Rent The Tales of Para Handy (1995)

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Rent The Tales of Para Handy (aka The Tales of Para Handy: Series 1 and 2) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
"The Tales of Para Handy" is the acclaimed comedy drama about Para Handy, the skipper of the 'Vital Spark' the most unreliable puffer ever to have sailed round the Mull of Kintyre! Starring 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 make up the crew of the puffer Vital Spark which is employed by the Campbell Shipping Company, headquartered in Glasgow and run by Andrew Campbell (Paul Young), Para Handy's brother-in-law and owner of the Vital Spark.
Both series follow the Vital Spark's adventures around the coastal waters of west Scotland and the various schemes that Para Handy and his crew get involved in... Transporting a bull aboard the Vital Spark, trying to marry Sunny Jim off, avoiding the sale of the Vital Spark by Campbell and being held hostage at gunpoint by a religious nutter.
Actors:
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Directors:
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Producers:
Colin Gilbert
Creators:
Neil Munro
Writers:
Neil Munro, Bob Black, Michael Russell, Colin MacDonald
Aka:
The Tales of Para Handy: Series 1 and 2
Studio:
Dazzler
Genres:
British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Dramas, TV Sitcoms
Collections:
Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1
BBFC:
Release Date:
09/10/2017
Run Time:
428 minutes
Languages:
English Stereo
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
Colour
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Para Handy, Master Mariner
2. Para Handy, Poacher
3. Salvage!
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
4. A Night Alarm
5. The End of the World
6. A Treasure Trove
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following episodes:
7. The Fortune Teller
8. Para Handy's Piper
9. The Malingerer

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