The Navy Lark
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Light Programme / BBC Radio 2
- 1959 - 1977
- 241 episodes (15 series)
Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate. Stars Dennis Price, Stephen Murray, Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee, Ronnie Barker and more.
The Navy Lark - Volume 34
Four vintage episodes from the classic seafaring sitcom, including the original pilot episode and the final regular episode
Operation Fag End ('Working Their Passage') - 5 April 1959
New head honcho Commander Povey is heading to the island to inspect the crew - just as Pertwee's consignment of 50,000 smuggled cigarettes is about to arrive...
The Bugged And Burgled Beer ('Bugging') - 1 October 1967
Pertwee has a purchasing problem: the two cases of beer he sold to his customers have ended up in Povey's custody. Can a bugging device help him recover his haul?
Number One's Anniversary ('Biff Boff Boffing Their Way Through') - 11 July 1971
With his first wedding anniversary approaching, Mr Murray is in a bad mood - and Captain Povey is in trouble after switching the photos of two applicants for his wife's advertisement for an au pair.
Captain Wilberforce Pertwee ('Having A History Lesson') - 18 January 1976
After Pertwee's ingenious defence gets Phillips acquitted at a court martial, he recounts how he got his inventiveness from his wily Great-Great-Grandfather Wilberforce Pertwee.
First released: Thursday 3rd January 2019
- Publisher: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 120
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- Distributor: BBC Physical Audio
- Minutes: 120
- Catalogue: 9781785299582
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