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The Navy Lark: Series 8: Getting Rid Of Pertwee

Getting Rid Of Pertwee

Series 8

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Has Pertwee finally come unstuck? Povey's certainly keen for a new Chief Petty Officer.

Has Pertwee finally come unstuck? Povey's certainly keen for a new Chief Petty Officer. Stars Jon Pertwee. From November 1966.

Has Pertwee finally come unstuck? Captain Povey's certainly keen for a new Chief Petty Officer...

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 Aunt Morpeth, Michael Bates as the Padre, Ronnie Barker as Lieutenant Queeg and Tenniel Evans as Taffy 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

Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 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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