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The Navy Lark

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The Navy Lark: Series 6: Rescuing Admirals

01/06/2012

Rescuing Admirals

Series 6

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 6, Rescuing Admirals

Two top brass need rescuing, Pertwee meets his uncle and an old face sails back.

Two top brass need rescuing, Pertwee meets his uncle and an old face sails back. Stars Leslie Phillips. From October 1963.

Two top brass need rescuing, Pertwee meets his Uncle and an old face sails back.

Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather and Michael Bates as Rear Admiral Ironbridge. 

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 

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.

The Navy Lark: Series 6

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