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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 2: The Admiral's Present

30/05/2007

The Admiral's Present

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 2, The Admiral's Present

The officers are ordered to attend a party to celebrate the Admiral's 50 years of service.

The officers are ordered to attend a party to celebrate the Admiral's 50 years of service. Stars Jon Pertwee. From March 1960.

The officers of HMS Troutbridge are ordered to attend a party to celebrate the Admiral's 50 years of service.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as Lt Commander Stanton, Heather Chasen as Mrs Povey, Michael Bates as the Rating and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral. 

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

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. 

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1960.

The Navy Lark: Series 2

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

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