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Para Handy - Master Mariner: With Duncan Macrae, John Grieve, Roddy McMillan, Angus Lennie.
11 December 1959. ( 1959-12-11) – 22 January 1960. ( 1960-01-22) Para Handy — Master Mariner was a six-part BBC Scotland Television Drama, adapted from the books by Neil Munro, first broadcast on network BBC Television on Friday evenings from 11 December 1959 to 22 January 1960. No known recordings of this series exist.
The series was the first of several dramatizations of the "Para Handy" stories, being followed by The Vital Spark in 1965–66 (remade in 1973–74) starring Roddy McMillan in the title role, and by The Tales of Para Handy in 1994–95, starring Gregor Fisher. Cast. Duncan Macrae - Captain Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane
Roddy McMillan (23 March 1923 – 9 July 1979) was a Scottish actor and playwright, possibly most famous for his comedy role as Para Handy for BBC Scotland's television series "The Vital Spark" (1965 - 1974). He also played the lead role in Edward Boyd's private eye series "The View from Daniel Pike" (early 1970s).
Roddy McMillan's films include The Maggie, Ring of Bright Water, Chato's Land, The Gorbals Story
Professional background. Roddy McMillan is a consultant and honorary clinical fellow in oral medicine and facial pain at the Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). He works as the lead physician at the Facial Pain Multidisciplinary Team at the Royal National ENT & Eastman ...
The Vital Spark. TV sitcom. BBC One. 1965 - 1974. 21 episodes (3 series) Captain Para Handy steers his famous puffer, the Vital Spark, up and down the Clyde, together with his motley crew. Stars Roddy McMillan, John Grieve, Walter Carr and Alex McAvoy.
