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TV series · 1994

The Tales of Para Handy

First aired 31 July 1994 Drama / Comedy TMDB ↗

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

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Rikki Fulton
as Macphail
70
Sean Scanlan
as Dougie
45
Gregor Fisher
as Para Handy
40
Andrew Fairlie
as Sunny Jim
Unknown
Sally Howitt
as Miss Kelly
Unknown
Everyone else (8) ↓
Ian McCulloch
as Laird Fergusson
54
Paul Young
as Andrew Campbell
50
Clive Russell
as McVicar
48
Carolyn Pickles
as Lady Ramsay
42
David O'Hara
as Robert Grant
29
Tony Curran
as Donald
24
David Tennant
as John MacBryde
23
Gilbert Martin
as Captain Angus
Unknown
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