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The Navy Lark Lawrie Wyman

The Navy Lark By Lawrie Wyman

The Navy Lark by Lawrie Wyman

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The Navy Lark: v. 26: Doing a Disastrical by Lawrie Wyman

Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Stephen Murray and Ronnie Barker star in these four hilarious radio episodes. 'Secret Mission to Calais'/'Working Their Passage' (25 March 1960): The Admiral foists a 'ticklish job' from the Diplomatic Service on Povey: collect somebody who has got out of 'you know where' from France - at the same time as Pertwee needs to get Pierre home. 'The Sabotaged Floggle-Toggle Box'/'Floggle Toggling Their Way Through' (19 September 1966): Mr Queeg and 'the Lad' believe that there has been a case of sabotage aboard Troutbridge when iron filings are found in the frigate's floggle-toggle box. 'Jigsaws and Jemmies'/'Doing a Disastrical' (23 July 1967): Somebody has tried to break into the new WREN's quarters, and a bag of tools marked 'CPO P' has been found. Is it the work of the Chinese People's Observation Patrol, or is the culprit closer to home? 'The Mickey Mouse Toothbrush'/'Bunging Up' (2 February 1969): Mr Phillips has trouble with the plumbing when he bungs up his basin plug hole with his Mickey Mouse toothbrush. But the toothbrush trouble doesn't stop there...With Richard Caldicot, Heather Chasen, Tenniel Evans and Michael Bates. 2 CDs. 1 hr 51 mins.

About Lawrie Wyman

The Navy Lark is the second longest-running comedy in British radio history (the topical Friday night show, Week Ending, which ran from 1970 to 1998, is currently the longest). In 1958, writer Laurie Wyman announced that he wanted to build a series around talented comic actor Jon Pertwee. Having secured Pertwee as the lead, he looked for other main characters and is quoted in the Radio Times as saying 'I felt we needed an idiot, and there was no one better at playing idiots than Leslie Phillips - so we got him.' The first episode of the series went out on 29 March 1959 and, from the start, the light-hearted and affectionate spoof on the Senior Service won many fans - some of the highest order! On the occasion of the show's 21st anniversary, for example, the crew were asked by WRNS to put on a special performance. They duly obliged, and in the audience that night at the Royal Festival Hall was Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother. Sir Charles Lambe, who was the first Sea Lord at the time, had also visited the studio during rehearsal. The crew of HMS Troutbridge were a motley bunch: Jon Pertwee, who actually served in the Navy during the Second World War, played the conniving Petty Officer and was established as a household favourite by the series. Leslie Phillips was the vague chinless wonder Sub-Lieutenant. His parrot cry of 'left hand down a bit' has passed into A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, whose author Eric Partridge writes 'within two years, it was a standard piece of Navalese'. The young Ronnie Barker (long before attaining fame as a television comedy actor) also appeared in the series, playing two parts: (Un)Able Seaman Fatso Johnson and Lieutenant-Commander Stanton. The Navy Lark gripped the nation for the best part of twenty years. Its signature tune, composed by Tommy Reilly and James Moody, was the jaunty Trade Wind Hornpipe and did much to contribute to the popularity of the series. The key to the show's popularity, though, was its irreverent but essentially gentle humour and, most of all, the many-voiced talents of its stars. As Leslie Phillips remarked in 1987, 'I caused more damage to Naval property than the Navy had done in two world wars'. The final episode was broadcast on 18 January 1976. However, the crew all jumped on board one last time for a Jubilee Special on 16 July 1977.

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GOR006984177
9781445890937
1445890933
The Navy Lark: v. 26: Doing a Disastrical by Lawrie Wyman
Lawrie Wyman
Used - Like New
Hardback
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
20120906
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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