1994-07-31
  • Runtime: [50] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 9