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The Navy Lark

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More fun on the waves in this classic comedy

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The Navy Lark: Series 3: Pertwee and the Laundry

22/11/2007

Pertwee and the Laundry

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 3, Pertwee and the Laundry

Johnson is not keen when the Chief hatches a scheme using surplus crew pyjamas.

Johnson is not keen when the Chief hatches a money-making wheeze using surplus crew pyjamas. Stars Jon Pertwee. From March 1961.

Johnson's not keen when the Chief hatches a money-making wheeze using surplus crew pyjamas. 

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as AS 'Fatso' Johnson/Lt Commander Stanton, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey and Heather Chasen as Ramona Povey.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976. 

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman 

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1961.

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