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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, Para Handy's brother-in-law and owner of the Vital Spark.
Original Release
07/31/1994 on BBC
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Gregor Fisher | Para Handy |
| Rikki Fulton | Macphail |
| Sean Scanlan | Dougie |
| Andrew Fairlie | Sunny Jim |
| Paul Young | Andrew Campbell |
| Sally Howitt | Miss Kelly / Liz Kelly |
| Carolyn Pickles | Lady Ramsay |
| Gilbert Martin | Captain Angus |
| Tony Curran | Donald / Sailor in Pub |
| Joanne Bett | Susan |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fortune Teller | Monday, 31 July 1995 |
| 2 | Para Handy's Piper | Monday, 07 August 1995 |
| 3 | The Malingerer | Monday, 21 August 1995 |
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Directors
Ron Bain, Jim Shields, Morag Fullarton, Colin Gilbert
Writers
Bob Black, Michael Russell, Colin MacDonald
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Gregor Fisher | Para Handy |
| Rikki Fulton | Macphail |
| Sean Scanlan | Dougie |
| Andrew Fairlie | Sunny Jim |
| Paul Young | Andrew Campbell |
| Sally Howitt | Miss Kelly / Liz Kelly |
| Carolyn Pickles | Lady Ramsay |
| Gilbert Martin | Captain Angus |
| Tony Curran | Donald / Sailor in Pub |
| Joanne Bett | Susan |
| Alyxis Daly | Margaret |
| Louise Ironside | Maid |
| Iain Cuthbertson | Angus Monroe |
| Andrew Robertson | Hughie MacDiarmid |
| Karen Westwood | Maire Monroe |
| David Tennant | John MacBryde |
| Ashley Jensen | Catriona MacLean |
| Michelle Gomez | Mother with Children |
| David O'Hara | Robert Grant |
| Clive Russell | McVicar |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Colin Gilbert | Producer |
