The Navy Lark : Collection #1


(5 stars; 1 reviews)

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 Act 1956 ( www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1956/74/section/14/enacted ) has expired for all items included in this collection. Additionally, 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/section/14 ) has also expired for all items included in this collection.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

Navy Lark - s01e01 - The Missing Jeep 28:15
Navy Lark - s01e02 - Operation Fag End 29:47
Navy Lark - s01e03 - Number One's Chair 28:23
Navy Lark - s01e04 - The Fairground Lights 29:22
Navy Lark - s01e05 - The Comfort Fund 28:35
Navy Lark - s01e06 - Stuck Up the Inlet 28:35
Navy Lark - s01e07 - The Admiral's Party 28:37
Navy Lark - s01e08 - The Hank of Heather 28:22
Navy Lark - s01e09 - The Multiple Mines 29:32
Navy Lark - s01e10 - The Gun Mechanism Test 28:12
Navy Lark - s01e11 - The Whittlesea Bay Yatch Regatta 29:50
Navy Lark - s01e12 - The Psychology Test 29:57
Navy Lark - s01e13 - A Watch On the Initiative Test 29:51
Navy Lark - s01e14 - An Exercise in Filming 29:16
Navy Lark - s01e15 - The Smuggling Spy 29:02
Navy Lark - s01e16 - The Whittlesea Carnival and Fete 29:19
Navy Lark - s02e01 - New at the Helm 27:32
Navy Lark - s02e02 - Fatso's Box Brownie 28:14
Navy Lark - s02e03 - Bringing Back the Barge 28:55
Navy Lark - s02e04 - The Mock Action 27:55
Navy Lark - s02e05 - Going Dutch 28:23
Navy Lark - s02e06 - The Figurehead 27:20
Navy Lark - s02e07 - Gunboat to Goomba 28:12
Navy Lark - s02e08 - Johnson Finds Treasure 28:50
Navy Lark - s02e09 - The Charter Trip To Antarctica 28:29
Navy Lark - s02e10 - Cementing Relations 28:54
Navy Lark - s02e11 - The Comfort Fund Dance 27:26
Navy Lark - s02e12 - The Route March 27:11
Navy Lark - s02e13 - The Trip Up the Thames 28:36
Navy Lark - s02e14 - The Radar Talk-Down System 28:16
Navy Lark - s02e15 - A Crisp Romance 27:04
Navy Lark - s02e16 - The Lighthouse Lark 29:20
Navy Lark - s02e17 - Pertwee Posted to Portsmouth 27:19
Navy Lark - s02e18 - Johnson's Diet 29:00
Navy Lark - s02e19 - Tug-of-War 27:20
Navy Lark - s02e20 - Return to Portarneyland 20:24
Navy Lark - s02e21 - The Cross Country Run 28:52
Navy Lark - s02e22 - The Morning After 27:10
Navy Lark - s02e23 - The Admiral's Present 27:47
Navy Lark - s02e24 - Secret Mission to Calais 27:43
Navy Lark - s02e25 - Mr Murray Goes Sick 28:32
Navy Lark - s02e26 - The Portarneyland Fishing Limit 27:21
Navy Lark - s03e01 - In Portsmouth for a Refit 28:17
Navy Lark - s03e02 - Refitting Ebeneezer Pertwee 28:30
Navy Lark - s03e03 - Sea Trials and the Poppadom 28:29
Navy Lark - s03e04 - Mutiny Aboard Troutbridge 29:00
Navy Lark - s03e05 - The Explosive Biscuits 29:25
Navy Lark - s03e06 - Sir Willoughby Takes Over the Island 29:10
Navy Lark - s03e07 - Mount Rumpus Atoll 28:39
Navy Lark - s03e08 - 50th Show (before HM Queen) 29:14
Navy Lark - s03e09 - Johnson's Birthday 29:22
Navy Lark - s03e10 - Povey's Unexpected Leave 28:24
Navy Lark - s03e11 - Families Day 28:36
Navy Lark - s03e12 - The Falmouth Ghost Ship 28:34
Navy Lark - s03e13 - Onnabushkan Flu 28:55
