The series was written by Laurie Wyman, who also wrote for Tony Hancock, and was later co-written by George Evans, who wrote The Mike and Bernie Winters Show for TV. Although highly unrealistic, The Navy Lark turned out to be especially popular with Royal Navy sailors.
The show brought fame for a young Ronnie Barker. Before HMS troutbridge came along, Barker had performed in The Floggits (which also featured Anthony Newley and Joan Sims), but the stars of the show, Elsie and Doris Waters, were jealous that he got too many laughs, so the appearance was short-lived.
Between series four and five of The Navy Lark appeared a spin-off, The TV Lark, which featured Number One, Fatso et al in a different setting. ‘troutbridge TV Ltd’ was the crew’s new home for 10 shows, but one land-based series was enough and they were soon back at sea.
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Series 1
59/03/29 101 The Missing Jeeps (The First Episode)show
59/04/05 102 Working Their Passage
59/04/12 103 Having Their Fun
59/04/19 104 The Fairground Lights
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59/04/26 105 The Comfort Fund
59/05/03 106 Stuck Up The Inlet
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59/05/10 107 The Admiral’s Party
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59/05/17 108 The Hank of Heather
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59/05/24 109 The Multiple Mines
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59/05/31 110 The Gun Mechanism Test
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59/06/07 111 The Whittlesea Bay Yacht Regatta
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59/06/14 112 The Psychology Test
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59/06/21 113 A Watch On The Initiative Test
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59/06/28 114 An Exercise In Filming
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59/07/05 115 The Smuggling Spy
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59/07/12 116 The Whittlesea Carnival and Fete
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59/03/29 101 The First Episode
59/04/19 104 The Fairground Lights
59/05/03 106 Stuck Up The Inlet
59/05/10 107 The Admiral’s Party
59/05/17 108 The Hank of Heather
59/05/24 109 The Multiple Mines
59/05/31 110 The Gun Mechanism Test
59/06/07 111 The Whittlesea Bay Yacht Regatta
59/06/14 112 The Psychology Test
59/06/21 113 A Watch On The Initiative Test
59/06/28 114 An Exercise In Filming
59/07/05 115 The Smuggling Spy
59/07/12 116 The Whittlesea Carnival and Fete
Series 2
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59/10/16 201 New At The Helm
59/10/23 202 Fatso’s Box Brownie
59/10/30 203 Bringing Back The Barge
59/11/06 204 The Mock Action
59/11/13 205 Going Dutch
59/11/20 206 The Figurehead
59/11/27 207 Working Their Passage
59/12/04 208 Johnson Finds Treasure
59/12/11 209 The Charter Trip To Antarctica
59/12/18 210 Cementing Relations
59/12/25 211 Strike Up The Band
60/01/01 212 The Route March
60/01/08 213 The Trip Up The Thames
60/01/15 214 Working Their Passage
60/01/22 215 A Crisp Romance
60/01/29 216 The Lighthouse Lark
60/02/05 217 Pertwee Posted To Portsmouth
60/02/12 218 Working Their Passage
60/02/19 219 Tug of War
60/02/26 220 Working Their Passage
60/03/04 221 The Cross Country Run
60/03/11 222 Working Their Passage
60/03/18 223 Working Their Passage
60/03/25 224 Working Their Passage
60/04/01 225 Mr Murray Goes Sick
60/04/08 226 The Potarneyland Fishing Limit
60/04/15 227 Wrens Reunion at the Festival Hall
Series 3
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60/11/02 301 In Portsmouth For A Re-Fit
60/11/09 302 Refitting Ebeneezer Pertwee
