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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 7: Let Loose with a Chopper

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Series 7

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 7, Let Loose with a Chopper

Ordered on to a Nato exercise, HMS Troutbridge's crew find themselves up in the air.

Ordered on to a Nato exercise, HMS Troutbridge's crew find themselves up in the air. Stars Leslie Phillips. From August 1965.

Ordered on to a Nato exercise, the crew of HMS Troutbridge find themselves up in the air. 

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 Lieutenant Parfitt, Michael Bates as Lieutenant Dingle and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.

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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