Navy Lark - s03e14 - The Efficency Drive 28:28
Navy Lark - s03e15 - The Floggle Grommit Missile 29:00
Navy Lark - s03e16 - The Hitch Hiking Counterfeiter 28:40
Navy Lark - s03e17 - Commodore Goldstein 29:04
Navy Lark - s03e18 - Mr Philips Has Navigation Tuition 29:04
Navy Lark - s03e19 - CPO Pertwee and the Laundry 28:46
Navy Lark - s03e20 - Cmdr Stanton's Wedding 28:55
Navy Lark - s04e01 - Returning from Leave 28:47
Navy Lark - s04e02 - Captain Povey's Spy 29:36
Navy Lark - s04e03 - The Secret of Nessie's Youth 29:35
Navy Lark - s04e04 - The Northampton Hunt Ball 28:46
Navy Lark - s04e05 - Hijacked 28:53
Navy Lark - s04e06 - Admiral Troutbridge 28:31
Navy Lark - s04e07 - Relatives and Reservations 29:30
Navy Lark - s04e08 - Humgrummits on the High Seas 28:31
Navy Lark - s04e09 - Are Captain and Mrs Povey Married 28:56
Navy Lark - s04e10 - Cine Cameras At Sea 29:03
Navy Lark - s04e11 - The Civilian Adjustment Course 28:44
Navy Lark - s04e12 - A Hole Lieutenant 28:57
Navy Lark - s04e13 - Spy Catching in Casablanca 28:29
Navy Lark - s04e14 - Mount Pot Erupts 28:11
Navy Lark - s04e15 - Captain Povey's Shop 29:11
Navy Lark - s04e16 - Leading Seaman Goldstein's Party 28:52
Navy Lark - s04e17 - The Invitation 29:07
Navy Lark - s04e19 - A Strange Hobby 28:35
Navy Lark - s04e20 - Mr Philips Gets Engaged 28:36
Navy Lark - s04e21 - The Sinking of the Bubble Car 25:35
Navy Lark - s04e22 - Long Jonathan Pertwee 28:33
Navy Lark - s04e23 - The Admiral's Accident Report 29:32
Navy Lark - s04e24 - Over the Sea to Rosyth 29:18
Navy Lark - s04e25 - The Return of Sir Fredrick Flatley 28:22
Navy Lark - s04e26 - The Ship's Concert 29:29
Navy Lark - s05e01 - First Day out of Dock 29:42
Navy Lark - s05e02 - The New Barmaid 30:05
Navy Lark - s05e03 - A Deliberate Bashing 29:49
Navy Lark - s05e04 - The Whittlesea Regatta 29:42
Navy Lark - s05e05 - HMS Troutbridge gets a Rocket 29:31
Navy Lark - s05e06 - The Ghost Ship 29:37
Navy Lark - s06e01 - Wren Chasen Returns 30:02
Navy Lark - s06e02 - On the Carpet 28:46
Navy Lark - s06e03 - The Bungalese Spies 29:37
Navy Lark - s06e04 - Troutbridge's Party 28:55
Navy Lark - s06e05 - Rescuing Admirals 29:19
Navy Lark - s06e06 - The Demise of the Depth Charges 29:41
Navy Lark - s06e07 - The Struggle for Promotion 29:12
Navy Lark - s06e08 - Navigation By Computer 28:17
Navy Lark - s06e09 - Stormy Weather 29:54
Navy Lark - s06e10 - Chasing the Kepeac 29:09
Navy Lark - s06e11 - The Submerged Island 29:26
Navy Lark - s06e12 - The Sicilian Secret Agent 29:31
Navy Lark - s06e13 - Germany's Troutbridge 29:18
Navy Lark - s06e14 - Confirming Povey's Rank 29:29
Navy Lark - s06e15 - The Calais Dock Strike 29:20
Navy Lark - s06e16 - Johnson's Memoirs 29:14
Navy Lark - s06e17 - The Emperor of Tratvia 29:43
Navy Lark - s06e18 - Open Day 27:49
Navy Lark - s06e19 - Stuck on a Sandbank 29:12
Navy Lark - s07e01 - Taking Some Liberties 29:10
Navy Lark - s07e01 - Taking Some Liberties [TS Edit] 27:06
Navy Lark - s07e02 - Smugglers in the Solent 29:03
Navy Lark - s07e03 - Mr Murray is Victimised 28:57
Navy Lark - s07e03 - Mr Murray is Victimised [TS Edit] 27:00
