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The Navy Lark : 1966-68 : High Quality

Heard
1967–1970
Episodes
12
Language
English

The Navy Lark : 1966-68

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British radio comedy from the 1960s aboard Royal Navy frigate H.M.S.Troutbridge, starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray. A Services show, which ran from 1959 until 1977.

Jump aboard HMS Troutbridge for laughs ahoy, where the cast and crew are all at sea -- in every sense!

Left-hand down a bit!

All thirteen episodes from Series 8, aired in 1966, including the classics Steamship Day and Farewell to HMS Varsity. Also perhaps the best ever lark, Getting Rid of Pertwee.

In which the officers and men run the dockyard's annual fete in Captain Povey's back garden (in support of the charitable Society for Temporarily Embarrassed Ancient Mariners)

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. S09E04 Jigsaws and Jemmies [Broadcast]

    · 29 min

  2. Doing a Disastrical (Jigsaws and Jemmies) [Original broadcast]

    · 29 min

  3. S09E08 The Police Drop In [TS Edit]

    · 28 min

  4. S09E15 Picking up the Poppadom [TS Edit]

    · 30 min

  5. Picking Up The Poppadom [Audio CD]

    · 29 min

  6. The South Kuwan Summit

    · 29 min

  7. Captain Povey Takes Over [BBC CD]

    · 33 min

  8. Sir Willoughby Goes to Kawowa

    · 29 min

  9. The Relief of the Weather Ship (Weathering) [BBC CD]

    · 29 min

  10. The Brick Smugglers [BBC CD]

    · 30 min

  11. What is the SSE?

    · 29 min

  12. Sir Willoughby's Party

    · 29 min

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  1. The Navy Lark : 1966-68 : High Quality

    Old Time Radio · 12 episodes here · archive.org

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