The Navy Lark: Volume 32

The Classic BBC Radio Sitcom

Author Lawrie Wyman

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Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray star in four more episodes of the popular nautical comedy

Frenchmen in J.41 (‘Having a Bit of Trouble with the French’) 13 August 1967
Troutbridge returns from trials to find a French frigate docked in their berth – to Pertwee's great concern...

The Police Drop In (‘Tangling with the Law’) 20 August 1967
Povey is told to co-operate with the law over a theft from a local museum – but the Troutbridge crew get nervous when a police helicopter drops in.

The Bumble Spit Lighthouse Affair (‘Cavorting About’) 23 April 1972
Troutbridge has an unfortunate collision with the Bumble Spit Light Vessel, and Murray is feeling tetchy because Rita is away.

The Tonipouhaha Treasure (‘Digging Themselves Stupid’) 30 April 1972
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The Navy Lark is the second longest-running comedy in British radio history (the topical Friday night show, Week Ending, which ran from 1970 to 1998, is currently the longest). In 1958, writer Laurie Wyman announced that he wanted to build a series around talented comic actor Jon Pertwee. Having secured Pertwee as the lead, he looked for other main characters and is quoted in the Radio Times as saying 'I felt we needed an idiot, and there was no one better at playing idiots than Leslie Phillips - so we got him.' The first episode of the series went out on 29 March 1959 and, from the start, the light-hearted and affectionate spoof on the Senior…