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In the second version, The Vital Spark, McMillan took the role of Para Handy, and Grieve reprised his role as McPhail ; Walter Carr ( Dougie the Mate ) and Alex McAvoy ( Sunny Jim ) completed the crew, and the series ran for three series between 1965 and 1974.

The third series, filmed several years after the first two, was in colour and consisted of remakes of selected earlier episodes.