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A fresh arrival makes waves and throws a NATO exercise into confusion. 100th episode.

A fresh arrival makes waves and throws a NATO exercise into confusion. 100th episode. Stars Leslie Phillips. From April 1963.

A fresh arrival makes waves aboard HMS Troutbridge and throws a NATO exercise into confusion. 
100th episode of the seafaring sitcom. 

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Michael Bates as Commander Bracewell, Tenniel Evans as Taffy Goldstein and Janet Brown as Vera.

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 April 1963.

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

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