The Navy Lark: Difference between revisions

'''''The Navy Lark''''' was a radio comedy produced by [[The BBC]] which ran from 1959 to 1977 starring [[Leslie Phillips]], [[Stephen Murray]], [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Richard Caldicott]], [[Ronnie Barker]], [[Heather Chasen]], [[Tenniel Evans]] and loads of others. ''The Navy Lark'' followed the adventures of the Royal Navy's least wanted crew on HMS ''Troutbridge''<ref>A Type 15 Frigate, a take off of the real life H.M.S. ''Troubridge'' with whom it shared its pennant number, F09</ref> as scheming Commander (promoted over the course of the series to Commodore) Povey tried to dump them overboard and they tried to avoid life on civvy street. Generally these were interspersed with CPO Pertwee's doomed-to-failure get-rich-quick schemes and Sub-Lieutenant Phillips' equally doomed attempts to chase down WRN Chasen.

 

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* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Commander Bracewell, who typically delivered bad news to Captain Povey, had a variety of annoying laughs, ranging from the tauntingly mocking to the loud and goofy.

** Toward the beginning, they would refer to having seen the latest ''[[Carry On]]'' movie (e.g. ''Carry On Caveman'') with that stupid blond with the mustache.

* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Sub-Lieutenant Phillips and WRN Chasen when they finally make up. Pertwee responds with audible retching.

* [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]] - There was a movie, but it replaced virtually all the voice-actors with more telegenic cinema-actors and is pretty much an [[In Name Only]] adaptation.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] - The lead officer was changed from Lieutenant Price to Lieutenant Murray after season 1.

 

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