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The Navy Lark

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More fun on the waves in this classic comedy

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The Navy Lark: Series 2: The Figurehead

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The Figurehead

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Fatso Johnson whittles for all he is worth when Pertwee enters the antique market.

Fatso Johnson whittles for all he is worth when Pertwee enters the antique market. Stars Leslie Phillips. From November 1959.

Johnson must whittle for all he is worth when Pertwee enters the antiques market.

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 Mr Popesgrove 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 November 1959.

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

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