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The Navy Lark: Series 8: The PM Papa

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HMS Troutbridge takes Sir Willoughby Todhunter Brown to France and bedlam ensues.

HMS Troutbridge takes Sir Willoughby Todhunter Brown to France and bedlam ensues. Stars Leslie Phillips. From November 1966.

HMS Troutbridge must take Sir Willoughby Todhunter-Brown and his wife to France on an official trip, but bedlam ensues...

Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Lady Todhunter-Brown, Michael Bates as Commander Bracewell, Ronnie Barker as Commander Bell and Tenniel Evans as Sir Willoughby Todd Hunter-Brown. 

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

Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1966.

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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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