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The Navy Lark

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More fun on the waves in this classic comedy

The Navy Lark: Series 6: Johnson's Memoirs

Johnson's Memoirs

Series 6

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When Fatso makes a bid for literary success, Pertwee intervenes. Stars Ronnie Barker.

When Fatso makes a bid for literary success, Pertwee intervenes. Stars Ronnie Barker and Leslie Phillips. From January 1964.

When Johnson gets set to take the literary world by storm with his memoirs, Pertwee decides to intervene.

Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson and Heather Chasen as Heather.

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 January 1964.

The Navy Lark: Series 6

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