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The Navy Lark

BBC Radio comedy series
from archive.org

The Navy Lark was a BBC Radio comedy series that ran for 15 series between 1959 and 1976 with largely the sane cast, and, some would say, the same jokes. An ensemble cast played a number of characters, many with distinct catchphrases. Among the most memorable are the thieving Chief Petty Officer Pertwee, the oldest Sub Lieutenant in the Navy, Sub Lieutenant Phillips, Able Seaman Goldstein, Wren Chasen (the only sensible person in the crew), the long suffering Lieutenant Murray and their collective nemesis, Commander Povey.

The premise is that the series concerns the mishaps of HMS Troutbridge, in Series 1 & 2 Troutbridge being a shore based establishment, but from Series 3 onwards, HMS Troutbridge becomes a warship, leaving more latitude for chaos.

Some episodes are missing, but this collection is as complete as possible.

  1. s01e01 The Missing Jeep (25.9Mb)
  2. s01e02 Operation Fag End (27.3Mb)
  3. s01e03 Number One's Chair (26Mb)
  4. s01e04 The Fairground Lights (26.9Mb)
  5. s01e05 The Comfort Fund (26.2Mb)
  6. s01e06 - Stuck Up the Inlet (52.4Mb)
  7. s01e07 - The Admiral's Party (26.2Mb)
  8. s01e08 - The Hank of Heather (26Mb)
  9. s01e09 - The Multiple Mines (33.8Mb)
  10. s01e10 - The Gun Mechanism Test (25.8Mb)
  11. s01e11 - The Whittlesea Bay Yatch Regatta (27.3Mb)
  12. s01e12 - The Psychology Test (27.4Mb)
  13. s01e13 - A Watch On the Initiative Test (27.3Mb)
  14. s01e14 - An Exercise in Filming (26.8Mb)
  15. s01e15 - The Smuggling Spy (53.2Mb)
  16. s01e16 - The Whittlesea Carnival and Fete (26.8Mb)
  17. Navy Lark - s02e01 - New at the Helm (25.2Mb)
  18. Navy Lark - s02e02 - Fatso's Box Brownie (25.9Mb)
  19. Navy Lark - s02e03 - Bringing Back the Barge (26.5Mb)
  20. Navy Lark - s02e04 - The Mock Action (25.6Mb)
  21. Navy Lark - s02e05 - Going Dutch (26Mb)
  22. Navy Lark - s02e06 - The Figurehead (25Mb)
  23. no title (21.7Mb)
  24. Navy Lark - s02e07 - Gunboat to Goomba (51.7Mb)
  25. Navy Lark - s02e08 - Johnson Finds Treasure (26.4Mb)
  26. Navy Lark - s02e09 - The Charter Trip To Antarctica (26.1Mb)
  27. Navy Lark - s02e10 - Cementing Relations (26.5Mb)
  28. Navy Lark - s02e11 - The Comfort Fund Dance (25.1Mb)
  29. Navy Lark - s02e12 - The Route March (24.9Mb)
  30. Navy Lark - s02e13 - The Trip Up the Thames (26.2Mb)
  31. no title (22.4Mb)
  32. Navy Lark - s02e14 - The Radar Talk-Down System (51.8Mb)
  33. Navy Lark - s02e15 - A Crisp Romance (24.8Mb)
  34. Navy Lark - s02e16 - The Lighthouse Lark (53.7Mb)
  35. Navy Lark - s02e17 - Pertwee Posted to Portsmouth (50Mb)
  36. Navy Lark - s02e18 - Johnson's Diet (26.6Mb)
  37. Navy Lark - s02e19 - Tug-of-War (25Mb)
  38. no title (33.6Mb)
  39. Navy Lark - s02e20 - Return to Portarneyland (18.7Mb)
  40. Navy Lark - s02e21 - The Cross Country Run (26.4Mb)
  41. Navy Lark - s02e22 - The Morning After (24.9Mb)
  42. Navy Lark - s02e23 - The Admiral's Present (25.4Mb)
  43. Navy Lark - s02e24 - Secret Mission to Calais (25.4Mb)
