The Navy Lark

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More fun on the waves in this classic comedy

The Navy Lark: Series 9: Seeing Red

Seeing Red

Series 9

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 9, Seeing Red

Can the inept Troutbridge crew take a VIP to a secret rendezvous?

Can the inept Troutbridge crew take a VIP to a secret rendezvous? Stars Leslie Phillips and Bill Pertwee. From September 1967.

Can the inept crew of HMS Troutbridge manage to carry Sir Willoughby Todhunter-Brown to a secret rendezvous?

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.

Written by Lawrie Wyman

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Russian Minister ...... Heather Chasen
Dorps ...... Ronnie Barker
Sir Willoughby Todhunter Brown ...... Tenniel Evans
Russian Frigate Captain. ....... Michael Bates

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1967.

This was the last episode broadcast on the Light - as by the following episode, the network had been renamed BBC Radio 2.

The Navy Lark: Series 9

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