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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 8: Buoying Up

Buoying Up

Series 8

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 8, Buoying Up

Troutbridge is on a top secret mission - but the inevitable disaster is plain to see.

Troutbridge is on a top secret mission - but the inevitable disaster is plain to see. Stars Jon Pertwee. From September 1966.

Buoys will be buoys when HMS Troutbridge is sent on a top secret mission...  

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 the Russian Trawler Captain, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as the Flag Lieutenant.

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

Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1966.

The Navy Lark: Series 8

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

A satirical sitcom about life aboard a British frigate named HMS Troutbridge, based in HMNB Portsmouth

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