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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 6: Stuck on a Sandbank

Stuck on a Sandbank

Series 6

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 6, Stuck on a Sandbank

The Troutbridge crew are all set for leave - after one tiny mission.

The Troutbridge crew are all set for leave - after one tiny mission. Stars Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee. From January 1964.

The crew of HMS Troutbridge is set for shore leave - if they can just manage to complete one tiny mission first.

Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson and Tenniel Evans as Leading Seamen Goldstein.

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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