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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 7: The Poveys Move House

05/10/2012

The Poveys Move House

Series 7

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 7, The Poveys Move House

Captain Povey is moving house and needs to shift furniture. Step forward Pertwee.

Captain Povey is moving house and needs to shift furniture. Step forward Pertwee. Stars Leslie Phillips. From August 1965.

Stressed out Captain Povey is moving house and needs the crew of HMS Troutbridge to help shift the furniture.

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 Mrs Povey, Ronnie Barker as Captain Bell and Tenniel Evans as Uncle Ebeneezer .

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 August 1965.

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