60/11/16 303 Sea Trials of The Poopadom
60/11/23 304 Mutiny Aboard Troutbridge
60/11/30 305 The Explosive Biscuits
60/12/07 306 Sir Willoughny Takes Over An Island
60/12/14 307 Mount Rumpus Atoll
60/12/21 308 50th Show Special Performance for Her Majesties
60/12/28 309 Johnson’s Birthday
61/01/04 310 Working Their Passage
61/01/11 311 Working Their Passage
61/01/18 312 Working Their Passage
61/01/25 313 Working Their Passage
61/02/01 314 Working Their Passage
61/02/08 315 The Floggle Grummit Missile
61/02/15 316 The Hitch Hiking Counterfeiter
61/02/22 317 Commodore Goldstein
61/03/01 318 Mr Phillips Has Navigation Tuition
61/03/08 319 CPO Pertwee and The Laundry
61/03/15 320 Working Their Passage Last of the Current Series
Series 4
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61/09/15 401 Returning From Leave
61/09/22 402 Captain Povey’s Spy
61/09/29 403 Working Their Passage
61/10/06 404 The Northampton Hunt Ball
61/10/13 405 Hijacked
61/10/20 406 Admiral Troutbridge
61/10/27 407 Relatives and Reservations
61/11/03 408 Humgrummits On The High Seas
61/11/10 409 Are Captain and Mrs Povey Married
61/11/17 410 Cine Cameras At Sea
61/11/24 411 The Citizen Adjustment Course
61/12/01 412 A Hole Lieutenant
61/12/08 413 Spy Catching In Casablanca
61/12/15 414 Mount Pot Erupts
61/12/22 415 Captain Povey’s Shop
61/12/29 416 Leading Seaman Goldstein’s Party
62/01/05 417 The Invitation
62/01/12 418 Working Their Passage
62/01/19 419 A Strange Hobby
62/01/26 420 Mr Phillips Gets Engaged
62/02/02 421 The Sinking of The Bubble Car
62/02/09 422 Long Jonathan Pertwee
62/02/16 423 The Admiral’s Accident Reports
62/02/23 424 Over The Sea To Rosyth
62/03/02 425 The Return of Sir Frederick Flatley
62/03/09 426 Working Their Passage (Ship’s Concert)
62/12/25 Christmas Special for Antarctica
Series 5
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63/04/05 501 First Day Out of Dock
63/04/12 502 100th Edition
63/04/19 503 A Deliberate Bashing
63/04/26 504 Whittlesea Regatta
63/05/03 505 HMS Troutbridge Gets A Rocket
63/05/10 506 The Ghost Ship
Series 6
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63/09/27 601 Wren Chasen Returns
63/10/04 602 On The Carpet
63/10/11 603 The Bungalese Spies
63/10/18 604 Troutbridge’s Party
63/10/25 605 Rescuing Admirals
63/11/01 606 Demise of the Depth Charges
63/11/08 607 The Struggle for Promotion
63/11/15 608 Fred Computables
63/11/22 609 TS Brashing Six Kinds of Brick Dust
63/11/29 610 Chasing The Kepeac
63/12/06 611 The Submerged Island
63/12/13 612 The Sicilian Secret Army
63/12/20 613 Germany’s Troutbridge
63/12/27 614 Confirming Povey’s Rank
64/01/03 615 Ferrying Their Way Through (Calais Dock Strike)
64/01/10 616 Taking Liberties With History (Johnson’s Memoirs)
64/01/17 617 The Emperor of Tratvia
64/01/24 618 Doing Their Fifteen Sided Nuts
64/01/31 619 Having A Go (Stuck on a Sandbank)
Series 7
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65/07/11 701 Back in the Muck Again
65/07/18 702 Taking Some Liberties
65/07/25 703 Doing A Mischief
65/08/01 704 The Povey’s Move House
65/08/08 705 Captain Povey Reports Sick
65/08/15 706 Admiral Pertwee’s Fleet
65/08/22 707 Let Loose With A Chopper
65/08/29 708 Making A Right Pig’s Breakfast
65/09/05 709 The Mysterious Pudding Mine
65/09/12 710 Belting Three Feet Up In The Air Through Hovercraft
65/09/19 711 Floggle Toggling Their Way Through
65/09/26 712 The Potarneyland Training Exercise
65/10/03 713 Doing A Mischief Going On Leave to Croydon
65/12/25 Christmas Special Broadcast to Antarctica
Series 8
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66/09/04 801 Searching for their Ship - Where is Troutbridge
66/09/11 802 Float-A-Peddling Their Way Through