Navy Lark - s07e04 - The Poveys Move House 28:44
Navy Lark - s07e05 - Captain Povey Reports Sick 29:50
Navy Lark - s07e05 - Captain Povey Reports Sick [TS Edit] 27:03
Navy Lark - s07e06 - Admiral Pertwee's Fleet 29:43
Navy Lark - s07e06 - Admiral Pertwee's Fleet [TS Edit] 27:05
Navy Lark - s07e07 - Let Loose With a Chopper 29:40
Navy Lark - s07e08 - Making a Right Pig's Breakfast 29:52
Navy Lark - s07e08 - Making a Right Pig's Breakfast [TS Edit] 27:00
Navy Lark - s07e09 - The Mysterious Pudding Mine 29:39
Navy Lark - s07e09 - The Mysterious Pudding Mine [TS Edit] 27:03
Navy Lark - s07e10 - The Hovercraft Training Course 29:26
Navy Lark - s07e11 - The Sabotaged Floggle Toggle Box 29:39
Navy Lark - s07e11 - The Sabotaged Floggle Toggle Box [TS Edit] 26:56
Navy Lark - s07e12 - The Portarneyland Training Exercise 29:00
Navy Lark - s07e13 - Going on Leave to Croydon 29:37
Navy Lark - s07e13 - Going on Leave to Croydon [TS Edit] 26:54
Navy Lark - s08e01 - Where is Troutbridge? 29:57
Navy Lark - s08e02 - The Float a Peddle Fiddle 27:07
Navy Lark - s08e03 - A Sticky Business 29:35
Navy Lark - s08e04 - Buoys Will Be Buoys 29:23
Navy Lark - s08e05 - Steamship Day 29:21
Navy Lark - s08e06 - Farewell to HMS Varsity 29:48
Navy Lark - s08e07 - The Army Lark 29:34
Navy Lark - s08e08 - Just the Ticket 29:43
Navy Lark - s08e09 - Mr Phillips' Promotion 29:49
Navy Lark - s08e10 - Pertwee and the Tratvian Beer 29:47
Navy Lark - s08e11 - The Poom's Papa 29:44
Navy Lark - s08e12 - Getting Rid of Pertwee 29:40
Navy Lark - s08e13 - Off to Sea at Last 29:20
Navy Lark - s09e01 - Back from the Antarctic 29:55
Navy Lark - s09e02 - Fishing off the Faroes 28:50
Navy Lark - s09e03 - A Filthy Ferryboat 28:42
Navy Lark - s09e03 - A Filthy Ferryboat [TS Edit] 27:01
Navy Lark - s09e04 - Jigsaws and Jemmies 28:42
Navy Lark - s09e04 - Jigsaws and Jemmies [TS Edit] 25:06
Navy Lark - s09e05 - The Naval Review 28:34
Navy Lark - s09e05 - The Naval Review [TS Edit] 20:10
Navy Lark - s09e06 - The Curious Caravan Case 29:47
Navy Lark - s09e07 - Frenchmen in J-41 29:28
Navy Lark - s09e08 - The Police Drop In 28:28
Navy Lark - s09e09 - Mr Murray's Endurance Course 29:37
Navy Lark - s09e10 - Women in the Wardroom 29:23
Navy Lark - s09e11 - Troutbridge's Silver Jubilee Party 29:34
Navy Lark - s09e11 - Troutbridge's Silver Jubilee Party [TS Edit] 26:58
Navy Lark - s09e12 - CECIL the Navigation Computer 29:58
Navy Lark - s09e12 - CECIL the Navigation Computer [TS Edit] 27:00
Navy Lark - s09e13 - A Russian Rendezvous 29:54
Navy Lark - s09e13 - A Russian Rendezvous [TS Edit] 30:49
Navy Lark - s09e14 - The Bugged and Burgled Beer 29:46
Navy Lark - s09e15 - Picking Up the Poppadom 28:35
Navy Lark - s09e16 - Cuthbert Joins the Navy 29:40
Navy Lark - s09e16 - Cuthbert Joins the Navy [TS Edit] 27:06
Navy Lark - s09e17 - The Flying Machine 29:23
Navy Lark - s09e17 - The Flying Machine [TS Edit] 27:01
Navy Lark - s09e18 - Sub-Lt Phillips at Dartmouth 27:21
Navy Lark - s09e19 - A Fishy Business 29:48
Navy Lark - s09e19 - A Fishy Business [TS Edit] 27:05
Navy Lark - s09e20 - HMS Troutbridge in Quarantine 29:44
Navy Lark - s09e20 - HMS Troutbridge in Quarantine [TS Edit] 27:01
