The Tales Of Para Handy - BBC1 Comedy Drama

TV comedy drama
BBC One
1994 - 1995
9 episodes (2 series)

1990s adaptation of the famous tales. This time, the stories were set in the 1930s. Stars Gregor Fisher, Rikki Fulton, Sean Scanlan, Andrew Fairlie, Paul Young and more.

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The Tales Of Para Handy. Image shows from L to R: Sunny Jim (Andrew Fairlie), Para Handy (Gregor Fisher), Macphail (Rikki Fulton), Dougie (Sean Scanlan). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Comedy Drama

Broadcast

1994 - 1995

Channel

BBC 1

Episodes

9 (2 series)

Creator

Neil Munro

Stars

Gregor Fisher, Rikki Fulton, Sean Scanlan, Andrew Fairlie, Paul Young, Sally Howitt, Gilbert Martin and Carolyn Pickles

Writers

Bob Black and Michael Russell

Directors

Colin Gilbert, Ron Bain, Morag Fullarton and Jim Shields

Producer

Colin Gilbert

Company

Captained by Peter 'Para' Handy, the crew of Scottish puffer The Vital Spark regularly find themselves in all sorts of trouble, both with authorities and their erstwhile employer, who also happens to be Handy's brother-in-law.

Venturing around the western coast of Scotland and its many islands plying their trade, the ageing cargo vessel seems never far from total break-down, and its crew never far from unemployment!