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The Navy Lark: Series 5: Whittlesea Regatta

13/04/2012

Whittlesea Regatta

Series 5

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All the Troutbridge crew have to do is tow a barge. What could possibly go wrong?

All the Troutbridge crew have to do is tow a barge. What could possibly go wrong? Starring Leslie Phillips. From April 1963.

All that the crew of HMS Troutbridge have to do is tow a barge. What could possibly go wrong?  

Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as The Mayor, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Tenniel Evans as The Admiral and Michael Bates as Rear Admiral Ironbridge. 

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.

The Navy Lark: Series 5

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

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