Talk:Vital Spark

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Kelvingrove Museum Statue[edit]

No mention of the statue of The Vital Spark outside Kelvingrove Museum? ^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zexpe (talk • contribs) 19:52, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TV Series[edit]

An article in Prospero on the Vital Spark TV series identifies the various boats used in the series.--jmb (talk) 13:27, 1 October 2008 (UTC) ^[2][reply]

Early black and white series - Saxon (broken up 1967) and Starlight

Later programmes, made in colour - Sitka (sister of Starlight originally named Skylight)

^ http://clydeside-images.blogspot.com/2013/10/back-at-kelvingrove.html
^ Shedding more light on the Vital Spark, Prospero, October 2008, Number 7

guest stars?[edit]

i don't think richard wilson, peter sellers or eric idle ever appeared in the vital spark, i know fulton mckay played a minister in "the wedding" but the other three i don't know, but i could be wrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.212.41.212 (talk) 20:56, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

guest stars?[edit]

"The series also featured guest appearances from the cream of British comedy acting such as Fulton Mackay, Eric Idle, Peter Sellers, Richard Wilson and Peter Stachura."

The guest stars in the 1970s colour series were: Phil McCall (A Drop o' the Real Stuff), Fulton Mackay (The Wedding), Russell Hunter (The Quarrel) and Joseph Brady (Jock Weir in Z-Cars) (Bad Luck Cargo). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C1:53B5:3C00:3148:9613:CF80:11ED (talk) 10:36, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Highly dubious. Peter Stachura is -- apparently -- a Scottish history professor: at any rate not part of "the cream of British comedy". A joke perhaps by one of his students?

No mention of this at the IMDB for Richard Wilson, and Peter Sellers and Eric Idle seem even more unlikely.

I think the whole thing should be struck.

See 03:36, 26 November 2008‎ 139.153.13.46 (talk) for the first appearance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.8.128 (talk)

Vital Spark[edit]

A picture of the ship at Inverary courtesy of Simbol10 on Instagram aka Sean Beasley is available. He took this picture in Dec 2021 and holds the credit and copyright on it but would be willing to share it. LoLeinster (talk) 23:20, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://clydeside-images.blogspot.com/2013/10/back-at-kelvingrove.html

[2] Shedding more light on the Vital Spark, Prospero, October 2008, Number 7

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