Navy Lark - s10e01 - Troutbridge Electrifies Portsmouth 29:54
Navy Lark - s10e02 - The Redundancy Drive 29:59
Navy Lark - s10e03 - The Smugglers Return 32:07
Navy Lark - s10e04 - Commander Trotter Takes Charge 29:19
Navy Lark - s10e05 - The Anti-Submarine Missile 32:27
Navy Lark - s10e06 - Sub-Conductor Phillips 29:06
Navy Lark - s10e07 - The South Kawowan Summit 29:22
Navy Lark - s10e08 - Pertwee's Enlistment Expires 30:06
Navy Lark - s10e09 - Captain Povey Takes Over 32:56
Navy Lark - s10e10 - Sir Willoughby Goes to Kawowa 29:18
Navy Lark - s10e11 - The Padre's Birthday 29:53
Navy Lark - s10e12 - The Portsmouth Kiosk 29:33
Navy Lark - s10e13 - The Radio Beacon 29:17
Navy Lark - s10e14 - Mr Phillips Wrong Uniform 29:19
Navy Lark - s10e15 - Harold Wilson Reviews the Fleet 29:47
Navy Lark - s10e16 - The Relief of the Weather Ship 29:12
Navy Lark - s10e17 - The Mickey Mouse Toothbrush 29:55
Navy Lark - s10e18 - The Brick Smugglers 29:33
Navy Lark - s11e01 - Desquatting Troutbridge 30:04
Navy Lark - s11e02 - Admiral Hunting 29:28
Navy Lark - s11e03 - Promoting CPO Pertwee 30:04
Navy Lark - s11e04 - Captain Povey as Governor of Forbodia 29:25
Navy Lark - s11e05 - Sir Willoughby's Party 28:41
Navy Lark - s11e06 - The Fleet Initiative Test 29:33
Navy Lark - s11e07 - CPO Pertwee's Long Service Medal 28:51
Navy Lark - s11e08 - The Phenomenal Pertwee Tug 29:37
Navy Lark - s11e09 - Spy Catching 29:05
Navy Lark - s11e10 - The Anniversary and the Washing 31:15
Navy Lark - s11e11 - The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge 29:17
Navy Lark - s11e12 - Number One Gets Married 30:09
Navy Lark - s11e13 - The Honeymooners Return 34:04
Navy Lark - s11e14 - CPO Pertwee and the Lead Half Crowns 31:29
Navy Lark - s11e15 - Sub Lt Phillips to Leave for Dartmouth 31:18
Navy Lark - s11e16 - The Mark 31 Radar 31:00
Navy Lark - s12e01 - The Put-a-Horse-out-to-Graze Fund 29:42
Navy Lark - s12e02 - Impressions for Survival 29:45
Navy Lark - s12e03 - The Beard-Growing Race 28:34
Navy Lark - s12e04 - The Mysterious Radio Signals 29:40
Navy Lark - s12e05 - Operation Recovery 30:15
Navy Lark - s12e06 - The Slogan Contest 30:07
Navy Lark - s12e07 - Sir Willoughby at Shanghai (200th Edition) 29:16
Navy Lark - s12e08 - Operation Cowes Barge 29:43
Navy Lark - s12e09 - Mr Murray's Anniversary 29:38
Navy Lark - s12e10 - The Loch Ness Monster 29:48
Navy Lark - s13e01 - The TV Documentary 27:42
Navy Lark - s13e02 - The POW Escape Exercise 27:56
Navy Lark - s13e03 - Number One's Married Quarters 28:03
Navy Lark - s13e04 - The Newhaven-Dieppe Smuggling Run 28:07
Navy Lark - s13e05 - The Bumble Spit Lighthouse Affair 28:05
Navy Lark - s13e06 - The Tonipouhaha Treasure 27:42
Navy Lark - s13e07 - The USA Navigator Swap 30:03
Navy Lark - s13e08 - Son of a Sea Lord 27:59
Navy Lark - s13e09 - Hypnotising Ramona 27:06
Navy Lark - s13e10 - The Master of Sardinia 28:02
Navy Lark - s13e11 - Opportunity Knockers 27:29
Navy Lark - s13e12 - Friday the 13th 28:05
Navy Lark - s13e13 - The New NAAFI 27:18

Reviews

Hilarious and Historic


(5 stars)

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.