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WITH OUR THREE STARS LESLIE PHILLIPS, JON PERTWEE AND STEPHEN MURRAY The Navy Lark was a BBC radio comedy written by Laurie Wyman and George Evans about the crew of The Royal Navy ship HMS Troutbridge and their mis-adventures. The show was first aired on The Light Programme in 1959 and ran for thirteen series until 1976 making it the second longest running radio programme the BBC has made. The main characters of The Navy Lark are: Cheif Petty Officer Pertwee, played by Jon Pertwee; Sub Lieutenant Phillips, played by Leslie Phillips and The Number One, which was played by Dennis Price in the first series and Stephen Murray from then on. The rest of the regular characters (too many to list here - see the cast and crew section) were played by Richard Caldicot, Ronnie Barker, Tenniel Evans, Michael Bates and Heather Chasen. The different sections of this website are:
News: -= 02/03/08 =- The Navy Lark Series 4 - Part 2 is coming out on 10 Jul 2008, and is currently pre-orderable for £50.00 at amazon.co.uk -= 02/03/08 =- Cover art for The Navy Lark vol 19 - Just the Ticket 
-= 14/01/08 =- The Navy Lark vol 19 - Just the Ticket has been put back and is now coming out on 04 February 2008, still pre-orderable for £12.99 at amazon -= 06/10/07 =- The Navy Lark vol 19 - Just the Ticket is coming out on 05 November 2007, and is currently pre-orderable for £12.99 at amazon -= 08/08/07 =- 
The Navy Lark on BBC7
The BBC digital radio station BBC7 has repeats of The Navy Lark Thursdays at 08.00, 12.00 and 19.00 You can listen to the station on digital radio - or over the internet by clicking the image above -= 02/07/06 =- 
Current prices for The Navy Lark Series 4 - Part 1 Amazon: - £44.99 BBC Shop: - £46.49 Play.com: - £44.99 -= 14/03/07 =- The Navy Lark Series 4 - Part 1 is coming out on 02 July 2007, and is currently pre-orderable for £65.00 at amazon -= 23/10/06 =- The First series of The Navy Lark is now being broadcast on BBC7: Wednesdays at 14.30 and repeated Thursday at 06.30. As always the show is available on BBC7's listen again service for 1 week after broadcast. -= 30/08/06 =-
There is a tribute to Ronnie Barker on BBC7 at 09.00 on Saturday 02 September. It will also be available for one week afterwards on BBC7's Listen Again online. -= 15/08/06 =- The programme Laughter in the Air on BBC7 on sunday had a segment about The Navy Lark including interviews with Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee and some clips from the show. It will be available on BBC7's Listen Again unitl Saturday 19 August -= 02/07/06 =- Cover art for the Navy Lark Series 3 box set released 3 July 2006.
-= 28/05/06 =- The Navy Lark: Series 3 Price Watch: Amazon: - £32.46 BBC Shop: - £32.99-= 13/05/06 =- Available to listen online on BBC 7's Listen Again from 14-19 May:
Left Hand Down Abit, With Leslie Phillips
Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips welcomes you aboard the infamous HMS Troutbridge for a three-hour voyage through six classic episodes in the life and times of a legendary comic flagship. Find out how The Navy Lark got started; discover who might have been in starring roles; learn how the cast of the radio series were invited to take large bits of a real-life ship! How exactly DID Sub-Lieutenant Phillips get through Dartmouth ? Featured episodes of The Navy Lark are Operation Fag End (Jan 1959); The Hank of Heather (Apr 1959); The Lighthouse Lark (Jan 1960); A Deliberate Bashing (Apr 1963); Mr. Phillips at Dartmouth (Oct 1967); The Jubilee Navy Lark (Jun 1977)
Left Hand Down A-bit
-= 31/03/06 =- The Navy Lark on BBC7 is taking a bit of break but has been replaced by the spin-off show The Embassy Lark - at 14.30 on Thursdayshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/thursday/
-= 27/03/06 =- The Navy Lark vol 18: Back From The Antartic will be available 4 September 2006 Blurb from Amazon: This work features four more episodes of nautical mayhem starring Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Ronnie Barker and Tenniel Evans. Jump on the deck and join them once more in these classic capers, as the crew return towing a flotilla, the Fleet abandons Troutbridge, Pertwee borrows the ship's silver tea service, and Leslie reminisces about his youth. The episodes are: "Back from the Antarctic"; "The Naval Review"; "Troutbridge's Silver Jubilee"; and, "Sub Lt. Phillips at Dartmouth"-= 27/03/06 =- The Navy Lark: The Very Best Episodes: Vol 1 is available to pre-order at the BBC Shop for £10.99 and Amazon for £12.99 The episodes have all been previously released however it does include an introduction by the President of The Navy Lark Appreciation Society. The CD would make a good introduction for someone new to The Navy Lark as the selected episodes are excellent and include some personal favourites. The episodes are: An Exercise in Filming - 28 June 1959 - Series 1 Lighthouse Lark - 29 January 1960 - Series 2 A Deliberate Bashing - 19th April 1963 - Series 5 Tug-Of-War - 19 February 1960 - Series 2-= 15/03/06 =- Cover art from the forth coming The Navy Lark: The Very Best Episodes: Vol 1