  44. Navy Lark - s02e25 - Mr Murray Goes Sick (26.1Mb)
  45. Navy Lark - s02e26 - The Portarneyland Fishing Limit (25Mb)
  46. Navy Lark - s03e01 - In Portsmouth for a Refit (25.9Mb)
  47. Navy Lark - s03e02 - Refitting Ebeneezer Pertwee (26.1Mb)
  48. Navy Lark - s03e03 - Sea Trials and the Poppadom (26.1Mb)
  49. Navy Lark - s03e04 - Mutiny Aboard Troutbridge (26.6Mb)
  50. Navy Lark - s03e05 - The Explosive Biscuits (26.9Mb)
  51. Navy Lark - s03e06 - Sir Willoughby Takes Over the Island (26.7Mb)
  52. Navy Lark - s03e07 - Mount Rumpus Atoll (26.2Mb)
  53. Navy Lark - s03e08 - 50th Show (before HM Queen) (26.8Mb)
  54. Navy Lark - s03e09 - Johnson's Birthday (26.9Mb)
  55. Navy Lark - s03e10 - Povey's Unexpected Leave (26Mb)
  56. Navy Lark - s03e11 - Families Day (26.2Mb)
  57. Navy Lark - s03e12 - The Falmouth Ghost Ship (26.2Mb)
  58. Navy Lark - s03e13 - Onnabushkan Flu (26.5Mb)
  59. Navy Lark - s03e14 - The Efficency Drive (26.1Mb)
  60. Navy Lark - s03e15 - The Floggle Grommit Missile (26.6Mb)
  61. Navy Lark - s03e16 - The Hitch Hiking Counterfeiter (26.3Mb)
  62. Navy Lark - s03e17 - Commodore Goldstein (26.6Mb)
  63. Navy Lark - s03e18 - Mr Philips Has Navigation Tuition (26.6Mb)
  64. Navy Lark - s03e19 - CPO Pertwee and the Laundry (26.3Mb)
  65. Navy Lark - s03e20 - Cmdr Stanton's Wedding (26.5Mb)
  66. Navy Lark - s04e01 - Returning from Leave (26.4Mb)
  67. Navy Lark - s04e02 - Captain Povey's Spy (27.1Mb)
  68. Navy Lark - s04e03 - The Secret of Nessie's Youth (27.1Mb)
  69. Navy Lark - s04e04 - The Northampton Hunt Ball (52.7Mb)
  70. Navy Lark - s04e05 - Hijacked (26.4Mb)
  71. Navy Lark - s04e06 - Admiral Troutbridge (26.1Mb)
  72. Navy Lark - s04e07 - Relatives and Reservations (27Mb)
  73. Navy Lark - s04e08 - Humgrummits on the High Seas (26.1Mb)
  74. Navy Lark - s04e09 - Are Captain and Mrs Povey Married (26.5Mb)
  75. Navy Lark - s04e10 - Cine Cameras At Sea (26.6Mb)
  76. Navy Lark - s04e11 - The Civilian Adjustment Course (26.3Mb)
  77. Navy Lark - s04e12 - A Hole Lieutenant (26.5Mb)
  78. Navy Lark - s04e13 - Spy Catching in Casablanca (26.1Mb)
  79. Navy Lark - s04e14 - Mount Pot Erupts (25.8Mb)
  80. Navy Lark - s04e15 - Captain Povey's Shop (26.7Mb)
  81. Navy Lark - s04e16 - Leading Seaman Goldstein's Party (26.4Mb)
  82. Navy Lark - s04e17 - The Invitation (26.7Mb)
  83. Navy Lark - s04e19 - A Strange Hobby (26.2Mb)
  84. Navy Lark - s04e20 - Mr Philips Gets Engaged (26.2Mb)
  85. Navy Lark - s04e21 - The Sinking of the Bubble Car (23.4Mb)
  86. Navy Lark - s04e22 - Long Jonathan Pertwee (26.1Mb)
  87. Navy Lark - s04e23 - The Admiral's Accident Report (27Mb)
  88. Navy Lark - s04e24 - Over the Sea to Rosyth (26.8Mb)
  89. Navy Lark - s04e25 - The Return of Sir Fredrick Flatley (26Mb)
  90. Navy Lark - s04e26 - The Ship's Concert (27Mb)
  91. Navy Lark - s05e01 - First Day out of Dock (27.2Mb)
  92. Navy Lark - s05e02 - The New Barmaid (27.5Mb)
  93. Navy Lark - s05e03 - A Deliberate Bashing (17.1Mb)
  94. Navy Lark - s05e04 - The Whittlesea Regatta (27.2Mb)
