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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 1

The Navy Lark: Series 1: Episode 15: The Smuggling Spy

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Episode 15: The Smuggling Spy

Series 1

The Smuggling Spy

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 1, The Smuggling Spy

Heather gets a wren stand-in and Pertwee is nervous over duty-free booze.

Heather gets a wren stand-in and Pertwee is nervous over duty-free booze. Stars Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee. From July 1959.

Heather gets a Wren stand-in and Pertwee's nervous over duty-free booze.

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

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 July 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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