TV series · 1965
The Vital Spark
First aired 12 August 1965 Comedy TMDB ↗
In the western isles of 1930s Scotland, Peter 'Para Handy' MacFarlane, captain of the puffer Vital Spark, treks around the coastal waters of west Scotland and variously schemes himself and his crew into mischief.
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Roddy McMillan
as Peter 'Para Handy' MacFarlane
John Grieve
as Dan Macphail
Alex McAvoy
as Sunny Jim
Walter Carr
as Dougie
Everyone else (15) ↓
James Gibson
as Mr Pringle
Fulton Mackay
as Reverend McGubbin
Fulton Mackay
as Minister
Robert Urquhart
as Dougie
Russell Hunter
as The Postmaster
Russell Hunter
as McCluskey
Phil McCall
as McCutcheon
Mary Riggans
Roy Hanlon
as PC Macnab
John Yule
as PC Fraser
Brian Pettifer
Hamish Wilson
as PC Fraser
Douglas Murchie
as Piermaster
Wallace Campbell
as Barman
Eric Wightman