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The Navy Lark

Comedy: Sitcoms

More fun on the waves in this classic comedy

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The Navy Lark: Series 1

The Navy Lark: Series 1: Episode 3: Number One's Chair

Episode 3

Episode 3: Number One's Chair

Series 1

Number One's Chair

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 1, Number One's Chair

Pertwee's stores requisition spirals out of control.

Pertwee's stores requisition spirals out of control. Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Dennis Price. From April 1959.

CPO Pertwee's stores requisition spirals out of control.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Dennis Price as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Commander Shaw, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and Tenniel Evans as the Warrant Officer Pertwee. 

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976. 

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. 
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1959.

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Sitcom about life aboard a British frigate named HMS Troutbridge, based in HMNB Portsmouth

A satirical sitcom about life aboard a British frigate named HMS Troutbridge, based in HMNB Portsmouth

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