The Navy Lark : Collection #1
The Navy Lark Radio comedy starring Leslie Phillips , Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray . British situation comedy for radio based on the Royal Navy. Nautical comedy afloat, featuring a disaster-prone frigate named HMS Troutbridge . Originally broadcast from 1959 to 1977. Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee were in every episode. Stephen Murray joined the cast in Series 2. Also features Ronnie Barker, Michael Bates, Tenniel Evans, Richard Caldicott and Heather Chasen. Left-hand down a bit! Continues here : The Navy Lark ~ Collection #2 The 50 year period of broadcast copyright under section 14(2) of the UK's Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ( www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48 ) has expired for all items included in this collection.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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Hilarious and Historic
Phil Headford
I am fond of comedy. It is the antidote to mortality. You might or might not be interested in history (there *are* people so dim as to ignore it); for whatever reason, this collection should be an essential for your collection. It provides a sparkling insight into the spirit of the times during the post -WWII decade or so. Regardless, this is long list of the best in British mirth. The persistent characters are well-drawn, brilliantly acted, and recorded to the inimitable BBC standard. My father was a CPO on destroyers, frigates and an aircraft-carrier, and over lunch at 2pm on Sundays, he would often laugh aloud at the radio. The family suspected there were naval in-jokes. We thought them a badge of authenticity. Suspend your generation prejudice, and relax to the sound of our forebears making clowns of themselves for the benefit all. None better.