All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips and the constantly bemused Stephen Murray as 'Number One'. Below decks Ronnie Barker was just about working his passage as (Un)Able Seaman 'Fatso' Johnson.The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation of on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977. All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips and the constantly bemused Stephen Murray as 'Number One'.
So climb aboard and join the merry crew as they try not to exert themselves too much in a high level NATO exercise, a promotion commotion, a spot of naval nepotism and Hunt Ball complications.
Written By
Laurie Wyman and George Evans
First Broadcast
The Light Programme
29 March 1959
Number of Series
Thirteen
Last Broadcast
The Jubilee Special
16 July 1977
Written By : Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Narrator : Tony Hancock
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours
Type : Humor British Radio Shows Modern Classics Humor
Price : $18.99
Welcome back to 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, where loveable curmudgeon Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is still suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune... More info...
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Written By : Jimmy Perry and David Crofts
Narrator : Full Cast Performance
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour 50 minutes
Type : British Humor Radio Shows Historical Comedy
Price : $13.99
Four BBC Radio 4 Episodes from Jimmy Perry and David Crofts classic wartime comedy. More info...
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Written By : Laurie Wyman
Narrator : Full Cast Performance
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour 50 minutes
Type : Humor British Radio Shows
Price : $18.99
The Navy Lark kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977. More info...
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Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes
Type : Shakespeare Dramatizations British
Price : $18.99
Political intrigue and fierce battle rage in this tense and dynamic production in which a country is torn apart under the legacy of Julius Caesar, 'the colossus'. More info...
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