-= 01/03/06 =- The Navy Lark Series 3 is due out 3 July 2006. Blurb from amazon: This handsome Collector's CD Edition features all existing episodes from the third series of the terrifically popular radio comedy. The majority of these 19 episodes have not been previously released. The rare recordings have been digitally remastered to provide the best possible reproduction. An additional bonus feature is "Radio Lives", a Radio 4 programme focussing on the career of Jon Pertwee, who played CPO Pertwee and a variety of other colourful characters in "The Navy Lark". The box also contains an illustrated booklet with a detailed series history and cast biographies.-= 15/01/06 =- The Navy Lark is once again being played on BBC 7. Thursdays at 14:30. You can also listen to the previous weeks episode on the internet with real player: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/thursday/-= 07/12/05 =- The Navy Lark: The Very Best Episodes: Vol 1 is due out 3 April 2006 Blurb from amazon: This title features four of the finest episodes from the long-running seafaring sitcom, which entertained the nation from the 1950s to the 1970s. Amongst the many stars who served time on HMS Troutbridge are Jon Pertwee, Leslie Philips, Ronnie Barker and Tenniel Evans, the release will also contain specially written sleeve notes which illustrate the magic of The Navy Lark in general, and these four episodes in particular. This is another entry in the Very Best Episodes range of comedy CDs. Dont know what the episodes are yet but its likely they're ones that are already available - heres hoping that Series 3 box set isnt far away!-= 03/10/05 =- It's with great sadness we come to say fairwell to Ronnie Barker - Ableseaman Johnson - who died today. So long fatso!Ronnie Barker obituary on the BBC -= 08/08/05 =- There is a CD due out next year - The Navy Lark: The Very Best Episodes: Vol 1, but no details yet.Not much other news on the release front, no confirmed release for a Series 3 boxset(s) or volume 18 of the 4 episode collections!-= 23/07/05 =- Changed the quote-a-matic as the old one had broken. It still seems that IE's pop-up blocker can stop it though. Stopped being a cheap-skate and started paying for the site hosting, so no more popups or twenty year load times!-= 12/03/05 =- The Navy Lark 17 - Taking Some Liberties 
Due for release on 06 June 2005 on CD and cassette. Epsiodes: Taking Some Liberties (11 July 1965) The PM Papa (13 November 1966) Getting Rid of Pertwee (20 November 1966) Off to Sea at Last (27 November 1966)-= 05/11/04 =- The Navy Lark Series 2 - Volume 2 Due for release on 07 March 2005 and available to pre-order at www.BBCShop.co.uk for ?40.00 -= 06/06/04 =- The Navy Lark 16 - Stranded 
Due for release on the 05 July 2004 on Cd and cassette comprising episodes first transmitted:
28.12.69 - Commander Murray & The Squatters
11.01.70 - Pertwee Climbs up the Promotion Ladder
18.01.70 - Stranded
22.02.70 - The Security Clampdown
-= 06/06/04 =- 
The Navy Lark - The Second Series - Volume 1
Is now available - Info from the BBC Shop
This handsome Collector's CD Edition is the second in a series which will eventually cover every existing episode of The Navy Lark, restored and remastered. Series 2, Volume 1 contains the first 14 episodes from the second series. The box also contains an illustrated booklet with detailed programme notes, cast biographies and details of the missing episodes, and each CD is presented in its own wallet.
Available at www.BBCShop.co.uk for ?45.00
-= 12/02/04 =- The Navy Lark Series 2 The second series of the Navy Lark is currently set to be released on CD in two volumes. Volume 1 will be released on the 7th of June 2004 and Volume 2 on the 7th of March 2005. -= 28/01/04 =-
The Navy Lark on BBC7
The BBC digital radio station BBC7 has repeats of The Navy Lark as part of its Classic Comedy Schedule
You can listen to the station on digital radio or over the internet - for playing times check the BBC7 site
Thanks to Bob from Calgary for the heads-up
-= 05/10/03 =- 
The Navy Lark - The First Series
Released on 3rd November 2003 - an 8 CD set
Info taken from www.BBCShop.co.uk
"This handsome Collector's CD Edition is the first in a series which will eventually cover every episode of The Navy Lark which still exists. All 16 survive from the first series, including three rarely heard recordings, and they are all presented here. The box also contains an illustrated booklet with detailed programme notes, cast biographies and details of the missing episodes, and each CD is presented in its own wallet."
-= 05/10/03 =- 
The Navy Lark Collection 2
The Navy Lark Collection 2 is a box set comprising:
The Navy Lark 4, The Navy Lark 5 and The Navy Lark 6
Available now on cassette
-= 08/06/03 =- 
The Navy Lark 15 - Going on leave to Croydon
Will be available on 07 July on CD and Cassette
-= 09/01/03 =- Summaries Added: 5-2 The Loch Ness Monster -= 07/10/02 =- The Navy Lark Collection The Navy Lark Collection is a box set comprising: The Navy Lark, The Navy Lark 2 and the Navy Lark 3 -= 22/09/02 =- Summaries Added: 4-3 The Slogan Contest 4-4 Sir Willoughby At Shanghai -= 01/09/02 =- Summaries Added: 4-1 The Mysterious Radio Signals 4-2 Operation Recovery -= 26/08/02 =- Summaries Added: 3-3 The Put a Horse out to Graze Fund 3-4 Impressons For Survival -= 29/06/02 =- The Navy Lark 14: The Smuggling Spy is out 1st of July 2002 - on tape and CD -==- The Navy Lark Collection is scheduled for release in September priced ?22.50. The only details I've got are from the Amazon synopsis: "Classic episodes of nautical mayhem on board HMS Troutbridge. One of radio's longest-running comic shows, "The Navy Lark" was broadcast between 1959 and 1977." - so it seems likely that it'll be a selected highlights from the current 14 volumes in a 3 or 4 tape pack When I find out more I'll put it up here -==- Site more or less fininshed now - just the episode summaries, which I'll have finished eventually :)
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