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The Navy Lark Volume 31: Horrible Horace [electronic resource]

Wyman, Lawrie2017

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Summary

Four episodes of the classic BBC radio comedy series, starring Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen MurrayThe Morning After (‘Working Their Passage’) 11 March 1960 (CD 1)After a particularly boisterous party, the crew are feeling poorly – and matters are not helped when Commander Povey orders them onto choppy waters in search of a buoy ...The Admiral’s Present (‘Working Their Passage’) 18 March 1960 (CD 1)The officers are invited to a party to celebrate the Admiral’s 50th anniversary in the Senior Service – but a mix-up with his present is just the start of their misadventures ...Horrible Horace (‘Confounding the Ungodly’) 28 December 1975 (CD 2)When Sea Cadet Horace Wellington-Gore is assigned to Troutbridge to finish his training, Pertwee soon realises that disasters follow in Horace’s wake. But Pertwee will regret getting on the wrong side of the slippery sea cadet.Officers and Gents’ Lib (‘Burning their Bras’) 4 January 1976 (CD 2)The Troutbridge men are feeling cheesed off with the female gender, and decide to form the Troutbridge Officers’ and Gentlemen’s Liberation Movement – but their declaration of male supremacy does not last long.These hilarious BBC radio episodes also feature Ronnie Barker, Richard Caldicot, Heather Chasen, Tenniel Evans, Michael Bates and April Walker.Please note: some of the humour on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast and due to the age of the source material, the sound quality may varyFIRST BROADCAST The Light Programme, 29 March 1959LAST BROADCAST The Jubilee Special, 16 July 1977PRODUCED BY Alastair Scott Johnston