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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 3: The Explosive Biscuits

16/08/2007

The Explosive Biscuits

Series 3

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Povey gets a warning of a bomb on a new frigate while Phillips gets a special gift.

Povey gets a warning of a bomb on a new frigate while Phillips gets a special gift. Stars Leslie Phillips. From November 1960.

Povey is warned about a bomb on a new frigate while Phillips receives a special gift for a journey. 

Starring Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather and Ronnie Barker and Michael Bates as the Potarneylanders.

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 November 1960.

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