66/09/18 803 Gumming Up The Works
66/09/25 804 Buoying Up (Buoys Will Be Buoys)
66/10/02 805 Charitably Taking Part (Steamship Day)
66/10/09 806 Drifting Through (Farewell to HMS Varsity)
66/10/16 807 Blowing Themselves Up (The Army Lark)
66/10/23 808 Buying Tickets (Just The Ticket)
66/10/30 809 Mr Phillips Promotion
66/11/06 810 Pertwee and the Tratvian Beer
66/11/13 811 The PM Papa
66/11/20 812 Getting Rid of Pertwee
66/11/27 813 Off to Sea At Last
Series 9
67/07/02 901 Have Been Towing (Back from the Antarctic) show
67/07/09 902 Fishing in Troubled Waters (Fishers Off the Faeroes) show
67/07/16 903 Cleaning Up (A Filthy Ferryboat) show
67/07/23 904 Doing A Disastrical (Jigsaws and Jemmies) show
67/07/30 905 Deliberately Abandoned (The Navel Review) show
67/08/06 906 Going Caravaning (The Curious Caravan Case) show
67/08/13 907 Having A Bit of Trouble With The French show
67/08/20 908 Tangling With The Law (The Police Drop In) show
67/08/27 909 Have Been Assaulting (Mr Murray’s Endurance Course) show
67/09/03 910 Have Been Redecorating (Women in the Wardroom) show
67/09/10 911 Celebrating Their Important Anniversary show
67/09/17 912 Computerising (CECIL The Navigation Computer) show
67/09/24 913 Seeing Red (A Russian Rendezous) show
67/10/01 914 Bugging (The Bugged and Burgled Beer) show
67/10/08 915 Flying in the Face (Picking Up the Poppadom) show
67/10/15 916 Cuthbert Joins The Navy show
67/10/22 917 Frustrating The Spark of Invention (Flying Machine) show
67/10/29 918 Doing Some Historical Research show
67/11/05 919 Frying Up (A Fishy Business) show
67/11/12 920 Been Painting Pink Spots (Troutbridge in Quarantine) show
SERIES LOG by OTTER
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67/07/02 901 Have Been Towing (Back from the Antarctic)
67/07/09 902 Fishing in Troubled Waters (Fishers Off the Faeroes)
67/07/16 903 Cleaning Up (A Filthy Ferryboat)
67/07/23 904 Doing A Disastrical (Jigsaws and Jemmies)
67/07/30 905 Deliberately Abandoned (The Navel Review)
67/08/06 906 Going Caravaning (The Curious Caravan Case)
67/08/13 907 Having A Bit of Trouble With The French
67/08/20 908 Tangling With The Law (The Police Drop In)
67/08/27 909 Have Been Assaulting (Mr Murray’s Endurance Course)
67/09/03 910 Have Been Redecorating (Women in the Wardroom)
67/09/10 911 Celebrating Their Important Anniversary
67/09/17 912 Computerising (CECIL The Navigation Computer)
67/09/24 913 Seeing Red (A Russian Rendezous)
67/10/01 914 Bugging (The Bugged and Burgled Beer)
67/10/08 915 Flying in the Face (Picking Up the Poppadom)
67/10/15 916 Cuthbert Joins The Navy
67/10/22 917 Frustrating The Spark of Invention (Flying Machine)
67/10/29 918 Doing Some Historical Research
67/11/05 919 Frying Up (A Fishy Business)
67/11/12 920 Been Painting Pink Spots (Troutbridge in Quarantine)
Series 10
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68/10/13 1001 Lighting Up (Troutbridge Electrifies Portsmouth)
68/10/20 1002 The Redundancy Drive
68/10/27 1003 Dredging Their Way Through (The Smugglers Return)
68/11/03 1004 Instructuring Their New CO in the Ways
68/11/10 1005 Visiting Broadstairs (The Anti-Submarine Missile)
68/11/17 1006 Accredited (Sub-Conductor Phillips)
68/11/24 1007 Have Been Appearing (South Kawowan Summit)
68/12/01 1008 Avoiding Redundancy (Pertwee’s Enlistment Expires)
68/12/08 1009 Have Been Exercising (Capt Povey Takes Over)
68/12/15 1010 Crashing Their Way Through
68/12/22 1011 Presented The Padre (The Padre’s Birthday)
68/12/29 1012 Blowing Up (The Portsmouth Kiosk)
69/01/05 1013 Shot At (The Radio Beacon)
69/01/12 1014 Have Been Masquerading (Mr Phillips Wrong Uniform)
69/01/19 1015 Have Been Breaking Up (Harold WIlson Reviews Fleet)
