Basic Info

First Air: July 31, 1994

Rating: ⭐ 5.0/10 (1 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 9

Last Episode

Name: The Malingerer

Season: 2, Episode: 3

Air Date: 1995-08-21

Runtime: 50 min

After bragging his boat can out-run any other, Para Handy is tricked into a race at sea with a rival shipping company. Once again he proves it's savvy, not speed, that counts.

The Tales of Para Handy

1994 2 seasons 9 episodes ⭐ 5.0/10 1 votes

Overview

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