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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 2: The Potarneyland Fishing Limit

20/05/2015

The Potarneyland Fishing Limit

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 2, The Potarneyland Fishing Limit

Instead of going on leave, the Admiral sends Troutbridge's crew on fishery protection.

Instead of going on leave, the Admiral sends Troutbridge's crew on fishery protection. Stars Leslie Phillips. From April 1960.

Instead of going on leave, the Admiral sends the crew of HMS Troutbridge off on fishery protection...

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 AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as the Skipper and Tenniel Evans as AS Goldstein. 

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 April 1960.

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

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