The Navy Lark: 60th Anniversary Special Edition Audiobook (Free)

A 60th anniversary celebration from the much-loved nautical comedy, featuring seventeen classic episodes plus bonus material

On 29 March 1959, The Navy Lark sailed the airwaves for the very first time. Starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray, with regular looks from Ronnie Barker and Heather Chasen, it shortly became a radio favourite, and went for 18 years – among the longest-running radio sitcoms.

This 60th anniversary collection comprises seventeen amusing episodes – about The Navy Lark: 60th Anniversary Special Edition one from every series of the display, in addition to the pilot event and the special Jubilee edition. We start with Operation Fag End (5 April 1959), The Hank of Heather (17 May 1959), The Lighthouse Lark (29 January 1960), A Deliberate Bashing (19 April 1963), When Sub Lt Phillips Was at Dartmouth (29 October 1967) as well as the Jubilee Navy Lark (16 July 1977). The various other eleven episodes included are: Commodore Goldstein (22 February 1961), The Northampton Hunt Ball (6 October 1961), Chasing the Kepeac (29 November 1963), Allow Loose with a Chopper (22 August 1965), Mr Phillips’ Advertising (30 Oct 1966), The Redundancy Drive (20 October 1968), The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge (8 March 1970), Impressions For Survival (23 May 1971), Fri the 13th (11 Jun 1972), Povey – An Admiral at Last (9 September 1973) and NANA (16 November 1975).

Bonus items add a mini-episode from your Light Entertainment Present and two episodes from spin-off series The Embassy Lark: Country wide Grumpshnog Week (Series 1, 12 Apr 1966) and Sub-Lt Phillips Drops In (Series 3, 16 Apr 1968). Plus, there’s a dialogue from Bob Holness Presents: Farewell towards the Paris, which sees Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee reminiscing about the producing of The Navy Lark. As well as a ‘lost’ episode from time of year 2 from the Navy Lark; Return to Potarneyland, initial broadcast on 26th Feb 1960.

So step aboard HMS Troutbridge for laughs ahoy!

Made by Alastair Scott-Johnston

A BBC Studios production