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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: Strike Up the Band

05/04/2007

Strike Up the Band

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 2, Strike Up the Band

When Number One uses the comfort fund accounts for a dance, Pertwee takes action.

When Number One uses the comfort fund accounts for a dance, Pertwee takes action. Stars Leslie Phillips. From December 1959.

When Number One uses the Comfort Fund accounts for a dance, Pertwee takes action.

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 Mrs Povey, Michael Bates as Ginger and Tenniel Evans as Uncle Ebenzer.

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976. 

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. 

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 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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