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The Vital Spark: Created by Neil Munro. With John Grieve, Alex McAvoy, Roddy McMillan, Walter Carr. Tales of a Scottish Clyde puffer and it's travels up and down the Argyll coast. .
The Vital Spark is a BBC Scotland television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. It starred Roddy McMillan as Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane, captain of the puffer Vital Spark.
The Vital Spark. Seasons Years. 1 2 3. S1.E0 ∙ Pilot. Thu, Aug 12, 1965. Add a plot. Rate. S1.E1 ∙ A Drop O' the Real Stuff. Fri, Jan 28, 1966. Para Handy is being furtive so says engineer Dan. And they persuade him to let them help in disposing of whisky from his cousin on one of the islands.
Series 1. Sitcom following the adventures of the roguish Para Handy and his often bitter crew. A Drop O' the Real Stuff. Para Handy agrees to act as agent for his cousin in selling illicit whisky ....
Premiered August 12, 1965 on BBC One. Runtime 30m. Total Runtime 3h 30m (7 episodes) Country United Kingdom. Languages English. The stories of Neil Munro (written between 1905 and 1932) have been adapted for both the big and small screen several times.
The Vital Spark was a BBC Scotland Television Drama series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. First broadcast in black and white between 1965 and 1967, the series was re-made for colour and broadcast between 5 March 1973 and 24 October 1974.
Season 1 of The Vital Spark premiered on January 28, 1966. Season 2 1967 • 7 Episodes Season 2 of The Vital Spark premiered on August 16, 1967. Season 3 1974 • 6 Episodes Season 3 of The Vital Spark premiered on September 19, 1974. URL. You need to be logged in to ...
