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The Navy Lark was an affectionate spoof on the Senior Service from 1959 to 1977, making it one of the longest running comedy shows ever. All the antics took place aboard HMS Troughtbridge and the crew consisted of the Number One, in the first series played by Dennis Price played the Number one, but Stephen Murray took his place when he departed for a Broadway show after the first series. Leslie Phillips was the Sub-Lieutenant, a silly-ass whose cry of "Left hand down a bit" meant impending doom for whichever port they were docking in, or whatever vessel was nearby, and Petty Officer Pertwee, played by Jon Pertwee.

Navy-Lark

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Air Date Title Synopsis
 1969-12-31  Navy Lark Reception
 1969-12-31  Navy Lark Landing
 1969-12-31  Navy Lark Ultimatum
 1969-12-31  Navy Lark Admirals Lead Roofing
 1969-12-31  Navy Lark Russian Fishing Fleet
 1969-12-31  Navy Lark Nato Exercises
 1959-03-29  101 First Episode
 1959-04-05  102 Working Their Passage
 1959-04-12  103 Having Their Fun
 1959-04-19  104 Fairground Lights
 1959-04-26  105 Comfort Fund
 1959-05-03  106 Stuck Up Inlet
 1959-05-10  107 Admirals Party
 1959-05-17  108 Hank Of Heather
 1959-05-24  109 Multiple Mines
 1959-05-31  110 Gun Mechanism Test
 1959-06-07  111 Wittlesea Bay Yacht Regatta
 1959-06-21  113 Watch On Initiative Test
 1959-06-28  114 An Exercise In Filming
 1959-07-05  115 Smuggling Spy
 1959-07-12  116 Whittlesea Carnival & Fete
 1959-10-16  201 New At Helm
 1959-10-23  202 Fatsos Box Brownie
 1959-10-30  203 Bringing Back Barge
 1959-11-06  204 Mock Action
 1959-11-13  205 Going Dutch
 1959-11-20  206 Figurehead
 1959-11-27  208 Johnson Finds Treasure
 1959-12-11  209 Charter Trip To Antarctica
 1959-12-18  210 Cementing Relations
 1959-12-25  211 Strike Up Band
 1960-01-08  213 Trip Up Thames
 1960-01-22  215 Crisp Romance
 1960-01-29  216 Lighthouse Lark
 1960-02-05  217 Pertwee Posted To Portsmouth
 1960-02-12  218 Working Their Passage
 1960-03-04  221 Crosscountry Run
 1960-03-11  222 Morning After
 1960-03-25  224 Secret Mission To Calais
 1960-04-08  226 Potarneyland Fishin
 1960-11-02  301 In Portsmouth For
 1960-11-09  302 Refitting Ebeneezer
 1960-11-16  303 Sea Trials Of P
 1960-11-23  304 Mutiny Aboard
 1960-11-30  305 Explosive Biscuits
 1960-12-07  306 Sir Willoughby Takes Over Island
 1960-12-14  307 Mount Rumpus Atoll
 1961-02-08  315 Floggle Grummit Missile
 1961-02-15  316 Hitchhiking Counterfeiter
 1961-02-22  317 Commodore Goldstein
 1961-03-01  318 Mr Phillips Has Navigation Tuition
 1961-03-08  319 Cpo Pertwee & Laundry
 1961-09-22  402 Captain Poveys Spy
 1961-10-06  404 Northampton Hunt Ball
 1961-10-13  405 Hijacked
 1961-10-20  406 Admiral Troutbridge
 1961-10-27  407 Relatives & Reservations
 1961-11-03  408 Humgrummits On High Seas
 1961-11-10  409 Are Captain & Mrs Povey Married
 1961-11-17  410 Cine Cameras At Sea
 1961-11-24  411 Citizen Adjustment Course
 1961-12-01  412 A Hole Lieutenant
 1961-12-08  413 Spy Catching In Casablanca
 1961-12-15  414 Mount Pot Erupts
 1961-12-22  415 Captain Poveys Shop
 1961-12-29  416 Leading Seaman Goldsteins Party
 1962-01-19  419 A Strange Hobby
 1962-01-26  420 Mr Phillips Gets Engaged
 1962-02-02  421 Sinking Of Bubble Car
 1962-02-09  422 Long Jonathan Pertwee
 1962-02-16  423 Admirals Accident Report
 1962-02-23  424 Over Sea To Rosyth
 1962-03-02  425 Return Of Sir Frederick Flatle
 1962-03-09  426 Ships Concert
 1963-04-05  501 First Day Out Of Dock
 1963-04-12  502 100 Th Edition
 1963-04-19  503 A Deliberate Bashing
 1963-04-26  504 Whittlesea Regatta
 1963-05-03  505 Hms Troutbridge Gets A Rocket
 1963-05-10  506 Ghost Ship
 1963-09-27  601 Wren Chasen Returns
 1963-10-04  602 On Carpet
 1963-10-11  603 Bungalese Spies
 1963-10-18  604 Troutbridge’s Party
 1963-10-25  605 Rescuing Admirals
 1963-11-01  606 Demise Of Depth Charges
 1963-11-08  607 Struggle For Promotion
 1963-11-15  608 Fred Computables