  95. Navy Lark - s05e05 - HMS Troutbridge gets a Rocket (27Mb)
  96. Navy Lark - s05e06 - The Ghost Ship (27.1Mb)
  97. Navy Lark - s06e01 - Wren Chasen Returns (27.5Mb)
  98. Navy Lark - s06e02 - On the Carpet (26.3Mb)
  99. Navy Lark - s06e03 - The Bungalese Spies (27.1Mb)
  100. Navy Lark - s06e04 - Troutbridge's Party (26.5Mb)
  101. Navy Lark - s06e05 - Rescuing Admirals (26.9Mb)
  102. Navy Lark - s06e06 - The Demise of the Depth Charges (27.2Mb)
  103. Navy Lark - s06e07 - The Struggle for Promotion (26.7Mb)
  104. Navy Lark - s06e08 - Navigation By Computer (25.9Mb)
  105. Navy Lark - s06e09 - Stormy Weather (27.4Mb)
  106. Navy Lark - s06e10 - Chasing the Kepeac (53.4Mb)
  107. Navy Lark - s06e11 - The Submerged Island (27Mb)
  108. Navy Lark - s06e12 - The Sicilian Secret Agent (27Mb)
  109. Navy Lark - s06e13 - Germany's Troutbridge (26.8Mb)
  110. Navy Lark - s06e14 - Confirming Povey's Rank (27Mb)
  111. Navy Lark - s06e15 - The Calais Dock Strike (26.9Mb)
  112. Navy Lark - s06e16 - Johnson's Memoirs (26.8Mb)
  113. Navy Lark - s06e17 - The Emperor of Tratvia (27.2Mb)
  114. Navy Lark - s06e18 - Open Day (25.5Mb)
  115. Navy Lark - s06e19 - Stuck on a Sandbank (26.7Mb)
  116. Navy Lark - s07e01 - Taking Some Liberties (26.7Mb)
  117. Navy Lark - s07e01 - Taking Some Liberties [TS Edit] (24.8Mb)
  118. Navy Lark - s07e02 - Smugglers in the Solent (26.6Mb)
  119. Navy Lark - s07e03 - Mr Murray is Victimised (26.5Mb)
  120. Navy Lark - s07e03 - Mr Murray is Victimised [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  121. Navy Lark - s07e04 - The Poveys Move House (26.3Mb)
  122. Navy Lark - s07e05 - Captain Povey Reports Sick (27.3Mb)
  123. Navy Lark - s07e05 - Captain Povey Reports Sick [TS Edit] (24.8Mb)
  124. Navy Lark - s07e06 - Admiral Pertwee's Fleet (54.4Mb)
  125. Navy Lark - s07e06 - Admiral Pertwee's Fleet [TS Edit] (24.8Mb)
  126. Navy Lark - s07e07 - Let Loose With a Chopper (17Mb)
  127. Navy Lark - s07e08 - Making a Right Pig's Breakfast (27.4Mb)
  128. Navy Lark - s07e08 - Making a Right Pig's Breakfast [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  129. Navy Lark - s07e09 - The Mysterious Pudding Mine (27.1Mb)
  130. Navy Lark - s07e09 - The Mysterious Pudding Mine [TS Edit] (24.8Mb)
  131. Navy Lark - s07e10 - The Hovercraft Training Course (27Mb)
  132. Navy Lark - s07e11 - The Sabotaged Floggle Toggle Box (27.2Mb)
  133. Navy Lark - s07e11 - The Sabotaged Floggle Toggle Box [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  134. Navy Lark - s07e12 - The Portarneyland Training Exercise (26.6Mb)
  135. Navy Lark - s07e13 - Going on Leave to Croydon (27.1Mb)
  136. Navy Lark - s07e13 - Going on Leave to Croydon [TS Edit] (24.6Mb)
  137. Navy Lark - s08e01 - Where is Troutbridge? (54.9Mb)
  138. Navy Lark - s08e02 - The Float a Peddle Fiddle (24.8Mb)
  139. Navy Lark - s08e03 - A Sticky Business (54.2Mb)
  140. Navy Lark - s08e04 - Buoys Will Be Buoys (53.8Mb)
  141. Navy Lark - s08e05 - Steamship Day (53.8Mb)
  142. Navy Lark - s08e06 - Farewell to HMS Varsity (54.6Mb)
