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The Navy Lark

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Pertwee is in a pickle over Commander Shaw's inspection.

Pertwee is in a pickle over Commander Shaw's inspection. Stars Dennis Price, Jon Pertwee and Leslie Phillips. From March 1959.

Pertwee's in a pickle over Commander Shaw's inspection aboard HMS Troutbridge.

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 LS Goldstein/Uncle Sebastian.

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 BBC Radio 2 in March 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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