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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 2: Fatso's Box Brownie

14/02/2007

Fatso's Box Brownie

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 2, Fatso's Box Brownie

Johnson has a boozy birthday, while Pertwee's wine smuggling does not go to plan.

Johnson has a boozy birthday, while Pertwee's wine smuggling does not go to plan. Stars Ronnie Barker. From October 1959.

Johnson has a boozy birthday, while Pertwee's attempts to smuggle wine doesn't go to plan.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Lt. Commander Bates 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 October 1959.

The Navy Lark: Series 2

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

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