  143. Navy Lark - s08e07 - The Army Lark (54.2Mb)
  144. Navy Lark - s08e08 - Just the Ticket (unknown file size)
  145. Navy Lark - s08e09 - Mr Phillips' Promotion (54.6Mb)
  146. Navy Lark - s08e10 - Pertwee and the Tratvian Beer (27.3Mb)
  147. Navy Lark - s08e11 - The Poom's Papa (54.4Mb)
  148. Navy Lark - s08e12 - Getting Rid of Pertwee (54.3Mb)
  149. Navy Lark - s08e13 - Off to Sea at Last (53.7Mb)
  150. Navy Lark - s09e01 - Back from the Antarctic (27.4Mb)
  151. Navy Lark - s09e02 - Fishing off the Faroes (26.4Mb)
  152. Navy Lark - s09e03 - A Filthy Ferryboat (26.3Mb)
  153. Navy Lark - s09e03 - A Filthy Ferryboat [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  154. Navy Lark - s09e04 - Jigsaws and Jemmies (26.3Mb)
  155. Navy Lark - s09e04 - Jigsaws and Jemmies [TS Edit] (23Mb)
  156. Navy Lark - s09e05 - The Naval Review (26.2Mb)
  157. Navy Lark - s09e05 - The Naval Review [TS Edit] (36.9Mb)
  158. Navy Lark - s09e06 - The Curious Caravan Case (27.3Mb)
  159. Navy Lark - s09e07 - Frenchmen in J-41 (27Mb)
  160. Navy Lark - s09e08 - The Police Drop In (26.1Mb)
  161. Navy Lark - s09e09 - Mr Murray's Endurance Course (27.1Mb)
  162. Navy Lark - s09e10 - Women in the Wardroom (26.9Mb)
  163. Navy Lark - s09e11 - Troutbridge's Silver Jubilee Party (27.1Mb)
  164. Navy Lark - s09e11 - Troutbridge's Silver Jubilee Party [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  165. Navy Lark - s09e12 - CECIL the Navigation Computer (27.4Mb)
  166. Navy Lark - s09e12 - CECIL the Navigation Computer [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  167. Navy Lark - s09e13 - A Russian Rendezvous (27.4Mb)
  168. Navy Lark - s09e13 - A Russian Rendezvous [TS Edit] (28.2Mb)
  169. Navy Lark - s09e14 - The Bugged and Burgled Beer (27.3Mb)
  170. Navy Lark - s09e15 - Picking Up the Poppadom (26.2Mb)
  171. Navy Lark - s09e16 - Cuthbert Joins the Navy (27.2Mb)
  172. Navy Lark - s09e16 - Cuthbert Joins the Navy [TS Edit] (24.8Mb)
  173. Navy Lark - s09e17 - The Flying Machine (26.9Mb)
  174. Navy Lark - s09e17 - The Flying Machine [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  175. Navy Lark - s09e18 - Sub-Lt Phillips at Dartmouth (25Mb)
  176. Navy Lark - s09e19 - A Fishy Business (27.3Mb)
  177. Navy Lark - s09e19 - A Fishy Business [TS Edit] (24.8Mb)
  178. Navy Lark - s09e20 - HMS Troutbridge in Quarantine (27.2Mb)
  179. Navy Lark - s09e20 - HMS Troutbridge in Quarantine [TS Edit] (24.7Mb)
  180. Navy Lark - s10e01 - Troutbridge Electrifies Portsmouth (54.8Mb)
  181. Navy Lark - s10e02 - The Redundancy Drive (54.9Mb)
  182. Navy Lark - s10e03 - The Smugglers Return (58.8Mb)
  183. Navy Lark - s10e04 - Commander Trotter Takes Charge (53.7Mb)
  184. Navy Lark - s10e05 - The Anti-Submarine Missile (59.4Mb)
  185. Navy Lark - s10e06 - Sub-Conductor Phillips (53.3Mb)
  186. Navy Lark - s10e07 - The South Kawowan Summit (53.8Mb)
  187. Navy Lark - s10e08 - Pertwee's Enlistment Expires (55.1Mb)
  188. Navy Lark - s10e09 - Captain Povey Takes Over (60.3Mb)
