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Para Handy - Master Mariner. Para Handy (Duncan MaCrae). Copyright: BBC
Para Handy - Master Mariner

Para Handy - Master Mariner

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1959 - 1960
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

1950s adaptation of the famous tales charting the trials and tribulations of a working life on the sea. Stars Duncan MaCrae, John Grieve and Roddy McMillan.

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The Vital Spark. Image shows from L to R: Para Handy (Roddy McMillan), Dan McPhail (John Grieve), Dougie (Walter Carr), Sunny Jim (Alex McAvoy). Copyright: BBC TV

The Vital Spark

Captain Para Handy steers his famous puffer, the Vital Spark, up and down the Clyde, together with his motley crew.

The Tales Of Para Handy. Para Handy (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: BBC TV

The Tales Of Para Handy

1990s adaptation of the famous tales. This time, the stories were set in the 1930s.

The Maggie. Image shows from L to R: The Skipper (Captain Peter MacTaggart) (Alex Mackenzie), The Engineman (McGregor) (Abe Barker), The Mate (Hamish) (James Copeland). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Ealing Studios Film

The Maggie

Ealing comedy depicting a clash of cultures between a hard-nosed American businessman and a crafty Scottish sea captain.

Rab C. Nesbitt. Rab C. Nesbitt (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: The Comedy Unit TV

Rab C. Nesbitt

Long-running Scottish sitcom starring Gregor Fisher as Rab C Nesbitt, a rude, dirty, lazy, foul-mouthed, sexist alcoholic.

Mess Mates. Image shows left to right: 'Dapper' Drake (Ronald Hines), 'Croaker' Jones (Sam Kydd), 'Tug' Nelson (Victor Maddern), 'Blarney' Finnigan (Dermot Kelly), Captain Biskett (Archie Duncan) TV

Mess Mates

Sitcom focusing on the captain of a run-down boat and the crew who constantly run rings around him.

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