 1963-11-22  609 Stormy Weather
 1963-11-29  610 Chasing Kepeac
 1963-12-06  611 Submerged Island
 1963-12-13  612 Sicilian Secret Agent
 1963-12-20  613 Germany’s Troutbridge
 1963-12-27  614 Confirming Poveys Rank
 1964-01-03  615 Calais Dock Strike
 1964-01-10  616 Johnsons Memoirs
 1964-01-17  617 Emperor Of Tratvia
 1964-01-24  618 Open Day
 1964-01-31  619 Stuck On A Sandbank
 1965-07-11  701 Taking Some Liberties Backinthemuc
 1965-07-25  703 Doing A Mischief
 1965-08-01  704 Povey’s Move House
 1965-08-08  705 Captain Povey Reports Sick
 1965-08-22  707 Let Loose With A Chopper
 1965-08-29  708 Making A Right Pigs Breakfast
 1965-09-05  709 Mysterious Pudding Mine
 1965-09-19  711 Sabotaged Floggletogglebox
 1965-10-03  713 Going On Leave To Croydon
 1966-09-04  801 Searching For Their Ship
 1966-09-11  802 Float A Peddle Fiddle
 1966-09-18  803 Gumming Up Works
 1966-09-25  804 Buoys Will Be Buoys
 1966-10-02  805 Charitably Taking Part
 1966-10-09  806 Farewell To Hms Varsity
 1966-10-16  807 Blowing Themselves Up
 1966-10-23  808 Just Ticket
 1966-10-30  809 Mr Phillips Promotion
 1966-11-06  810 Pertwee & Tratvian Beer
 1966-11-13  811 Pm Papa
 1966-11-20  812 Undergoing Trials & Tribulat
 1966-11-27  813 Off To Sea At Last
 1967-07-02  901 Back From Antarctic
 1967-07-09  902 Fishing In Troubled Waters
 1967-07-16  903 Cleaning Up
 1967-07-23  904 Doing A Disastrical
 1967-07-30  905 Deliberately Abandoned
 1967-08-06  906 Curious Caravan Case
 1967-08-13  907 Bit Of Trouble W French
 1967-08-20  908 Tangling W Law
 1967-08-27  909 Mr Murray’s Endurance Course
 1967-09-03  910 Women In Wardroom
 1967-09-10  911 Troutbridges Silver Jubilee Party
 1967-09-17  912 Cecil Navigation Computer
 1967-09-24  913 Seeing Red
 1967-10-01  914 Bugged & Burgled Beer
 1967-10-08  915 Picking Up Poppadom
 1967-10-15  916 Cuthbert Joins Navy
 1967-10-22  917 Flying Machine
 1967-10-29  918 When Sub Lt Phillips Was At Dartmo
 1967-11-05  919 Frying Up
 1967-11-12  920 Troutbridge In Quarantine
 1968-10-13  1001 Lighting Up
 1968-10-20  1002 A Redundancy Drive
 1968-10-27  1003 Smugglers Return
 1968-11-03  1004 Captain Trotter Takes Charge
 1968-11-10  1005 Antisubmarine Missile
 1968-11-17  1006 Accredited
 1968-11-24  1007 South Kawowan Summit
 1968-12-29  1012 Portsmouth Kiosk
 1969-01-12  1014 Wrong Uniform
 1969-01-26  1016 Relief Of Weather Ship
 1969-02-02  1017 Bunging Up
 1969-12-28  1101 Desquatting Troutbridge
 1970-01-11  1103 Promoting
 1970-01-25  1105 Sir Willoughbys Party
 1970-03-08  1111 Spy Catching
 1970-03-15  1112 Getting Spliced
 1970-04-05  1115 Dartmouth Naval College Narrow Escape
 1970-04-12  1116 Bashing Up Radar For Th
 1971-05-16  1201 Put A Horse Out To Graze Fu
 1971-05-23  1202 Impressions For Survival
 1971-06-06  1204 Mysterious Radio Signals
 1971-06-13  1205 Operation Recovery
 1971-06-20  1206 Slogan Contest
 1971-06-27  1207 Sir Willoughby At Shanghai
 1971-07-04  1208 Operation Cowes Barge
 1972-03-26  1301 Tv Documentary
 1972-04-09  1303 No. 1 S Married Quarters
 1972-04-16  1304 Operating For Profit
 1972-05-07  1307 Usa Navigator Swap
 1972-05-14  1308 Son Of A Sea Lord
 1972-05-28  1310 Master Of Sardinia
 1972-06-04  1311 Opportunity Knockers
 1972-06-11  1312 Friday 13 Th
 1972-06-18  1313 New Naafi
 1973-07-29  1401 Montezuela Revolution
 1973-08-12  1403 Bunged In Brig
 1973-08-26  1405 Digital Islands Go Unstable
 1973-09-09  1407 Povey An Admiral At Last
 1973-10-14  1412 Living High Life
 1973-10-21  1413 Talpinium Shell
 1975-09-11  1501 Blowing Up Hms Troutbridge
 1975-11-16  1502 Nana
 1975-11-23  1503 Helen New Wren
 1975-11-30  1504 Relief For Station 150
 1975-12-07  1505 Black Is Beautiful
 1975-12-14  1506 Sydney & Stamp
 1975-12-21  1507 Riding To Victory
 1975-12-25  1508 Horrible Horace Stirs It Up
 1976-01-04  1509 Officers & Gents Lib
 1976-01-11  1510 Case Of Hgm Mar
 1977-07-16  Special Queens Silver Jubilee Edition

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