  189. Navy Lark - s10e10 - Sir Willoughby Goes to Kawowa (53.7Mb)
  190. Navy Lark - s10e11 - The Padre's Birthday (54.7Mb)
  191. Navy Lark - s10e12 - The Portsmouth Kiosk (54.1Mb)
  192. Navy Lark - s10e13 - The Radio Beacon (26.8Mb)
  193. Navy Lark - s10e14 - Mr Phillips Wrong Uniform (53.7Mb)
  194. Navy Lark - s10e15 - Harold Wilson Reviews the Fleet (54.6Mb)
  195. Navy Lark - s10e16 - The Relief of the Weather Ship (53.5Mb)
  196. Navy Lark - s10e17 - The Mickey Mouse Toothbrush (54.8Mb)
  197. Navy Lark - s10e18 - The Brick Smugglers (54.1Mb)
  198. Navy Lark - s11e01 - Desquatting Troutbridge (55.1Mb)
  199. Navy Lark - s11e02 - Admiral Hunting (54Mb)
  200. Navy Lark - s11e03 - Promoting CPO Pertwee (55.1Mb)
  201. Navy Lark - s11e04 - Captain Povey as Governor of Forbodia (53.9Mb)
  202. Navy Lark - s11e05 - Sir Willoughby's Party (52.5Mb)
  203. Navy Lark - s11e06 - The Fleet Initiative Test (54.1Mb)
  204. Navy Lark - s11e07 - CPO Pertwee's Long Service Medal (52.8Mb)
  205. Navy Lark - s11e08 - The Phenomenal Pertwee Tug (54.2Mb)
  206. Navy Lark - s11e09 - Spy Catching (53.3Mb)
  207. Navy Lark - s11e10 - The Anniversary and the Washing (57.2Mb)
  208. Navy Lark - s11e11 - The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge (53.6Mb)
  209. Navy Lark - s11e12 - Number One Gets Married (55.2Mb)
  210. Navy Lark - s11e13 - The Honeymooners Return (62.4Mb)
  211. Navy Lark - s11e14 - CPO Pertwee and the Lead Half Crowns (57.7Mb)
  212. Navy Lark - s11e15 - Sub Lt Phillips to Leave for Dartmouth (57.3Mb)
  213. Navy Lark - s11e16 - The Mark 31 Radar (56.8Mb)
  214. Navy Lark - s12e01 - The Put-a-Horse-out-to-Graze Fund (54.4Mb)
  215. Navy Lark - s12e02 - Impressions for Survival (54.5Mb)
  216. Navy Lark - s12e03 - The Beard-Growing Race (52.3Mb)
  217. Navy Lark - s12e04 - The Mysterious Radio Signals (54.3Mb)
  218. Navy Lark - s12e05 - Operation Recovery (55.4Mb)
  219. Navy Lark - s12e06 - The Slogan Contest (55.2Mb)
  220. Navy Lark - s12e07 - Sir Willoughby at Shanghai (200th Edition) (53.6Mb)
  221. Navy Lark - s12e08 - Operation Cowes Barge (54.4Mb)
  222. Navy Lark - s12e09 - Mr Murray's Anniversary (54.3Mb)
  223. Navy Lark - s12e10 - The Loch Ness Monster (54.6Mb)
  224. Navy Lark - s13e01 - The TV Documentary (25.4Mb)
  225. Navy Lark - s13e02 - The POW Escape Exercise (51.2Mb)
  226. Navy Lark - s13e03 - Number One's Married Quarters (25.7Mb)
  227. Navy Lark - s13e04 - The Newhaven-Dieppe Smuggling Run (25.7Mb)
  228. Navy Lark - s13e05 - The Bumble Spit Lighthouse Affair (51.4Mb)
  229. Navy Lark - s13e06 - The Tonipouhaha Treasure (50.7Mb)
  230. Navy Lark - s13e07 - The USA Navigator Swap (55Mb)
  231. Navy Lark - s13e08 - Son of a Sea Lord (25.6Mb)
  232. Navy Lark - s13e09 - Hypnotising Ramona (24.8Mb)
  233. Navy Lark - s13e10 - The Master of Sardinia (25.7Mb)
  234. Navy Lark - s13e11 - Opportunity Knockers (50.3Mb)
  235. Navy Lark - s13e12 - Friday the 13th (25.7Mb)
  236. Navy Lark - s13e13 - The New NAAFI (25Mb)

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