69/01/26 1016 Weathering (Relief of the Weather Ship)
69/02/02 1017 Bunging Up (The Mickey Mouse Toothbrush)
69/02/09 1018 Assisting the Police (The Brick Smugglers)
Series 11
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69/12/28 1101 Desquatting Troutbridge
70/01/04 1102 Admiral Hunting (What Is The SSE)
70/01/11 1103 Promoting (CPO Pertwee Climbs the Promotion Ladder)
70/01/18 1104 Running Aground
70/01/25 1105 Starred (Sir Willoughby’s Party)
70/02/01 1106 Taking the Initiative (The Fleet Initiative Test)
70/02/08 1107 Proving (CPO Pertwee’s Long Service Medal)
70/02/15 1108 Hunting Flying Saucers (The Phenomenal Pertwee Tug)
70/02/22 1109 Spy Catching (The Security Clampdown)
70/03/01 1110 Having Trouble With a Washing Machine
70/03/08 1111 The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge
70/03/15 1112 Getting Spliced (Number One Gets Married)
70/03/22 1113 Bombarding (The Honeymooners Return)
70/03/29 1114 Trying For The Jackpot
70/04/05 1115 Dartmouth Naval College Had Had A Narrow Escape
70/04/12 1116 Bashing Up The Radar (The Mark 31 Radar)
Series 12
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71/05/16 1201 The Put-A-Horse-Out-To-Graze Fund
71/05/23 1202 Impressions for Survival
71/05/30 1203 The Beard Growing Race
71/06/06 1204 The Mysterious Radio Signals
71/06/13 1205 Operation Recovery
71/06/20 1206 The Slogan Contest
71/06/27 1207 Sir Willoughby At Shanghai
71/07/04 1208 Operation Cowes Barge
71/07/11 1209 Number One’s Anniversary
71/07/18 1210 The Loch Ness Monster
71/07/25 1211 The Forbodian Attaché
Series 13
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72/03/26 1301 The TV Documentary
72/04/02 1302 Escaping Back Into (The POW Escape Exercise)
72/04/09 1303 Number One’s Married Quarters
72/04/16 1304 Operating For Profit (Newhaven-Dieppe Smuggling Run)
72/04/23 1305 Cavorting About (The Bumble Split Lighthouse Affair)
72/04/30 1306 Digging Themselves Stupid (The Tonipouhaha Treasure)
72/05/07 1307 The USA Navigator Swap
72/05/14 1308 Son of A Sea Lord
72/05/21 1309 Hypnotised (Hypnotising Ramona)
72/05/28 1310 Mastering (The Master of Sardinia)
72/06/04 1311 Opportunity Knockers
72/06/11 1312 Friday The 13th
72/06/18 1313 The New NAAFI
Series 14
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73/07/29 1401 The Montezuela Revolution
73/08/05 1402 Having Their Little Boats Eaten (Island Swordfish)
73/08/12 1403 Bunged in The Brig (Bunged in The Rattle)
73/08/19 1404 Doing A Kangaroo Polka (Kidnapped Down Under)
73/08/26 1405 The Digital Isles Go Unstable
73/09/02 1406 Bombed By The Raffia (Egbert Hitches A Ride)
73/09/09 1407 Povey An Admiral At Last
73/09/16 1408 Nobbled (The Bergan Horse Trials)
73/09/23 1409 Mastering (Captain Povey’s Wig)
73/09/30 1410 Taking The Pill With Disastrous Consequences
73/10/07 1411 Demonstrating Their Firepower (Operation Showcase)
73/10/14 1412 Living The High Life (CPO Pertwee Yachtmonger)
73/10/21 1413 The Talpinium Shell
Series 15
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75/11/09 1501 Sequel to The Talpinium Shell
75/11/16 1502 NANA
75/11/23 1503 Fallen Victim to the Green Eye of Jealousy
75/11/30 1504 Were Freezing Their Assets (Relief for Station 150)
75/12/07 1505 Rejuvenating (Black IS Beautiful)
75/12/14 1506 Throwing Their Voices (Sidney and The Stamp)
75/12/21 1507 Riding to Victory (Cdr Murray Becomes A Showjumper)
75/12/28 1508 Confounding The Ungoldly (Horrible Horace)
76/01/04 1509 Burning Their Bras (Officer’s and Gent’s Lib)
76/01/11 1510 The Case of the HGM Mark 5
76/01/18 1511 Having A History Lesson (Uncle Wilberforce Pertwee)
77/07/16 The BBC Are Sending The Bill To Buckingham Palace
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