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The Navy Lark

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Captain Povey is auditing the unit accounts, so excess cash is secretly spent on Heather.

Captain Povey is auditing the unit accounts, so excess cash is secretly spent on Heather. Stars Jon Pertwee. From April 1959.

Captain Povey is auditing the unit accounts, and there is a big surprise for Heather. 

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Dennis Price as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Commander Shaw, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and Tenniel Evans as Goldstein.

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976. 

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. 
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1959.

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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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