Rent The Tales of Para Handy (1995)
4.1 of 5 from 57 ratings
7h 8min
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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:
- Gregor Fisher, Rikki Fulton, Sean Scanlan, Andrew Fairlie, Paul Young, Sally Howitt, Carolyn Pickles, Gilbert Martin, Joanne Bett, Tony Curran, Alyxis Daly, Louise Ironside, Iain Cuthbertson, Andrew Robertson, Karen Westwood, David Tennant, Jamie Adair, Ron Bain, Andrew Barr, Keith Bayliss
- Directors:
- Ron Bain, Colin Gilbert, Morag Fullarton, Jim Shields
- 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
