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Spinoff of the classic nautical sitcom The Navy Lark as the crew take over a TV studio

Spinoff of the classic nautical sitcom The Navy Lark, as the HMS Troutbridge's crew takes over a TV studio

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The TV team heads to Africa for 'Up the Creek' with naturalists Maggie and Arnold Crump.

The TV team heads to Africa for 'Up the Creek' with naturalists Maggie and Arnold Crump. Navy Lark spin-off stars Leslie Phillips. From March 1963.

The Troutbridge TV team heads to Africa for 'Up The Creek' with naturalists Maggie and Arnold Crump.

After 4 series of 'The Navy Lark', the BBC decided the comedy crew needed a new setting, so where better than brand new independent station, Troutbridge TV? 

However, after just 10 episodes, this proved to be only a temporary change of course for the crew of HMS Troutbridge - as the crew were soon back aboard 'The Navy Lark'. 

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Floor Manager, Leslie Phillips as The Director, Stephen Murray as the Producer, Ronnie Barker as Fatso Johnson and Richard Caldicote as the Deputy Controller. 

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman 

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1963.

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